My saddest day in Japan

For reasons related to the aforementioned climbing of the corporate ladder, I've recently spent my last day at the daycare/kids class center. It was a last minute change, so when I told the kids and their parents, most of them were taken aback. One of the older kids must have found out about it shortly before coming to class, because she handed me a hastily prepared goodbye letter, sporting drawings of various anime characters and the message, "Tank you very much", which was really touching, regardless of what it may say about the quality of my teaching. (Look, it's not a spelling-oriented curriculum, OK?) She also promised me "kore kara mo ganbaru ne" (something like, "I'll keep doing my best", but a bit more significant), and said "bye" about 6 times.

Man, oh man, I'm going to miss those brats like you wouldn't believe. I didn't cry, but maybe I had a close call or two.