Good morning 0713

 

 by Yuki

It is still cool this morning. According to the weather report it will not today. 

Can I survive? — it is an exaggerated expression.

I organized my moxibustion box. 

I don’t use moxusa, but this YouTube might be interesting to you.

Good morning 0712

 

by Yuki

Yesterday, Yuki saw his doctor, and got another prescription. His medicine problem was solved. Next Friday we are going to see his doctor again. The we go to another clinic, where he get a shot constantly to reduce his side effects. 

We had lunch stake. 

Then he joined his friend’s birthday party jam session. I was sleeping in the afternoon. In Japan, it is said that if you lie down right after eating you will turn in to a cow. (Fortunately today I am not a cow.) unfortunately I am still tired. This afternoon I will receive acupuncture. It is my modest luxury.

Good morning 0711

 

by Yuki

Yesterday afternoon, we had a thunderstorm. The thunder was really loud. Then itwas a comfortable night, we could sleep without air conditioner. This morning it is also cool.

The issue , we think, is being settled, though it seems to take for a while to solve it perfectly. 

Another small problem occurred. Yuki seemed to take  medicine mistakenly more than a fixed amount of times. So a shortage of medicine occurred.  We have to go to the hospital in the morning.  Everyday something happens. What do we eat our lunch today “outside” ?

Good morning 0710

 

 by Yuki

Yesterday, it was a good morning to talk with  lady who owns her small used book store.

She borrowed a book from my library. She will come again. I am really happy.

I served soda with my candied rhubarbs. She seemed very satisfied. So I shared some with her.

Today we go to see our lawyer. Unfortunately the inheritance issue isn’t solved yet. We hope it will be solved positively.

Good morning 0709

 

Yesterday I could perform at Karaku cafe. Thankfully regular costumers and other people came so the Karaku was full. 

Today in the morning a woman comes to my home library. She runs a small used book store. She doesn’t come to buy books, she is interested in my home library.

Good morning 0708

 

by Yuki

Yesterday afternoon I gave up! I seemed to get heat stroke. I canceled  a meeting on zoom. This morning I feel better, but stroll not fully recovered. The main symptom is dizziness.  I hope I will go to KARAKU today.

I could have light breakfast. In the morning I stay quietly in my room. 

Good morning 0707

by Mieko

by Yuki

It is still early morning. It is hot. It is the first time to turn on the air conditioner this time. We are going out to go to a clinic. I am thinking on the way home from the clinic, we will stop by at a supermarket and buy delicatessen for our lunch and dinner.

Did I write about our smoothie? These days I constantly make smoothie with one fourth of head of cabbage and one banana and have it with our dinner.

Well, since I stopped using progressive grasses, as the eye doctor said, my eyes have been less tired, though it is troublesome to change grasses often. 

 A new week has started. We have to make it through this hot summer.

 

Good morning 0706

 

by Yuki

Yesterday I gave one box of my English picture book to a young lady. She is born in Malaysia  and grew up in Australia. She works here as an assistant English teacher at public schools. She said she would like to use Englishpicture books at her lesson, and to lend them to her students. I was really happy. I invited her to come to my home library. Probably, she will come during summer vacation. 

Good morning 0705

 

by Yuki

The good thing is , Yuki can continues current chemotherapy. 

Yesterday after the hospital we went having Korean BBQ (yakiniku). He has more appetite than me.

The bad thing is the treatment or keeping ways of his cancer are getting fewer 

Today be for noon I am going to meet a mother to give some my English books. She is Asian, but not Japanese. 

Good morning 0704

 

by Yuki

Since he started taking new medicine one week has passed. Thankfully he hasn’t got bad side effects. In one hour we go to the hospital. Then we are going to an art museum.

It is Friday.  Tomorrow probably we talk with our lawyer. 

Anyway we “survive” this hot  weather. 

Additionally last night we had heavy . It caused flooding on the nearby road. According to the weather report, the wet season on this area will finish on next Monday.

Good morning 0703

 

by Yuki

Today, we have no plan. If we go out in the morning probably we will have lunch outside. To save money we will stay home in the morning. 

This weekend a Chinese mother will come  to take some of my English books. Next week a friend visit my home library. I am really happy to welcome some guests.

Yesterday I bought two new glasses. I used bifocal grasses. It seems to be  burden for my eyes. I made grasses to see far,  and to see around me. (Progressive lenses). Of course I have reading glasses. Now I am wearing reading grasses to write this blog.

It is good for my eyes. 

The bad point is the bag I go out is full of gadgets: grasses, smart hone, sunscreen, arm and warm covers protecting myself from air condition, salt candy, etc.

P.S I used the word "bifocal grasses". What differences are there between bifocal grasses and progressive grasses. There is no line between upper and loweer, so my grasses are porgressive grasses???

Good morning 0702

 

  by Yuki

I have to call a dentist. Sorry I started today with complaining.

On the other hand today I get my new grasses. It is fun.

These days against this hot weather we have homemade cabbage and banana smoothie. I use a quarter of head cabbage and a banana for two of us. Of course not add sugar. It is good.

Tonight I am going to join a Zoom meeting. It is also fun.

Yuki has no plan today except going to a clinic. He might go practicing golf though I think it is too hot.

Good morning 0701

 

by Yuki

It is July. A half of year has passed. For two of us, the issues of this month are two things. One is a new chemotherapy treatment, the other is the inheritance issue.

The end of month I will do volunteer reading at the library because kids’ summer vacation will start.

Today, we go to the hospital. But just to see the doctor. In the afternoon Yuki is going to join jam session at a jazz cafe. I am going to the gym to do one circuit exercise. 

Well, this weekend, I organized a Japanese room. Finally the “tokonoma” appeared again, where was used as a storage place.

Good morning & lunch diary 0629

 

by Yuki 

by Mieko

A new week has started.  The first my mission is going to an orthopedic clinic. Then we go downtown to get some official documents for inheritance. Do we have lunch outside? Might be. Last week we had lunch outside every weekday.

At night I am going to review the account book of this month. I feel headache. But keeping our household account book is “kind of” my hobby.

Good morning 0629

 

by Yuki

In West Japan, the rainy season finished. In this area it is still in the wet season. But it is really hot. 

This morning I go copying sutra at a near by temple. Did I go there last week? Yes I went to the temple last week. But it was not a day to copy sutra. It was my mistake. So I talked the chief priest and came home. 

Fortunately Yuki’s side effects are mild as of now. He is going to compose music in his room today. And he might clean and was his car. 

Good morning 0628

 

 by Yuki

Sorry, today’s diary is negative.

The kind of Yuki’s chemotherapy treatment changed. Instead of  I.V, he started taking oral medicine of  anti cancer drug twice a day. Anyway today he is able to go playing tennis while taking some breaks.

It is hard for the patients and their family  to coexist with cancer.

Good morning 0627

 

 by Yuki

We leave home in one hour. Today he is going to take a sixth? round of chemotherapy. It depends on the result of CT last week he got. 

Good morning 0626

by Yuki

We'll leave home in an hour. It is COSTCO day, it menas I take CBT(cognitions behaivor threapy). On the way home from Costco, we stop by at some friend's house to deliver some thing they asked us. 

It is fun!

One complaint is that; I tired of having the hotdog.  I don't mind to have Mac hamburger. A Mcdonard is in front of the Costoco. Additionally there is a Starbacks next to the Costco.

Good morning 0625

 

by Yuki

Today I am going to go to a  grass store to change my grasses for my PC .

Yesterday one boy dropped by at my home library. It is the second time for him to come here. His friend came to get him, and he started playing outside. Talking with him was fun.

In the evening I walked around my house. Coincidentally I met a friend. It was the first time for us to see her in several years. Both of us were walking. Of course we started chatting. Probably chatting time was longer than walking time. It was fun. 

Good morning 0624

 

by Yuki

Yesterday we visited three clothe’s shop. He could get two summer shirts. I didn’t buy anything new!

As soon as we got home, it rained cats and dogs. I was going to go doing one circuit exercise, a gave up. 

Instead of it, I do light exercise for my hip joints. 

It is drizzling, it is exactly a weather of the wet season.

I am making candied rhubarb. Today it is the third day, and final day. I take out the melted sugar fluid , boil it and pour it on the rhubarb twice a day.  

Good morning 0623

 

by Yuki

A new week has started. Yesterday we checked our summer clothes . Mine is all right, I could put away one dress. Yuki said “it is too small”. So he is going to discard four clothes in the afternoon. It means we are going to go out for looking four his new clothes: summer shirts.

Yesterday I talked with a friend on the phone. She is older than I, but she still manages her English school. 

She lives in the next prefecture, it is too far to visit her easily. 

It is all right. If she lived within one hour distance I would often visit her to complain. Well, if I could, she must be too busy to listen to me.

After having dinner I took a walk for 15 minutes. I was surprised that how many people were walking. Though it is the wet season, it is really humid and hot. 

According to the weather forecast, this week we have rain, though it is cloudy and humid today.

Good morning 0622

 

by Yuki

It’s 7 AM. I’ll leave home in one and a half hours. Why? From this month sutra copying meeting begins at 9 o’clock.

Actually for me having low blood pressure it is a little bit difficult to do morning training. Though it is said the elderly are morning people, I am not.

Addition I am not a night person.

Yesterday a friend presented me a bunch of rhubarb. In the afternoon I am going to make candied rhubarb. It doesn’t use fire, though I have to disinfect a jar in hot boiling water.

Let’s enjoy Sunday!

Good morning 0621

by Yuki

Yesterday  the laughter yoga meeting was fun. I am in my 60’s. Another one is in her 70’s. And the others are in their 80’s. At first we talk our complaints —— all of them “my …….s hurt!” All of them go to an orthopedic clinic as a usual thing. Well I know I myself am strange why I am included.

Then to rewrite negative things into positive things, we talk what was good, what made us happy, what we appreciated in this month.

Two each women  say “I could visit my friend.” Their friends live in the same city but it is far to go  on foot. Going there by bus is troublesome. They have to walk to the bus stop. They have to change the bus. The bus comes once an hour.  Going there by taxi is, they say, “Too expensive”. 

This time each of them found a person who took them by car. One is her friend’s friend’s husband. 

The other is her friend’s nephew.

Then we played cards, and did yoga breathing.

Good morning 0620

 

by Yuki

Yesterday Yuki could play golf. He was so exhausted that he went to bed earlier than usual. Though he doesn’t have much energy as he used to, he still enjoy sports. It is a good thing. 

I went to an eye clicking in the morning. It was really crowded. I was sitting for long hours. In the evening I did one circuit exercise at the gym, but my back hurt at night. I put a patch on my back. 

I don’t know which gave my back damage, sitting for long hours or just light 10 minute exercise (most of time I was stomping lightly on the walking board skipping half of machines ).

Today I hold a laughter yoga meeting. In the evening we go to a dental clinic. 

Good morning 0619

 

by Yuki

Yuki has already left. Why? To play golf. Probably it is the first time for him to play golf  this year. He seems to go through his side effect tunnel. It was longer this time. 

“Thankfully” yesterday I was presented seasonal vegetables : summer bamboo and Japanese pepper berries. To tell the truth these days hot and humid days continue, so I didn’t want to cook. Actually I bought delicatessen for our dinner. 

But I couldn’t waste it. And I know it is very important to cook as fast as we possible when we dig or pick them. 

I cooked. 

Good morning 0618

 

by Yuki

We’ve already finished our breakfast. It was 40 minute earlier. Why?

Today Yuki gets a CT in the afternoon. He has to finish lunch two hours before it. It means our lunchtime before 11 a.m.  There are some cafes which serve “morning set. “For me”, it is fun. So we got earlier than usual and had early breakfast. 

Yesterday I did one circuit  exercise. It troll about 20 minutes. I skipped a half of machines, instead workout using them, I was walking in place. Additionally when I was at the gym, Yuki bought 2 summer pants as his lounge wear at home.

Good morning 0617

 

 by Yuki

Yesterday, it took longer getting physical therapy and seeing the doctors at the orthopedic clinic. After that we went to Yuki’s clinic as usual. I was tired. So I couldn’t go to the gym. The orthopedic doctor said “light exercise is all right”. Today I was going to do one circuit exercise in the afternoon. While I am doing, Yuki is going to “browse” his clothes at supermarket next to the gym. 

Now I wear a T-shirt. It is the first time to put on a T-shirt from early morning. Until yesterday I changed a long sleeve shirt into a T-shirt in the afternoon. Today it is already hot.  Is it the wet season?

Good morning 0616

 

A new week has started. 

My first mission of this week is going to an orthopedic clinic to get a physical therapy. Additionally in he morning Yuki has no schedule (usually on Mondays he has no tennis meeting.) he said “I will take you to the clinic. While you get it, I will be at Uniqlo clothes shop.” 

On the other hand if the doctor permit to one circuit exercise which doesn’t include ones for waist and back, I want to go to one circuit exercise in the afternoon while Yuki goes to the supermarket which has alcohol, and inexpensive clothes. (It means the clothes are cheaper thanUniqlo’s.)

Anyway today’s his condition is not so bad. I am relieved.

Good morning 0615 & lunch diary 0614

 

 by Yuki

It is Sunday, Yuki has no plans because of raining. He will go to a radium hot spring where it takes one-hour drive. He got this information from a Jazz mate. Will I? I won’t. Now I want to avoid a long (over one hour) drive. These days we often did it, and it made my sacral bone pain prolonged. 

It is good for Yuki to go out. His stress is relieved. Now his biggest stress is his mother’s inheritance issue. I thing it will take long to settle.

P.S

After updating this blog. It stopped rain. Yuki went playing tennis. And in the afternoon he will go to the hot spring. Though I think  he does too much,  I can’t stop him. For the outside he does not look good because of coughing, though he says muscle pain is reduced. 

Good morning 0614

 

by Yuki

Can you see Yuki’s photo? It is a mail box in a town. There are some popular milk farms in this town. The post box in front of the station is milk style.

I could let go two-thirds of my English picture collection books. Are my bookshelves empty? Not yet. 

Well, I forgot to tell my readers. Yesterday I updated a wrong YouTube of Yuki’s. U have already another one. Yesterday the number of the music Yuki composed exceeded the number of  Beethoven’s.

Good morning 0613

 

by Yuki

It is cloudy. Today we will go to a local community center to donate some English picture books. These days suddenly new movements to my English book collection happened. Thankfully I found three groups who want to use my collection. Yesterday I sent a cardboard box of books to a person who owns her art room.  

I also got an e-mail. During summer vacation they want to events of storytelling using English picture books. I am happy they rely on me.

Good morning 0612

 

 by Yuki

Yesterday it was a long day. 

Today it is sunny. According to the weather forecast it will be sunny or clouds for these two days.

I am thinking what were good and thankful things. 

We know a reliable lawyer, we had a good talking with him yesterday. Yuki continues getting treatments. And we had tasty sandwiches for lunch at a cafe. Thanks for the lawyer, thanks for the doctor. 

And writing this blog makes me calm. Thanks for tie visitors to my blog. 

Good morning 0611

 

by Yuki

It is rainy. The wet season (or rainy season) has started. Another stage has started. Last night Yuki talked the lawyer. 

Yesterday it was the day of Karaku. Though it was rainy, it was full.  Our audience are mainly older people than us, though some of them are in their 50’s or 60’s. The owner’s couple became in their late 70’s. Anyway my friend and I enjoyed at the current moment of Karaku cafe.

Good morning 0610

 

 by  Yuki

It is Tuesday, isn’t it? Today it is the day of Karaku.

My right “sacrum” hurts. Thrusday’s long drive gave me a big damage. I should get along with this pain. 

Some older friends say “welcome to our  world”.

I was going to resume exercise at gym, it was postponed. The orthopedist says “don’t walk too much”.

Well, how many steps are “too much”?

Lunch diary 0607

 

by Mieko

by Yuki

A new week has started. We are overwhelmed by many different emotions. Anyway we do what we can, and should do today. Today’s missions are going to a clinic, and “grocery shopping” (is it a mission?).

Good morning 0608

 

by Yuki

Yesterday it was the day of placing the body of Yuki’s mother in the coffin. Our daughters attend it, we also saw it through their iPhones. After each daughter went back home. I talked with each daughter. 

It was a long talking on the phone.

Though all of us have a lot of emotions, all procedures seem to go smoothly. On next Monday her (family and close relatives) funeral is going to be hold. 

Today, we will change winter carpets into summer carpets. We have to wash and dry the winter carpets at the nearest laundromat. It is the first mission of today’s.

Good morning 0607

 

by Yuki

Yesterday, Yuki’s mother passed away. She will be 97 years old in late June. Her funeral is going to hold  next Monday, but unfortunately we won’t attend it. Yuki has to take another treatment. 

Anyway fortunately we could meet her the day before yesterday. 

We are relieved to hear that she passed away calmly, and without pain.

Our daughters go and help their aunts in-law (Yuki’s elder brother’s wife). 

We really thank to our daughters.

We go to a clinic on schedule to heal his side effects  as much as possible.

Good morning 0606

 

Yesterday it was a long “drive” day. Since we drove to Tokyo last time, five months have passed. Just five months, but Yuki’s  condition has apparently changed. 

His mother was asleep. Though unfortunately we only saw her sleeping face, but she seemed to feel no pain, looked calm. Her nursing home seems to be comfortable, and care workers seem to be kind and friendly. (It was the first time for us to visit her new nursing home where she moved four months before.)

We could visit my mother’s (and my father’s & my grandparents’) grave. 

We are satisfied with doing those things. 

We are going to see Yuki’s doctor, today. In one hour we will leave home.

Good morning 0605

 

by Yuki

In one hour we will leave for Tokyo to visit Yukik’s mother. She got worse.  Tomorrow, Yuki is going to take chemotherapy, and probably he will surfer from side effects for a while. In good meaning it must be a good timing. 

Anyway we do what we can do and what we should do.

Good morning 0604

 Today in one hour, I'll go to see an orthopedic doctor and have a physical therapy. Will be able to resume workout?

Yesterday it was rainy. There was a low air pressure. Did it make me depressed?  No, it made me very sleepy. In the afternoon I was asleep while listening to the radio.

Though I had a plan,  I cancelled it.  Nowadays I have almost nothing I have to do. It makes me sometimes lazy, but it makes me less stressed.

Good morning 0603

 

 by Yuki

Yesterday we were reviewing our home documents, like passwords list, house budget, and so on. Then when we printed them out, the printer couldn’t work. We could fix it somehow. It took longer than we expected. In good meaning we could spend fulfilling afternoon.

Though it is another thing that what is a simple life, it is really difficult to have simple life.

In the evening, our next neighbor shared a watermelon to us. It was the first watermelon of this year. Unfortunately it was a cool (cold) day. We ate turning on the heater.

 

Lunch diary 0531

 

by Mieko

by Yuki

Yesterday, I did walking exercise. Though it was a good thing, I seem to walk too much. This morning my leg hurts.  The orthopedic doctor said “it is all right to start walking” . I have increased  walking. Steps little by little. Anyway today I will walk a little. 

Yuki said having breakfast “my tennis mates (in their 60’s &70’s) said “  everyone who is in our generation says somewhere hurts when we wake up in the morning.”

Two of us said “definitely”with a big laugh.

Additionally Yuki hurts his shoulder and wrist, because he played the guitar too much to join in jam session yesterday.

Good morning 0601

 

 by Yuki

June has come. 

It is cold for me, though someone says “cool”. Usually I change  winter carpets into cotton carpets, but I don’t do it yet. 

Yesterday we went to karaku cafe. I presented the owner a bag of coffee beans with whiskey flavor. The owner’s couple showed an interest to the cafe in a rural area. Karaku’s owner also took early retirement and opened his cafe with his wife, though he worked for a different company from one Yuki worked for.

When he took early retirement, it was an unusual case.  Since Karaku cafe opened about 35 years have passed. 

Good morning 0531

 

by Yuki

Yesterday, we drove a little bit far away to have special coffee.

The owner roasts coffee beans at his cafe. There is an interesting roasted coffee beans, which isi the beans with whiskey flavor. A kind of beans are roasted with whiskey. While they are roasted, alcohol has gone, only flavor remains.

It was an interesting taste. I can’t drink alcohol, so I could enjoy whiskey flavor. On the other hand Yuki seemed not to be satisfied. The flavor made him want real whiskey. 

Additionally the owner took early retirement  and started his cafe in the “really” rural area. Additionally he used to work for the same company of Yuki used to. Bites of them have some common friends? For the owner they were managers, and for Yuki some of were his colleagues.

trouble shooter 0527

 

by  Yuki

How do I get along with my mother who is obstinate and difficult?

consulter (a lady)

I’m in my 50’s and an office worker. I have a trouble about my mother who is demanding and obstinate. She tends to react negatively to what other people say and do. So, she tends to become isolated fromher family and relatives. On the other hand, she often relies on me conveniently and manipulates me as she wants to.

She has no friends who care about her. She has too much pride. When someone doesn’t accept her opinion, she becomes enrage and gets rid of them with really bad words. 

In her daily life, she insults athletes who are doing their best, or couples who take a walk happily.

She is also really calculating person, so she is obsessed with money and things. Though she is my mother; she has a bad character.

I understand that, my home environment is different from hers. Her aging brings her worries and irritation. So, I want to be kind to her, but it is really difficult. How do I calmly get along with her?

 

Advisor Mr. F (writher)

How kind you are. You understand and try to accept her uncomfortable feeling and irritation.

However, even though her bad words are not to you, but to others. When you hear them, you get hurt. When you see her bad character like being calculating her, and being obsessed with money, you get hurt more. The people surrounding her seem to give up communicating with her except you. So, you are the only person whom she relies on in good meaning and bad meaning. You are the only person she can vent her frustration.

However, you don’t need to fall victim to her. You seek for some advice to this column. It means you seem to reach the limit of your patience. You should declare your uncomfortable feelings. How about you distance yourself from your mother?  But you should do it with strong determination to prepare thoroughly. Your mother must attack you with really bad words to deny you. You are not wrong. Even considering the difference of environments between two of you, many people who are in the same generation as your mother’s spend their elder lives calmly.

I hope you won’t be hurt much because you care about your mother too much.

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Let me say my opinion and feeling.

I really understand this consulter’s feelings. When I was in my 50’s, I had the same, though my mother was not isolated, I think. But I was really worried that how to calmly get along with my mother.  She was really selfish. I visited my mother in Tokyo twice a month or more. Before the day I visited, I was usually stressed out. And when I talked to her, though she was selfish, she looked very happy. And after visiting I was satisfied my self to do my job as a daughter. So, in her case, probably she should distant herself from her mother, but,  on the other hand she has to face to herself and consider her duties as a daughter.

Now I’m still in my 60’s. But I am really afraid to become such selfish, calculating and being obstinate in the coming years. Because I inherit my mother’s character.

Good morning 0529

by Yuki

 Yesterday I joined in an online meeting. Though all members were Japanese, I was the oldest.

The topics are "Fame".

I'll intorduce my opinions to some interesting questions.

◆How do you feel about fame? Do you think that fame can make people happy?

Fame seems to be one of results. Doing the best and achieving  success results  in him or her having a fame,or fame is also one thing which has been passed down for generations.

Some people must be happy having fame, others are not, though it applies to anything. However, people tend to want fame including me. Additionally, even if I had fame, I wouldn’t know whether I would be happy or not.

◆What problems can fame bring? What would bother you most about being famous?

Probably they will lose their privacy. People! Probably it will be difficult who I trust, and who I must not trust.

◆Where would you live if you were very famous and had a lot of money?

I would like to live in a condominium with perfect nursing care and entertainment. 

About this quesion, I only answered seriously. Other's answeres included  positive dreams.

Good morning 0528

 

by Yuki

Yesterday, I walked about 4000 steps. As soon as I started walking my right leg felt stiff, but it got better. I will constantly walk every day about 4000 steps. Next week I go to an orthopedic doctor, then I will resume workout at the gym.

Yesterday I kept track of our  monthly household accounts. Do you do it? Of course we can’t make ends meet on our pension, we withdraw our savings little by little. Our main daily expenditure is “food and meals”. The food & meals include things which we buy at Costco. Food & meals are one of our entertainment.

Good morning 0527

 

by Yuki

Yesterday a new visitor dropped by my home library. She was walking exercise. She wasn’t interested in English picture books, but showed interest to some Japanese books. She is busy in nursing her mother who is 87years old. For a while we talked about nursing elder people. 

It was fun. 

For a while I won’t be able to goto the gym, so I open my home library in the morning when I don’t need to go to the hospital or clinics.

Usually I open my home library in the evening (it is the same when I used to open my English class), or someone contacts me.

Good morning 0526

 

by Yuki

Yuki’s band live of yesterday ended n a high note. Yuki’s tennis mates came to see it. It was a good day. I also could skip cooking. We had lunch outside, then after the live we bought lunch boxes for our dinner at a department store. 

Additionally, now the laundry machine is washing his costume (pants, shirts). After it, ironing them is my job.

Good morning 0525

 

by Yuki

Today it is Yuki’s band live day. Fortunately, he seems to go through the tunnel of his side effects. I don’t know whether the expression “go through” is suitable or not. In Japanese it is “Nukeru.” Many can see patients use the word, instead of heal. They should go through the tunnel at least every three week. 

This time the tunnel was longer than last time,

Though I already wrote, to heal his muscle hot joints) pain, we bought two  new mats. (Don’t ask me why we? ) 

To fix my bad posture I bought a gaming chair at a furniture store. Two new mats, but one gaming chair? He found another one at a used shop. And he bought it.

Yuki said “ the price is one twentieth of mine”.

good morning 0524

 

My back pain is getting better. Today I am going to get acupuncture again. Yuki’s muscle pain is also getting better. He might go playing tennis today. Tomorrow his band is going to perform. Tomorrow’s event is his top priority. So he might stay home today. 

To tell the truth it was a little bit tough week for us, even though we went out almost every day. 

Yesterday I hold a laughter yoga meeting.  At chat time, we told three complaints, troubles or worries.Coincidently, or naturally, all of them complained our pain. 

Then we told three things, what we did, what made happy, what we thanked. Coincidently or naturally food or confectionery made us happy. And all of them did gardening. 

Good morning 0523

by Yuki 

Yesterday we went to an art museum for a change of pace. Than we expected Yuki’s joint pain?  muscle pain is continued.  Two of us are suffering such pains, we feel to get really old, even though his pain is not caused by his aging. 

Anyway in the morning I hold a laughter yoga meeting. Three elder ladies are going to come. Of course they are older than me. 

Good morning 0522

 

 by Yuki

Yuki composed 700 tunes. He said if you are interested to my music channel, please subscribe his channel, of course it is free. 

Additionally I am waiting for someone to answer my yesterday’s question.

Yesterday Yuki brought back a set of ergonomic chair, and assembled it. It is really comfortable. 

Good morning 0520 I can't understant these riddels.

 

Q Why did the little boy put ice in his father's bed?

A  Because he liked cold pop.

Cold pop menas cold soda? what does it"cold soda" have something to do with his father? 

Q What is the best thing to put into a pie?

A Your teeth.

Why "teeth"? Why is it funny?

Q Why does a cook always put on a high white hat?

A to cover his head.

??? why is it funny? I heard to show his rank.

by Yuki

Good morning 0520

 

by Yuki

Today, we are going to leave home in an hour.

We will talk  with a radiologist at the same hospital. We usually talk with her after Yuki has a CT scan. Of course we also talk with his main doctor of respiratory medicine. It is good  for us to talk with and listen to the two doctors.

Today he also has a shot  to prevent from decreaseing the number of leukocytes. From his expereicne, after having the shot , he tends to have a slight fever. But he is going to join in his band practis tonight. 

Good morning 0519

 

by Yuki 

Yesterday I could go to  nearby temple to copy sutras (syakyou). My back is getting better. 

Today we are going to a city garbage center. I decided to discard “Zaisu” which is a chair without legs and used when sitting on the floor. Additionally I also discard other folding chairs which were used at a classroom when I had students.

I discarded many things about my clam school, but I thought I still have some (or many). How many things are stuffed in this small house? (Ms. J knows how small this house is!)

To tell the truth, it is difficult for me to focus on and keep positive minds. I’ll try to do it. 

A new week has started.

Good morning 0518

 

by Yuki

Yesterday two of us and our friend had a wonderful morning at a cafe.

Fortunately it was raining, so we were the first customer there. 

In the afternoon I decided to buy a new chair to do PC work. We went to a furniture store. I could order one on net, but I wanted to sit directly. I decided one. A new chair comes next Wednesday (Yuki should 

assemble it.) we know the type of the char I bought is called “gaming chair”. There is another type called “working chair”. What is the difference? Both of them seem to be good for our back. The seat of gaming chair is a little bit harder than shear of working char. And probably gaming chair is easier to relax. (It means working chair might better for our back, if we sit for a long hours.)

I do pc work on the chair, but I also read books, so I decided to buy gaming chair type.

Good morning 0517

 

by Yuki

Yuki could get the fourth chemotherapy. My back got better. Yesterday I had my back bone adjusted at an orthopedic clinic. For two of us it was a long day yesterday.

Today in the morning we are going to go out with our friend, but we can’t get contact with her yet. She must be asleep. We should call her in 30 minutes. Are we able to go out with her as scheduled?

Good morning 0516

 

by Yuki

Yuki has already left home to get chemotherapy. For him today it is a long day. I was going to go with him when he talks with his doctor. But I canceled. Now I am waiting for his call. Yesterday I got a strained back. Fortunately I could  take an appointment of my familiar acupuncture clinic. At that time it was difficult to walk and painful. This morning I got better, but I can’t walk as usual. So I canceled to go to Yuki’s big hospital. Instead of it, I will go to see an orthopedic doctor. Unfortunately, nearby orthopedic clinic was closed because the doctor got old. So I need to go another one which is a little  far, but I can still drive. It might not be necessary for me to go there,  but a weekend will come. Clinics are closed. I am a worrywart, so  I will go.  The clinic must be crowded. I must feel long until the noon comes.

about "wisdome"

 Yesterday, I joined in an online English conversation meeting.

The topics were "Wisdom". The topics were very difficult for me. Then what the other memebers thought were very diffiernt what I said. It was really interesting. I know I'm the eldest in the member, so I misunderstood the contents of the topic.

I thought again, and wrote my opinion.

◆Can you think of a historical figure who was very wise? What made them wise?

The keyword of this quesion is "wise", not "smart".

I think“wise” means having or showing sound judgment. So probably Buda or SHakamuni must have been wise because he showed  what is human beings and spread Buddhism. Or Aristotle was wise, he is called the father of philosophy

An ability to discern and judge properly as to what is true or right, not be controlled by their surroundings made people wise.

◆What are 3 things a person can do to gain more wisdom? Do you do these things?

To listen to others taking a netrual posision,  not to be controalled  by their surroundings, and  to pursue more ideal world, better world, or to help others

What do you think of it?

by Yuki

Good morning 0514

 

by Yuki

Yesterday it was the day of Karaku, I played the piano. Then my friend and I went to near by a private home to see roses.

Good morning 0513

 

by Yuki

Today it is the day o Karaku, I play the piano there. Last week I went there by mistake. Yuki is going to join a jam session again as last Tuesday. There he plays the bass instead of the guitar. Both of us are temporary musicians, aren’t we?

Yesterday we went to a food fair of Hokkaidou at a department store again, then we bought “Zangi” again.

 These are Zangi. Enjoy with subtitles!

Good morning 0512

 

by Yuki

A new week has started. It is raining.

Yesterday I did copying of sutras (syakyou) at home. My brash lose its shape, so I need a new one. I should go to a Japanese calligraphy store. Lucky! I found a reason to go to a department store. 

I also finished reading books which I borrowed at the library. Yuki has no tennis practice. He is looking for a hat not baseball cap. Though it is raining, we have some errands so go out today together.

Good morning 0511 Happy Mother’s Day!

 

by Yuki

Today it is Mother’s Day. When our daughters and granddaughter came last week, they celebrated Kid’s Day & Mother’s Day. (Which was main?) I am afraid that we don’t visit Yuki’s mother in Tokyo. These days Yuki doesn’t contact with his younger brother. He hesitates or think it troublesome to talk about his condition. 

 

Yesterday  I finished drawing postcards, and posted my haiku to haiku club on net. I was like an artist. 

It took more time than I thought. Those work made me very satisfied. It was a good day. 

Good morning 0510

 

by Yuki

It is rainy. Yuki is going to join in jam session. I will draw postcards of this month which are sent to elderly people living in this town.

Yesterday we went to a food fair of Hokkaidou at a department store. First we decided our budget. We had a good shopping, all of them were for our dinner. One croquette, one piece of local fried chicken called Zangi, one big rice ball with boiled listers, and so on. 

It was fun.

We constantly go to a clinic near the department store. This food fair is open for two weeks. So probably we will go there again. 

I walked about 4000 steps, only in the department store, which is not so big (as Ms. J knows)

Good morning 0509

 

by Yuki

Yesterday we went to see wisterias at a private residence where they open their garden. It was wonderful. Then we had lunch outside. There I also had cake. I was too greedy. I know these days I am not good at fresh cream. This morning my stomach is still upset. 

I really understand, I can eat “only” small expensive high quality cake. Where?

 When?

Additionally it is all right to eat my homemade cake.

Good morning 0508

 

by Yuki

Yesterday each of us walked a lot. 

Yuki walked about 100,00 steps at a golf course. I walked to the library, so my pedometer showed 100,00 steps. 

Yesterday I was going to see wisteria flowers with somebody of my gym mates. But unfortunately I could not find anyone. So I changed my plan to walk to the library after the gym.

Then I dropped by my friend’s beauty salon and got a hair cut (and chatted).

I did “work” hard. My work is to do exercise. 

Good morning 0507

 

by Yuki

Yesterday, it was not my Karaku day. I noticed that I got to Karaku. It was the first time for me to make a such mistake. 

However, it was a good day. I was talking with owner’s couple at the counter table. I was refreshed. 

Golden Week vacation finished. Usual days have started. 

Usual? Yuki has already left home to play golf. It is the first time for him to play golf this year. (His members planed some but all of them were canceled because of bad weather.)

Good morning 0506

 

It is the last day of this Golden Week vacation. It is cloudy, it doesn’t rain yet. Yuki is going to join a jam session in the afternoon, and to go to his band practice at night. For him today is “jazz day”. 

For me it is my performance day at Karaku cafe. But today I am under the weather.  This English phrase is “perfect”. Because this weather ( changes in the air pressure) causes this trouble of dizziness on me. I hope I will get better until noon. 

I complained.

Yesterday, “suddenly” my cable which connects my iPhone and an outlet didn’t work. So I was going to buy new one at a big drugstore nearby on foot. I had a coupon. But Yuki said “it is cheaper to buy at a big electronics store”. So we drove there. We knew same things were sold and using the coupon it was cheaper to buy one at the drugstore

Well, it is all right, he enjoyed browsing the electronics store, and on the way home we dropped by a supermarket.

Additionally in the afternoon I got a minor heat stroke. It was not so hot, but it got very humid suddenly compared the day before yesterday. My heat stroke probably came from humidity. 

Oh, I complained again.

I will spend in the morning lazily.

Good morning 0505

 

by Yuki

A new week has started. On the calendar today and tomorrow are still holidays. 

I was a good chef for the two days.  Yuki was a good tennis coach yesterday. We had a good holiday. 

I didn’t have to think about anything unnecessary. Cooking, washing, talking, moving, —-sleeping. 

My daughters and I had enough time to talk about our current situations including his disease and our financial situation, and our future plan, while Yuki was playing the game with our granddaughter. 

I had a good time. 

Good morning 0504 & lunch diary 0503

 

by Yuki

by Mieko

Last evening our younger daughter and grandchild came and stayed with us. Early this morning our elder daughter joined us. 

Now they are playing tennis. I stay home. I will prepare their lunch soon. 

Thankfully, we are spending unusual Sunday. 

From tomorrow we will have usual days.

Good morning 0503

 

Yesterday, it was rainy. I went out in the morning, but when I came back I felt sick. So I was in bed. It is one good thing of our retirement life. I can line down on bed anytime. Probably my nerves system got in disorder. 

This morning I am not so bad. Additionally it is sunny. 

Can you guess where I (we) went out yesterday?

We went out to a department store to “check” a bed mattress. One of Yuki’s side effects is muscle pain. Especially after he gets a shot, his muscle seems hurt. So he started checking mattress CM on TV. ( not on net). And he wanted to check some “real” mattress at a “department store”. It means he wants one branded  mattress with proven results. The one he wants is advertised by a famous athlete, and used at a famous hotel.

Then, did I buy ones? 

No, when we got home, he bought two mattress of its second grade on net. Why I wrote “two” ? Of course the other is mine. 

It will come  in about two weeks. It will comes before he takes the third chemotherapy.

Good morning 0502

 

by Yuki

Since he got chemotherapy and shot, one week has passed. His condition almost seems to recover. 

Yesterday, luckily our neighbor brought fried noodle for our dinner. So I didn’t need to prepare our dinner.

We have a good neighbor, don’t we?

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