The World's Worst Geisha

I made the world's worst Geisha. I think I looked more like a ghost of a failed geisha. But the Japanese thought I was wonderful (at least to my face). But it is all over now. I'm finished with Halloween Parties. Yeah. I'll drink to that. I am so exhausted. The apartment is a minor disaster, with costumes and Halloween items, craft supplies, papers and books and dishes everywhere. It looks like a circus threw up in here. Between the parties and the lingering cold I am one exhausted old lady. I also had a meeting with a potential new student. It went well, we'll start classes in two weeks. And I had Salsa class. On top of the last 4 parties. I have to say I pretty much came to the end of my patience today. Lots of kids turned down the face painting. My Let's Go one class eventually saw the light, and they all went for it. But the Let's Go 3 classes just did me in. I eventually said "Forget it" and told them Goodbye. We still had 15 minutes to go in the class, but I was just sick of threatening, cajoling and begging. But it's all over and I have a trip to Nagano planned next week, I have the heating pad turned on, NPR is playing over the internet and I have a Bitchy Turtle (my current favorite alcoholic drink) in my hand. Aaaahhhhhhhhh.