１２月８日（木曜日）２０２２
今朝の天気は微妙。洗濯したものを外に干そうか家の中か迷って、ネットで天気予報を見ると午前は雲マークで午後は晴れマーク。それではと外に干してみるも正午近くになっても曇り空なので一旦干し物は場所を移動。
午後は食品の買い出しのため、床掃除をルンバ君にお願いして自転車を出そうと玄関を開けたら、何と外は結構な雨脚。一瞬怯んだものの食材の買い出しは必須であるため、雨がっぱとレインパンツ、帽子にマフラー、サングラス、バックパックの恰好で出発。「何で？午後はお天気のはずではなかったの？」と心中天気予報を恨みつつ、とにかくも目的地へ。空は明るくなって雨は小降りになったものの予報とは大はずれ。前を行く女性は右手に広げた傘を持ち左手だけで上手に自転車に乗っていました。バランス感覚に自信のない私には絶対にできない芸当だと、両手でハンドル握りしめて帰ってきました。
The weather was unstable today. I wondered whether I should dry clothing outside or inside after washing, then I checked the net weather forecast. According to that, it was cloudy in the morning but cleared up in the afternoon, so I decided to dry them outside. It was still cloudy around noon, however, I put them inside the house.
Since I was expecting to go to the grocery store in the afternoon, I set the cleaning robot Roomba ON so it would be working while I was out and about to leave my house by bicycle. Then I saw it was raining rather hard. I just hesitated but I needed to get something for the cafe, so I decided to go out with a rain jacket, rain pants, hat, scarf, sunglasses and backpack on my shoulder. Having a bitter feeling about the weather forecast because it should have cleared up, I headed for the store anyhow. I saw the bright sky and the rain became weak but it didn't stop yet. There was a woman who was riding her bicycle with an umbrella opened in her right hand and holding the handle in her left hand. It was amazing but I knew that I am not the person to be able to ride in such a tricky way. I held the handle with both hands and came back home safely. 
