Tuesday 9 June 2009

Life goes on...and on...(J)

Sorry. Haven't blogged.

Sunday a friend came round bearing wonderful cheeses, sausages and bread...we hung out at home and escorted the cat around the street for territorial yowling. She helped me get stuff at the Home Care center. I came home, rather late, and cooked chicken stir fry for Okaasan and Yujiro. It was ok, cos I added lots of soy sauce.

Okaasan had a good weekend - she went twice..or maybe more times ...to the Hokkaido University Festival. She enjoyed all the food stalls and people. I know she came home Saturday with dumplings or something, but she couldn't remember what she'd bought.

Yujiro's been job hunting. He's getting a bit down about it all. Season work for a 50 year old man in the middle of an economic downturn is hard to find. Rather worryingly he is also feeling down about his chances of ski teaching next season. I think it's more a confidence thing after the events of last winter (1 day work and then injured again), but it worrying. He is such an UP/positive person...it worries me when he is pessimistic. Skiing IS his life. He will ski again of course...but making a winter, earning life out of it who knows...I think he WILL. BUt he is feeling down about it. I thought going to the wedding with all his ski buddies would give him a boost...but no.

And in England my step-mum came out of ICU. Good. 2 nights later she fell out of bed onto the hospital floor. Bad. Many bruises and pain and more mental confusion.

I just spoke to Dad and he sounded sad. He seemed to think Jane was turning a corner, and this fall has set her back again.

So. I feel a bit down today. My knee is feeling better than yesterday - GOOD. But Tuesday is quite a long day of work. I should go for the electronic pulse rehab tomorrow.

I went to an old student's office tonight to pay her and pick up some tickets for a Simon and Garfunkle concert in July. I wondered...will I be able to walk into Sapporo Dome in July...all the way to my seat? It's 5 weeks away.I can't imagine what I can do.

Tonight I'll go to bed early to get in enough sleep before the cat wakes up at 5 am.
Tomorrow that photographer is coming to take my picture for a book about Foreign Wives of Japanese Men. I've never felt less ready for this kind of thing. I feel fat, slow and old. I wish I could cancel this photograph thing. Maybe she won't use it.


Just a lot of life at the moment.
Sorry. Very boring Blog. Just life. I used to feel carefree and happy. I wonder what happened.
2009年6月9日(火) 
人生は続く・・・また続く・・・ 
更新せずにごめんなさい。 
日曜日、友人が美味しいチーズとソーセージとパンを持ってやってきたの・・・家でのんびり過ごししたり、通りで縄張りを主張して鳴くネコに付いて行ったりしたわ。彼女はホームケアセンターで品物を入手するのを手伝ってくれたの。ワタシは家に戻り、ちょっと遅かったけどお義母さんとユウに鶏肉の炒め物を作ったの。美味しかったわ。だって醤油をたくさん加えたんですもの。 
お義母さんはいい週末を過ごしたわ-2回・・・あるいはたぶんもっと・・・北海道大学祭に行ったの。お義母さんは食べ物の屋台や人々と十分に楽しく過ごしたわ。土曜日にお義母さんが餃子かなにかを持ち帰ったのは知っているんだけど、お義母さんは何を買ったか思い出せなかったの。 
ユウは職探しをしているわ。彼はそのことで少し落ち込んでいるの。不況まっただ中に50歳男性の季節限定の仕事をみつけるのはむずかしいのよ。ちょっと困ったことに、彼は次のシーズンのスキー指導が可能か、ってことでも気落ちしているのよ。ワタシは昨冬の出来事(仕事を一日してまたけがをした)があったから、むしろ自信の問題だと思うのだけど、心配しているわ。彼はとても活動的で前向きな人間なの・・・彼が悲観的なのがワタシには気がかりよ。スキーは彼の人生そのものなの。彼はもちろんまたスキーをするわ・・・でも、冬にスキーで生計を立てられるかはわからないわ・・・そうなると思うけど、彼はそのことで落ち込んでいるの。スキーの仲間みんなといっしょに結婚式に行くことが彼を励ますだろうと思ったけど・・・だめなのよ。 
そしてイギリスでは継母がICUからでたの。よかった。二晩あと彼女はベッドから病室の床に落ちたの。なんてこと。多くの打撲と痛みとさらに精神錯乱があるわ。 
父と話したばかりなんだけど、父は寂しそうだったわ。ジェーンは危機を脱しつつあったけど、この転落がまた後戻りさせたと思っているみたい。 
それでワタシはきょうすこしがっかりしているの。膝はきのうよりいい感じよ-よかった。でも、火曜日は実に長い仕事の一日なの。明日電気治療のリハビリに行かなくちゃ。
今晩ワタシは以前の生徒の事務所に7月のサイモンとガーファンクルのチケットの支払いと受け取りに行ったの。ワタシ、7月に札幌ドームに・・・自分の席までずっと歩いていけるかしら・・・5週間後よ。どうなるか想像できないわ。 
きょうの夜は、ネコが5時に起きる前に十分な睡眠がとれるように早く休むつもりよ。
明日はあの写真家が日本人男性の外国人の妻たちの本ためにワタシの写真を取りに来るの。ワタシはこの種類のことにこれほど準備ができていないって感じたことはないわ。太っちゃってのろくて年老いたって感じるの。この写真のことがキャンセルできたらいいのになあ。たぶん、彼女はそれを使わないわね。 
ちょうど今人生の多くのことがあるのよ。 
でも、きょうある生徒がご主人の身体の三カ所、胃と腸と甲状腺が癌だって言っていたわ。
お気の毒ね。ワタシの人生はただの・・・人生だってこと。 
ごめんなさい。かなりつまらないブログよね。生活のことだけ。のんきで幸せだって感じていたものだったのに、どうしちゃったのかしら。

Sorry. Very boring Blog. Just life. I used to feel carefree and happy. I wonder what happened.

2 comments:

  1. I think when you are suffering from low grade pain all the time it does make you feel down. And also just not being able to go thoughtlessly about your life but constantly being reminded by pain that you just can't right now is miserable.

    I don't know what to say about the job situation. It sucks. I do hope he finds something soon, for his confidence's sake as much as anything else. Looking for a job right now is a horrible place to be.

    And I can't tell you how sorry I feel for your poor step-mum. What were they thinking leaving her so unattended that she could fall out of bed days out of ICU???? Grr on her behalf....

    The photographer lady came to my house on Monday and did my pics today. She is VERY NICE. Very easy to get on with, interested and interesting without being full-on. You should do it! I found that someone paying ME a bit of undivided attention did my spirits a world of good.

    I told her about your bad leg and she said she'll just do pics around your house area so go for it. I hope she'll give you a bit of a giggle and lift your spirits a bit.

    She had me laughing today because she asked me to climb up and sit on a split rail fence, and it started to crack under my weight. Cringe!

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  2. Thanks Vicky for the pep-talk...

    i just had a bath...and remembered how lucky we are to HAVE this huge bath..

    I'm going to cool off, try to inject the cat for his kidneys and go to bed.

    Hmm...my garden as a location? Me desperatly weeding on one leg...that is possible.

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