Today, I went to see a dermatologist for the first time since last year.

I've suffered from rashes for an unknown reason about for 3 years.

During the first year, I didn't know what I could do for the unpleasant symptoms in my legs.

They were so itchy and my skin had inflamed that I was going to die.

After going to see a lot of dermatologists and spending a lot of money for Chinese medicine, I met the doctor who solved my trouble.

He prescribed one year's worth of medicine that taken by mouth and ointment.

Especially, that ointment is essential to me, now.

Now, I'm using the last one out of eight tubes that the dermatorlogist gave me one year ago.

I'm afraid of running out of ointment.

On the other hand, I'm afraid of covid-19.

I didn't want to go to see a doctor while covid-19 is going around.

However, it doesn't look like that it will finish anytime soon.

So I mustered up enough courage to go there.

However, I couldn't meet my doctor, although I checked the consultation hours of the dermatology department in that hospital's website.

The schedule changed.

It might be due to covid-19 pandemic.

I was shocked.

I'll remember to call to somewhere I'll visit in advance.

A lot of shops and hospitals and places that offer some services have change their opening hours according this situations.

   

As it rained heavily, some doors and windows of our house were hardly to be closed.

Because those window frames and door frames are made of wood, they are bloated with humidity.

Most of them, the door to the garden was terrible.

It became more difficult for me to close the door to the garden day by day.

I was so sick of the door that I asked my husband to remember to close the door by himself.

Actually I didn't want to open that door untill the rainy season has finished.

One morning, just when I was leaving home, I found the door opened.

I almost flied off the handle and tried to close it with all my strength.

And then, I could have done it but the key of the door broke.

I was at a loss.

During two consecutive holidays, we couldn't lock the door and spent uneasy days.

At last, this afternoon, a maintenance contractor has come to my house and repaired the door.

He adviced me to repair my house, like putting a coat of varnish on the frames of windows and doors and wall.

I was disheartened and got relieved. 

   

I use an English learning app "speak buddy".

It offers so much  English speaking situations that I have no time to be bored.

One day, I tried to practice a short daily conversation with John who is my virtual colleague.

That theme is  "blodd type".

At the begining, we talked about our blood type.

I answered his question "My boold type is O" and then I aslked him the same question.

His answer was unexpected.

He said that he has never thought about it before and in Australia and the U.S., people are more interested in their horoscope.

He told me his birthday and his sign and, as a result, he asked me my birthday and sign.

My sign!!

I've never thought about what is my sign in English. 

I was at a loss and said that I was born in February and my sign is "みずがめ座" in Japanese.

My word "みずがめ座" was trancerated "mrs. Gamez up".

Who is that?

 

牡羊座 Aries

おうし座 Taurus

ふたご座 Gemini

かに座 Cancer

しし座 Leo

おとめ座 Virgo

てんびん座 Libra

さそり座 Scorpio

いて座 Sagittarius

やぎ座 Capricorn

みずがめ座 Aquarius

うお座 Pisces