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Jan. 3rd, 2026 11:08 pmwow, I'm not used to daily updates yet, but ...
Wow, what a thing to wake up to, Trump having arrested Maduro???? Yikes. And planning to govern Venezuela? Double yikes. Just yesterday Spouse was wondering if there was going to be a January surprise, and lo and behold, here it is. I'm curious what the international response is going to be, outside of the statements and reprimands, but holy cow. On the way the taiko, when we'd just heard about the arrest, I was like, "best case scenario, everyone scolds Trump enough that he returns Maduro and helps facilitate a democratic election", but hoo boy.
Anyway, after Thurs and Friday where there wasn't anywhere imminent that we had to be, so I could just laze about the house and sleep or not sleep as I wished, today was a proper Saturday, which meant taiko in the morning and Chinese school in the afternoon. Thankfully I took a few hours yesterday actually grading the Chinese homework, so it wasn't too bad, but I was suuuuper sleepy during taiko. It was a little frustrating that ... well, we were short a person for doing solos for the upcoming performance, and I was like "well, if you really need someone, I can fill in," and the senpai first did a lot of humming and hedging, and then was like "you're definitely staying in your currently assigned spot, and I don't see that changing." And I was like, omg, either it is a call for volunteers or you are appointing someone. Don't pretend to call for volunteers if you really just want to appoint someone. This is actually a direction that the taiko group seems to be going in that I'm not... super happy with? Like, I understand that there's a certain degree of "if you don't know this song you probably shouldn't perform it," but now there seems to be a "solos need to be pre-vetted and some people shouldn't perform because their poses aren't good enough", and I'm like ... I joined this group because it's about playing and having fun? Like, sure, the level 3 folks probably want to do a lot more form refinement stuff, but that's one of the reasons I'm staying in level 2? And this performance is literally a "friends and family" celebration? If you invite people to watch, wouldn't you want a change to perform a little more, even if your stance isn't perfect? I'm just not a fan of the movement towards gate-keeping.
Anyways, I'm working on a crocheted bucket hat for spouse with lots of cute flowers on it because he said that he wanted to look cute. :3 I started it on the plane, and I think I'll probably have it done tomorrow. If it looks nice I can do other ones. :) I'm really excited the spouse is looking for a new look! He's going to get his ears pierced, so I'm excited to get cute earrings for him, too! :DDDD
Tomorrow is a pretty relaxing day, with boardgames playdate in the morning, and some afternoon no-child time, so I can probably do the things then that I didn't get to today, such as Chinese school payroll stuff, and maybe I can do a little lesson planning so that I can hit the ground running on Monday. (I think it's probably best if I call the car lady on Monday or Tuesday, when I know she is at work)
Wow, what a thing to wake up to, Trump having arrested Maduro???? Yikes. And planning to govern Venezuela? Double yikes. Just yesterday Spouse was wondering if there was going to be a January surprise, and lo and behold, here it is. I'm curious what the international response is going to be, outside of the statements and reprimands, but holy cow. On the way the taiko, when we'd just heard about the arrest, I was like, "best case scenario, everyone scolds Trump enough that he returns Maduro and helps facilitate a democratic election", but hoo boy.
Anyway, after Thurs and Friday where there wasn't anywhere imminent that we had to be, so I could just laze about the house and sleep or not sleep as I wished, today was a proper Saturday, which meant taiko in the morning and Chinese school in the afternoon. Thankfully I took a few hours yesterday actually grading the Chinese homework, so it wasn't too bad, but I was suuuuper sleepy during taiko. It was a little frustrating that ... well, we were short a person for doing solos for the upcoming performance, and I was like "well, if you really need someone, I can fill in," and the senpai first did a lot of humming and hedging, and then was like "you're definitely staying in your currently assigned spot, and I don't see that changing." And I was like, omg, either it is a call for volunteers or you are appointing someone. Don't pretend to call for volunteers if you really just want to appoint someone. This is actually a direction that the taiko group seems to be going in that I'm not... super happy with? Like, I understand that there's a certain degree of "if you don't know this song you probably shouldn't perform it," but now there seems to be a "solos need to be pre-vetted and some people shouldn't perform because their poses aren't good enough", and I'm like ... I joined this group because it's about playing and having fun? Like, sure, the level 3 folks probably want to do a lot more form refinement stuff, but that's one of the reasons I'm staying in level 2? And this performance is literally a "friends and family" celebration? If you invite people to watch, wouldn't you want a change to perform a little more, even if your stance isn't perfect? I'm just not a fan of the movement towards gate-keeping.
Anyways, I'm working on a crocheted bucket hat for spouse with lots of cute flowers on it because he said that he wanted to look cute. :3 I started it on the plane, and I think I'll probably have it done tomorrow. If it looks nice I can do other ones. :) I'm really excited the spouse is looking for a new look! He's going to get his ears pierced, so I'm excited to get cute earrings for him, too! :DDDD
Tomorrow is a pretty relaxing day, with boardgames playdate in the morning, and some afternoon no-child time, so I can probably do the things then that I didn't get to today, such as Chinese school payroll stuff, and maybe I can do a little lesson planning so that I can hit the ground running on Monday. (I think it's probably best if I call the car lady on Monday or Tuesday, when I know she is at work)
