Lord of the 2cm Flies

Today was easily one of the most fucked-up days I've had since coming to Japan, probably second only to getting hit by a truck.

I guess it started off normal enough. I even went to the grocery store to get more crackers and some other random food, and lunch, and remembered to take out the plastic bottles for this week. I still haven't done laundry, so I took a random pair of pants and dress shirt with me to work. Still normal...

I grab some coffee at the station and go over to GEOS. The door's still locked, but that's actually normal on Tuesdays too, for me to get there first if I arrive at 12:40. No biggie. I go downstairs, unlock the security system, come into my classroom, turn on the lights, throw my stuff on the table... I notice there's a few flies flying around, but that's actually not entirely out of the ordinary either. I go to the manager's office to turn on the computer and all that stuff.

I come back to my classroom and I realize it's not one or two flies, it's more like TEN OR FIFTEEN FLIES.

And they're not LITTLE, they are BIG fucking buzzing flies, around 2cm. I'm really not making that up.

I do what any normal person does in this situation: I scream and run out of my classroom.

( Oh man, this is going to get long, but BOY what a screwed up day. )