What A Life ...Continued

 I should of guessed that things were going to keep being crazy!

Sam recovered from his nose bleed.  I'm figuring how to cook without my oven.  So I thought things would start to look up.  But of course not.

Monday night we had an awful thunderstorm.  I went down to check on the cats, especially Mama and Fluffy, they freak out!  Mama had found a corner to curl up in. Looked for Fluffy but couldn't find her, checked the boxes I had put out for her but no Fluffy,  Heard scratching in the massive TV box, curled in the bottom corner was Fluffy.  Massive box, tiny cat!

Fluffy in the box

The next day I felt sick but put it down to being tired.  Went to bed early Wednesday but felt worse.  My symptoms were rather weird.  Constant hunger, even after eating I felt hungry.  I felt that my satiety switch had been turned off.  This caused me to feel nauseous, which led to dry heaving.  Also I couldn't stop burping.  The only thing I could think of was a side effect of drinking too much sports drinks.  I sweat a lot so am always drinking water and sports drinks but I think I over did the sports drinks and dumped to much sugar into my body.  Friday night was awful. I stayed downstairs to be near the bathroom.  I was throwing up stomach acid until 4am.  Saturday I canceled my lessons and just slept.  Feel okay no but realize that I can't eat or drink sugar.   A little bit, occasionally maybe okay but not large quantities.  

Also the past week a lot of students have being absent.  Covid is making the rounds here again!  Everyone has said that it was mild but annoying as can't go out!  I feel sorry for the kids as summer holidays have just started!

What A Life

 Sam, one of my ginger cats, got a nose bleed yesterday. Hannah and I managed to get to him and stop the bleeding but couldn't figure out why. He wouldn't let us look so couldn't tell if it was a cut or from inside. Hannah and I had hairdressers appointment so had to go out but the boys were at home so I asked them to keep an eye on Sam. Got back couple of hours later and Sam was not happy. He is a love bug, even when sleeping he will purr and respond but no response at all, not even for his favorite treat! Decided it's better to go to the vets. Took Sam in. The vet thinks he smashed into something, maybe when zooming! Got a shot to stop the bleeding. Still miserable when he came home but a few hours later he ate and drank. I think you can see on the photo his nose looks swollen. I was so stressed by this that my English escaped me, Fluffy was having a big stretch, I said "Wow what a big mouth stretch. Hannah, rolling her eyes "Mom that's a yawn."

Poor Sam

Last night David told me that my birthday present was coming today, he ordered it from Amazon when they had a sale last week. I thought it would be a book or kindle. It arrived this morning, a new TV! I couldn't believe it, I just stood looking at the box. So I left David and Hannah to set up the TV. I had these love pork chops for lunch, put them in the oven and slow roast. Guess what? The oven wouldn't work. On my oven you choose the mode you want, microwave, oven or gill, then on the oven the temperature and the how long you want to cook. I set up everything, pressed start and nothing happened. Tried a few more times, unplugged it, plugged it in again, nothing! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! Lovely new TV but broken oven. I don't use the oven much in the summer so I'm thinking of getting a microwave for now and save for an oven in the autumn!

Christopher just sent me this photo.

This is outside a shop.  Christopher said it's a loyal soy bottle waiting for it's master!  Rather strange to have a half a bottle of soy sauce left by the store's door!  Must be a story there!

Fluffy

 Something a bit lighter.

One of our cats, Fluffy finds the most interesting places to sleep.  

For example 

on the toilet.

On the kitchen sink, good excuse not to do the dishes.

Always on the edge of the table, then she falls off!

The kitchen counter is a favorite.

In an old tomato pack.

Not sleeping but riding on Mikey's shoulder.  There was a lizard on the window and she wanted a closer look!

What A Week

 I don't usually write about the news but this week has been rather extra ordinary.

Started with a typhoon that wasn't a typhoon when it reached here.  We got lots of rain and incredible thunderstorms.  Cooled things down for a couple days but we are now back to mid 30's celsius.

On July 7th it was reported that 2 junior high school girls were stabbed in the back as they walked to school. Both were injured, but not life threatening.  A suspect was arrested, he didn't know these girls but wanted to kill.

Then the creator of Yu Gi Oh was found dead in the sea.  This hit home for my kids as they grew up reading and watching Yu Gi Oh.  It is also one of the best trading card games, popular world wide.

Then yesterday was the assassination of Mr Abe.  I'm still in shock.  Japan is one of the safest countries, gun crime is almost non existent.  I don't know about politics, I'm not sure I understood what Mr Abe did as prime minister but he seemed like a good man.  To be gunned down for doing his job is just wrong.  

I feel like things were really crazy this week.  I hope the rest of the summer is calmer!

The Heat Is On

 I know the summers in Japan are hot but the temperatures we have been experiencing the past few days go beyond hot!  Yesterday was really bad, the high was 37C with a real feel of 41C.  The real feel is what it feels like!  Far too hot to do anything.  I had to use the second room that is set up for teaching, the room that has no air conditioner.  After an hour I was exhausted, my head was pounding and I just wanted to lie down and not move for the rest of the day.   The upstairs corridor was so hot the wood on the floor was burning my feet!  When it gets to 30C at 8 o'clock I know it's going to be a hard day!  There is relief coming, in the form of a typhoon!  Haven't decided which is worse, extreme heat or typhoon!

Crazy cats

I got all the cats in the living room where the air conditioner is.  They decided to pile into a box.  I really don't understand, surely that would make them hot!  There were 3 boxes so why did they want the same one!