１月１８日（木曜日）２０２４
朝から小降りながらも私にとっては無情の雨。丘の上の中学校に読み聞かせ。電動アシストとはいえ、ギアを１にしてもやっとという感じ。「１００年たったら」は壮大な輪廻転生がテーマ。中一の生徒諸君がどう感じたか分からないけど集中して聴いてくれました。
うちへ帰ってコーヒー飲んで蒸し野菜いっぱいの朝食を済ませ、今度は市立病院へ。帰りに買い物をするので愛のりタクシーは使わず自転車で出かけることに。雨用ジャケットとパンツで万全の支度.....のつもりが出発するとすぐに後悔。長靴にすればよかった、サングラスがあれば雨が目に入ることはなかったのにと。診療が終わって、特に変化なし次からは地元の医院で外用薬の処方箋を出してもらうように手紙を書いておくと医師に言われたことが何よりの朗報でした。
帰りに本屋、薬局、スーパー２軒寄りました。自転車に乗って聞こえてくるのは、ただただ車が行き過ぎる音ばかり。車がなかった昔はさぞかし静かだっただろうと思いながら無事宅。
今日のお慰みはスーパーで買ったマグロでマグロ丼、といっても寿司ご飯の上に魚を乗せただけ。それでもほっと一息、美味しく頂きました！
It was a rainy day in the morning which made me depressed. In the rain, I went to Taga Junior Highschool which stands on the hill by bike for storytelling. Even though I was riding an electric assist bicycle and I set the lowest gear, it was still hard to go up the hill. I read "After 100 years" by Mutsumi Ishii which had the theme of grand reincarnation. I didn't know what the students thought of it but I am glad that they concentrated to listen.
After coming home, I finished my breakfast with hot coffee and a lot of steamed vegetables, and left for the hospital to check my hip joint with my bike again. Wearing a rain jacket and pants, I thought I was protected perfectly from the rain but I regretted leaving without putting on rain boots and wearing sunglasses. I, however, got good results that my left hip joint didn't get worse and the doctor said that I could get the prescription at the nearest clinic if I need to and I don't need to come to the hospital which is very far from my home.
On my way back home, I stopped by a bookstore, pharmacy and two supermarkets to buy necessary things. While I was riding my bike, I heard the noise of busy cars passing me and I thought it must have been so quiet in the old days before cars were invented.
I bought fresh tuna at the grocery store and made sushi rice topped with tuna at home. It was so good!
