The Teacher Runs

In Japanese "December" is written in two Chinese characters that mean "the teacher runs." It is supposed to mean that December is a busy month, so much so that even teachers (who used to be considered entitled to behave slowly) have to run. While I'm not a teacher, I am getting fairly busy: I have to take an exam to obtain a driver's lisence; I have to finish revising my paper for publication; I have to submit two papers to conferences next year; I have to continue to visit the kindergarten, elementary and junior high schools, and college every week. And so on.

But I shall juggle them all.