Hey, what's up with politics? Isn't that cah-razy?

So, I am at one of my schools currently. This one is fun, but sometimes I get a strange vibe from it--I just feel like more of an outsider here than other schools. It is still a good time but it feels more like an actual job than the others. I am a little worried about my schedule because there is an English recitation contest and many of the middle schools want me to practice with them. This particular school wants me to come for an hour twice a week. This is tough because my schedule is hella guys. Seriously, I have no free time. I go to school from 7am until 4pm or 5pm, then sometimes I have meetings and an English conversation class on Wednesdays for about two hours. There are also enkais that are semi-required in the evenings or on weekends, sports festivals and culture festivals which are also usually on the weekend and now if I am practicing after school with my students and each of them wants two hours every week I am a little afraid I am headed for a big old crash and burn. If you factor in the time I need to plan lessons during my 'free time' I am really only looking at an hour or two when I am not sleeping and I usually need to do things like, uh, shower. Right now this is fine. I am having a great time, everything is new, everything is fun and I have the energy but I know me and I know my usual cycle of being really into something for about two months or so and then not wanting to do it again. This is the main reason I don't have animals or kids--I'd be all 'oh, awesome! Baby! Haha, let's dress it up and do baby things' and then I would get bored and accidently forget where I put it. Hey, if you can do it with your keys, you can do it with your kids. And you need your keys way more.
Though, this school is hilarious for the antics of my female JTE because she is on the warpath for getting me a boyfriend. I tried to explain that I don't want one; I am too busy and I am just not interested right now. That explanation got me nowhere. She pointed out all the single male teachers and asked what I thought about them and what, specifically, was the reason I didn't want to do them on the desk right now. This time, the last 15 minutes of class where devoted to figuring out my 'type,' and seeing if any of my single middle schoolers fit it. I think the biggest thing in my favor here for avoiding blind dates with dudes is that I want them to be taller than me and roughly the same age. You really should have seen the kids' reaction when the JTE was talking about the different teachers she wanted to set me up with. There is nothing like the look on an 8th graders' face contemplating their 45 year old teacher as a potential suitor. Priceless.