There's a way.

We celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary yesterday. Our anniversary coincides with my husband's birthday because of his request, so he has managed to remember the date. Good work. I bought a birthday present for him, and our children gave him some handmade gifts. We ate out for dinner at our favorite restaurant that served superb smorgasbord food. As always, we ate a lot and drank a lot until we were full to the throat.

The other night, I unusually stayed up late and I was reading an English book. At midnight, I heard a weird noise from the balcony. It was subtle, and it didn't seem to stop. "What's that?" I opened the curtains and made sure where the noise came from. Good grief! I was very surprised. Somebody was there, at the corner of my balcony on the second floor! I didn't wear my contact-lenses, so I couldn't see it clearly. However I certainly saw something moving around the garbage I had left in the evening. As my eyes were getting to adjust to the darkness, I found that it looked like an animal crouching down over the garbage and foraging for food.
I wanted to ask my husband's help, but unfortunately he was taking a shower.
'I have to take care of it!"
When I opened the window with a vengeance, the shadow jumped up. At the next moment, it jumped down on the ground without a noise and ran away. It happened in a second, so I didn't have a chance to make sure what it was.
"It must be a cat," I thought.
I cleaned up the balcony, put the box over the garbage, and went to bed. Next morning, I found out that my balcony was messy again...

I visited a hospital to take a medical exam the other day. After every check-up was done, the hospital served me a fabulous lunch. Let me show you what was on the menu.


Lunch Course

・Fume de SANMA avec Marine de champignon de bois
・Soup de Chowdar
・Mijoter de Porc de IBERICO Espagne
・Dessert


I might sound exaggerated, but I had never tasted anything like these! I wouldn't mind taking an extra check-up if I could have the luxurious lunch they served again!



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I went to the hospital the other day to take a medical exam
I may sound like I'm exaggerating,

The previous story is here ... My problem.



I think I require to talk about cataract here. The medical condition can be a cause which makes people have trouble with their eyesight, but you have to know it doesn't happen to anybody. I didn't realize that I had been suffering from cataract until I was diagnosed. Around 10 years have passed since then, but my eyes are perfectly all right. My parents have a 16-year-old dog whose eyes are completely white because of cataract, but mine have no problem. Unlike most Japanese people, my eyes are light brown.

I've kept writing about my check-ups, and also kept you in suspense about cataract. The doctor said to me that the results of my check-ups seemed to be perfect. I was relieved to hear that!

When I left the room, it was about time to have lunch. I remembered how starving I was! After check-ups, we were supposed to have a special lunch in the hospital. I headed for to the restaurant on the fifth floor.



To be continued...



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1)　The medical condition can cause people to have trouble with their eyesight, and does not happen to anybody.

2)　I've been writing about my check-ups, and have also kept you in suspense about cataract my condition.

The previous story is here..."Where am I?"



The man immediately noticed the envelope I was holding in my arm. Not waiting for my reply, he smiled at me and said, "Thank you for coming all the way. Please follow me." I made sure quickly where I was. Well, it was not a mistake anyway. The sign in the entrance hall said I was in the hospital. Feeling odd, I looked around without a word. The hall surely looked like the one of a hotel. The interior was quite chic, and everything in the massive hall caught my eyes.
I followed the man's lead and took the elevator to the 6th floor. There was another man waiting for me.
"Would you please be seated until everything is ready?"
He pointed at a sofa at the corner of the waiting room. The room was quite comfortable, not to mention the sofa I sat on. Although visitors and staff were coming in continuously, I didn't feel annoyed or bothered at all. Until the time my name was finally called, I was sitting on the cozy sofa reading my English books.


To be continued...