Wednesday 22 April 2009

Life goes on...(J)

Just in case this Blog appears to be a series of dramas and negative events...

We do sometimes actually all get along and have a nice time! Last night I got home from work via the sewing shop where I'd bought blackout material for the bedroom curtains.(It's already sunny here at 5 am...and it's only April. Next I have to blackout the cat's brain at 5 am so he doesn't shout for breakfast!!)
Yujiro cooked nikujagar (a kind of potato and beef stew), the three of us ate dinner round the kithen table and chatted about this and that: earthquakes, food in the war, famous people who were born in Hokkaido, Yubari city and that-woman-singer-who-was-born-there....

Ordinary life. We sat and chatted for an hour or so. We drank beer. Okaasan drank green tea. Then we went back upstairs to our rooms and she did the washing up. I may never have to wash up after dinner again...there IS an advantage to living with Okaasan....Everyone watched TV...Okaasan fell asleep on the carpet under the heated table blanket....we went to bed and put towels across the curtains to block the light. The cat was sick at 10.30 pm and I got up to give him a quick injection. This passes for nromal in our lives...

and today - Wednesday - is my day off. We are going to foregt about house and Okaasan and go out for the day. Just the two of us. We'll check by GPS to make sure Okaasan remembers to go to hula dance.



2009年4月22日(水)
人生は続く
このブログって、劇的状況といやな事の連続のように見えるかもしれないけど・・・

ワタシたち時々はうまくいって楽しく過ごすこともあるのよ!昨夜ワタシは、仕事の帰りに、寝室のカーテンに遮光の素材を買おうとして手芸店に寄ってから帰ってきたの。(ここは午前5時にすでに日が差すのよ・・・まだ4月なのに。次はネコが朝ごはんの催促で鳴かないように、彼の頭の中をまっくらにしなくっちゃ!)
ユウが肉じゃが(ジャガイモと牛肉のシチューのような料理)を作り、ワタシたち三人は台所のテーブルに着いて夕食を食べ、あれやこれやおしゃべりしたの:地震、戦争中の食べ物、北海道出身の有名人のこと、夕張市とそこで生まれた女性歌手のことなんかをね。

普通の生活。ワタシたちは一時間かそこら座っておしゃべりしたの。ワタシたちはビールを飲み、お義母さんは緑茶を飲んだわ。それからワタシたちは二階の自分たちの部屋に戻り、お義母さんは洗い物をしたの。ワタシは二度と夕食後の洗い物をしなくてもよいかも・・・お義母さんと暮らすことでいい点もあるのよ・・・みんながテレビを見て・・・お義母さんはコタツぶとんの下のカーペットで眠りに落ち・・・ワタシたちは光を遮るためにカーテンにタオルをかけて眠ったの。10時半にネコが具合悪くなり、ワタシは起きて手早く注射をしたの。ワタシたちの生活ではこれで普通なの・・・

そして今日---水曜日---は、仕事がお休みなの。ワタシたちは家とお義母さんのことを忘れるのよ。きょうは出かけるの。二人だけで。ワタシたちはお義母さんがフラダンスに行くのを忘れないようにするためにGPSをチェックするつもりよ。

2 comments:

  1. Thankyou Sophia!

    Nice to know people out there are enjoying it....I started writing this at the suggestion of a student...and it became a kind of confessional for me in times of stress...I guess I hope that if another foreign woman...or ANY woman who finds themselves suddenly living with her Okaasan she might feel comfort in knowing what we have been through.

    I have no idea how many people are reading this...I KNOW of about 30-40 people, students, friends etc...but who knows?!!

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