2nd wave of covid-19 & voluntary restrain again

A second wave of covid-19 is spreading over our city, Hiroshima.

So I restarted a voluntary restraint at the middle of July.

Because our ballet studio has been having classes, I was struggle to decide whether I should go or not.

However, for me, the present situation seems to be worse than the first.

So I decided not to go there until the situation has settled down.

However, it doesnt't seem to be getting better.

I'm so afraid that I can't take any lessons for a long time.

If I can't put on my pointe shoes for more than a few months, my body and my legs and feet must be going to become weak.

Actually, after I had been absent from lessons for only a few weeks, my tow nails always slipped out of toes.

I don't want to go through that again.

So, I tried to make a good environment for workout with staying home.

During the first wave, I bought the home practice ballet mat.

At that time, I used a sturdy wood chiar instead of a ballet bar because I thought I didn't take lessons for a long time at home.

However, this time, I should stand on my tiptoes at least three times a week by myself.

So at first, I bought a home practice ballet bar.

And next, I bought some dvds and books for ballet workout to keep motivated.

It is important to keep motivated.

That's the bottom line.

It's really amazing meeting!

Recently, especially in summer, I usually ask my husband to take out the trash because I spend the morning time with putting on Yukata as a home wear.

A few days ago, I haqened to go to the trash collection point for the first time and saw a young man with a baby stroller walking towards here.

To my surprise, he said to me "こんにちは".

He was a person from abroad and I met the person like him around my neighborhood for the first time.

And the baby in the stroller was so pretty that I almost lifted her in my arms.

We were cahtting on the road for a while.

He comes from Canada and he is studying Japanese at home.

He said that it is so difficult studying Japanese by himself.

In Canada, the first language is French, and the second language is English, he said.

Although those two languages are similar in grammer, Japanese is quite different from them.

Because he spoke in Japanese, I spoke Japanese, too.

(Of course only what I could do was to speak in Japanese...)

However, when he couldn't put it into words, I tried to express in English what he wanted to say.

First, I confirmed what he wanted to express and next, I said it in Japanese.

Both of us could speak each other's languages.

However we had a good time with each other. 

one after another!

I've never been a person that can get every shot in.

So I'm trying to gather as many adages as possible that encourage me.

Throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.

He who shoots often, hits at last.

no pain no gain.

Failure is a stepping stone to success.

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

OK, OK.

Anyway, I can only conclude that Rome was not built in a day.
I am going to keep the ball rolling day after day.