８月２１日（月曜日）２０２３
お盆が過ぎても猛暑の毎日。日中外に出るのはある種の覚悟が要ります。２時半すぎに意を決して買い出しに出ました。業務スーパーで買い物をした後、マリンバ公演のチラシを置かせてもらいに近くのカフェグレコに寄りました。久しぶりに注文する夢見る飲み物、クリームソーダの美味しいこと！
一息入れさせてもらって出発し、帰り道にホームセンターで封筒を買って外にでると腕に冷たいものが.....。雨が降るかもと急いでペダルを漕いでいると前方に鋭い稲妻、その数秒後、大粒の雨が降り出してきました。これは進めないと判断し、大急ぎで近くのコンビニの軒下へ。
雷と雨の大暴れ。稲光の後のバシッ！ガッガーン！！は、いくつになっても怖くて悲鳴が出ますが、少し離れて同じように雨宿りしているお兄さんには聞こえていないのかアイコンタクトなし。
３、４０分経って、東の空が明るくなって夕立劇場の終わりが見えてきました。まだ雨は降っていましたが先にお兄さんがコンビニを離れ、しばらくして私も。中に入って買い物はしませんでしたが、改めてコンビニの存在の有り難さを実感しました。
It's late August but still terribly warm these days and you need to prepare in your mind when you go out in this weather. I was determined to go to the supermarket at around 2:30. After getting necessary things, I went to Cafe Greco which my old friend runs to ask them to let me place flyers for the Marimba Concert which will be held in my cafe on the 23rd of September. At Cafe Greco, I ordered a Soda Float which was so good!
On the way home, I stopped by another store to buy envelopes and when I came out of the store, I felt small drops of water. I thought that it would start to rain. When I was pedalling my bicycle, I saw a strong thunder lightning ahead of me. Few seconds later, much stronger rain started falling. I was on my bicycle, but I thought I couldn't go farther and should find some place to shelter from the rain. I dashed to a Convenience store nearby.
There was fearful thunder and heavy rain. Since it was so scary, I unintentionally cried out loud, but a man who was also waiting in front of the Conbini for the rain to stop seemed not to hear my scream, since we didn't have any eye contact with each other.
After a while, the eastern sky became bright and it looked like the thunder storm would be over shortly. Although it was still raining, the man left first, and next I left. I didn't enter the Conbini and didn't buy anything, but I really appreciated the existence of Convenience Store.
