ここのところ、ずっとこんな感じの窓の外。
気温はマイナス１０℃まではいってないし、雪もまだ１５センチくらい、そうひどくはないんだけれどね。でもまだ１０月。
ライラックの葉はまだ緑色だったのに、寒さと雪で完全に凍ってしまってかわいそう。
このままハロウィンまで雪予報が出ているので、雪の中のハロウィンになるのかな、まぁそれも体験したことがないことなので、おもしろそうだけれど。
Where has the beautiful Autumn gone? We have been having snow everyday.
It's not too bad though, it's -7 ℃, the snow is not so deep, maybe 15cm or so. But it's October.
The view from our living room is like we are having Christmas soon, we haven't had Halloween yet though. It might be our first "White Halloween" this year, that sounds a bit fun.
昨日は村のお医者さんに専門医を勧めてもらってから待って待って半年、ようやく専門のお医者さんに会うことができて、用事が緊急じゃないことだから特にそうなのだろうけれど、日本だと眼科・耳鼻科・外科・産婦人科、それぞれが独立しているから普通に会えるお医者さんでもこちらはファミリードクターを通じてこんなに待たなきゃいけないんだということになんだかなぁ。。。と感じました。
I had an appointment with a specialist yesterday, I had waited seeing him for 6 months. It's not an emergency, but to me, who has grown up in Japan, where you don't have family doctor system and you can just go straight to see specialists when you need to, it was a long, long time to wait. I was very glad to see him finally.
しかも、専門医はもちろん村にはいなくて、隣の大きな街にいて、現在車もなく生活している状況で隣街に自力で行く手段（バス）もなく、村のお友達に雪の中、高速で片道４０分送ってもらっていただいて、すごくすごく本当にありがたかった。帰りは今度は街に住むのおばと主人の従妹がこれまたもっとひどくなった雪の中家まで送り届けてくれて、感謝感謝の１日でした。
この国、雪がこうも降って、車がないと自分たちだけじゃできないことがいっぱいです。
Right now, Juliett and I don't have our car, the specialist is in GP, we had no way to get there by ourselves. My friend(and her daughter) drove us to the clinic in snow, then Col's Auntie K took her afternoon off from her work and came to be with us at the clinic, she also took us for grocery shopping, we met her daughter E, then they took us to a restaurant for dinner and drove us home in blizzard! Without their help, I even couldn't see my doctor. I can't thank them enough.
I realized that we couldn't do lots of things without car, and in this snowy weather in this country.
学校を早退して私についてきてくれたジュリはいつもと違う午後に大興奮の様子、友達の娘ちゃんとマックのプレイルームでいっぱい遊んで、おばの家の犬とも遊んで、おばと従妹にもかわいがってもらって、レストランで夕食までご馳走になって、ルンルンで帰ってきてぐっすり寝たのだけれど、今朝７時前に飛び起きてトイレに駆け込んで嘔吐。
For Juliett, it was such a special day, she went to school in the morning, then had lunch at McDonald's with her friend and played at the playroom, then met her great Auntie K, played with their dog, Swiffer, did her homework with Auntie K, met cousin E, and had a treat supper with them! What a happy day! Lucky Julie!
She has only 7days for her school to go, but early this morning she threw up, I guess she got a stomach flu.
She is totally fine(see her smile?) except the sudden puke feelings. :(
She put her futon by the washroom(her decision) and she reads books, has some naps, and watches DVDs.
6 more school days until we move this village, I hope she can go to school without missing them.
学校はもちろんお休み。かなりの雪だからその中を歩くのは大変だったから良かった？のかも。
ジュリはそれからトイレのすぐ近くに自分のお布団を置いて、すぐに駆け込めるようにして寝たりDVD観たり。突然やってくる嘔吐以外はすごい元気でにっこにこしてるんだけれど。
もうあの学校に通うのも数日だから元気に毎日行けるといいんだけれどな。
私はこれから雪かき。かな。
もう慣れたけれど一人で荷詰めに雪かき。腕の筋肉もりもりさ。
Well, I will go outside and do some snow shoveling.
Packing and snow shoveling.... I have done these a lot by myself in the past and I got used to them.
Those exercises make/made my arms very strong! :)
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