数日前から咳が出て喉が荒れている感じ。熱もなく体調が悪いということもないので手洗いうがいを頻繁にするほかは気にも留めていなかったのですが、今朝屋根の修理をお願いしているおじさんたちの一人に声をかけようとするも声が出ません。それほど離れていない所で仕事をしているのに３度ほど挨拶を試みましたが気付いてくれません。絞り出すように低い声をやっとの思いで出して挨拶をして、「声が出ないんです」と告げると、おじさん「コロナか？」と。カフェをしていてコロナ感染では話にならないと思い、遅ればせながらアメリカから持ち帰っていた自分でできる感染テストをやってみました。結果はNegative（問題なし）。単なる風邪であることは間違いないのですが、声が出ない自分というのもまたおかしな感じでこれも健康であるという証拠かなと思っています。
I have been having a cough and mild sore throat since a few days ago, but didn't feel any problem about my body condition, so I didn't pay any special attention except for washing my hands and gargling my throat frequently. This morning, when I tried to say "good morning" to one of the men who are now fixing the roof, I realized that I had no voice. It was only a few meters away between me and the men, and I tried several times to make a voice but he didn't notice me. After trying a couple of times to say good morning, finally my low weak voice reached him. I explained that I am having a problem to speak．Then he asked me "Did you get Covid-19?" I was quite fine other than I had no voice, but I decided to do Covid-19 self-test which was the package I bought from Boston last time. The result was "Negative". I think I just caught a cold and it might be necessary to lead a balanced lifestyle to be a healthy person.
