葉桜


通勤の景色がめっきり変わったね。
桃色だった景色が見事に緑色に変わりました。
これはこれでキレイなんですね〜。
まぁ、とろみどりなだけに「みどりいろ」には癒されますから。


患者さんの呼吸状態が悪化し、点滴で眠らせてセデーションをかけることになりました。呼吸苦でしんどい思いをする患者さんを眠らせて楽にしてやる方法だと説明する先生。

セデーションをかけるときに看護師としての配慮がもっとできるような気がする。自分自身の経験で、セデーションの前に、意識のある内にもっと相手に伝えておきたい事があったから。

セデーションをかけるときって、ある意味、意識上の最後のときやもん。一旦、眠ってまた起こすことはないだろうし。もっと必要な投げかけがそこにあるんだろうな。後悔してほしくない。患者にも、家族にも。あ〜、今日の投げかけだけじゃ足りない気がする、まだまだ未熟。

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Sick Animal with Abdominal Pain



Sick Animal with Abdominal Pain


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Punahou vs. Iolani

Yesterday was the final game of the ILH regular season. It was us versus my favorite rival, Iolani. Iolani was currently the best team in the ILH, and I loved nothing nothing more than defeating that very team. It was a great game taht got our whole team involved. It can down to the last inning with two outs, me at second and one of our best hitters, Alaka’i, at the plate. The Iolani pitcher got two strikes on him, but I was confident he’d give us a chance. I told myself that I would score this run. Alaka’i struck a line drive, and I turn at third and ran home, seeing the players and the crowd jumping up and down. I saw the catcher move towards me, and I felt the ball clip my heels, but stepped on home. As soon as I did, I saw all my team mates rush out of the dugout to congradulate me and Alaka’i. It was a great feeling.

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ゆったり充実休日


朝はしっかり和食朝ごはん食べて、武庫川沿い散歩して、ゆったり癒される。今日もいい天気やし、菜の花やチューリップが咲いててきれいだし。mariちゃんと一緒にだべりながらいい時間を過ごしました。来年からは大阪から離れてしまうなんて…淋しいでしょ〜〜〜。

西宮のガーデンズにも行って来ました。ブラブラ歩き回ってショッピング。買う着ないけど試着。昼ごはん返上してパフェ。ノリで変なシール購入。でもやっぱり全部は回りきらず。今度は阪急の中にも入ってみよ。mariちゃんバイバイまたねーー。

晩ご飯は作る時間もたっぷりあったのでたらこスパゲティ作ってみた。なんたって以前、パスタのレパートリーを増やすといって料理本まで買っておきながら、作ったパスタは現在たったの2種類。有言実行、パスタ上手になってみせます。にしても今日のたらこスパはうまくいって、美味でした。

北海道旅行プランを作成中。函館とか富良野・美瑛とかでオススメなトコ探さなきゃね。楽しみです。充実した一日でした。

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mariちゃん来


今日は、mariちゃんがサークル見学と鍼治療で遊びに来てくれました。やから、今日のサークルは2倍楽しかったですね〜。それにいつもは緊張してしゃべれないおねいさんともめっちゃ話せたし、ハモは気持ちよかったし、で、いい事ずくしでしたね〜。

サークルの後は、あっちゃん、mariちゃん、とろみどりでラーメン食べに行きました。話すのに夢中で、ぶっちゃけラーメン味わうの忘れてた(笑)楽しいですね〜。

帰ってmariちゃんに鍼治療してもらいました。やっぱり鍼を刺された後のズンとくる感覚は不思議ですね。便秘と生理痛などなど効いてほしいなぁ〜。文献まで調べてきてくれてホンマにありがとう。mariちゃんといると気持ちがシャンとするね。

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Guests

<!– @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08I just finished cleaning my house. I was fixing it to the way it was before we had guests.  During the last week my husband’s parents were visiting us from Texas. My husband and I were their tour guides for the entire time they were here.  On Wednesday when they arrived we took them to their hotel room and had dinner in Waikiki. My husband and I ended up renting a hotel room close to his parent’s because we had no desire to drive all the way back home.

The next morning, Thursday, we took them to see the Duke statue in front of Waikiki beach so my father-in-law could call his friends back in Texas and have them watch him live on the Internet. Later that day we took them to the Honolulu Botanical Gardens because we knew they loved plants.  Sure enough they took pictures of every plant and flower they saw. I enjoyed seeing their faces light up with delight as they saw each flower. After the botanical gardens we went to see the beautiful Japanese temple called Byodin Temple. We were a little confused at first because we didn’t realize it was located within a cemetery called the Valley of the Temples.  That didn’t take away from the beauty of it, and you don’t notice the cemetery  once you enter the temple grounds. It was peaceful there. After the temple visit we drove the remainder of the windward coast and up toward the North Shore where we ended our evening with a nice dinner in a funky surfer-styled restaurant.

Friday we gave the parent’s the whole day to themselves so they could do as they wanted. They spent it walking around Waikiki. We all met up again on Saturday for an entire day of entertainment at the Polynesian Cultural Center. There is so much to do there; we didn’t get to it all, but we did enjoy a parade, an Imax feature film, a luau, and an evening show. At the luau we each had our own pineapple-filled smoothies. Yum! Sunday (Easter Sunday) we took Andrew’s mom souvenir shopping at the local flea market then went on a cruise ship. It was my mother-in-law’s birthday. We had more food and more dancing entertainment. Andrew and I thought the dinner was okay, but my in-laws loved it.  As long as they were happy we were happy.

On Monday we had some fun in the sun at the Ko Olina lagoons. We spent all day there. When my in-laws arrived the weather was cloudy, but by Monday it had cleared. My husband and I were relieved because we wanted them to enjoy some sun while they were here. Oh boy did the sun ever make a comeback. We were all a little sun-burned afterwards especially my husband and his father. Too cool ourselves off we headed to the Dole Pineapple Plantation for some pineapple ice cream. It was delicious. We were suppose to go to another luau on Monday night, but due to some confusion with the booking agency we ended up going on Tuesday instead. Tuesday we took them to see the Arizona Memorial right before going to the last luau of the trip.

On the last day of their trip, Wednesday, my husband and I drove his parents to see the west side of the island. They took advantage of the occasion to take more pictures. I wanted to show them a Hawaiian heaiu, a type of religious worship site, but it was closed to due dangers of falling trees. We ended the trip with dinner at a local Vietnamese eatery and headed to the airport to say our goodbyes. My husband was sad to see his family depart.  I was really sad to see them go too, but I’m glad they came. I got to know them a little better, and they got to know me.  I don’t think I could have asked for more perfect in-laws, and I am happy to now call them my family too.


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ロッカー大移動

  春休みに引き続き毎週木曜日に見学させてもらえることになった診療所でのできごとです。

診療所の先生いわく 

 診察室横にレントゲン写真を置いているのですが、なんとこの棚、衣服用の縦長ロッカーで空間が有効に使えていないだけでなく、余分な出っ張りもあり、使い勝手がよくありませんでした。

 そこで、レントゲン室ある棚を、診察室に運べばちょうどいいなと考えていたときに体格のいい学生二人(私たち)があらわれたわけです。

 大きなロッカーを持ち上げて狭い廊下を右往左往して運び終えたのがこの写真。学生二人には、空いた衣服用ロッカーひとつずつの使用許可が与えられましたとさ。

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A day at golf

Nothing is as beautiful as a well manicured golf course.  Yesterday I was golfing with some friends, what a beautiful day it turned out to be.  The sun was shining not a rain cloud in the sky, just sunshine all day long.   The sunshine hit the fairway beautifully that day, grass seemed greener than ever and nothing would ruin the day for us.  I was having so much fun on the course it just felt like nothing could go wrong.  I didn’t play as well as I wanted but I did have a lot of fun.  My friends could feel it, it was as though something was in the air.  It just felt good to be out!  It was a tad hot but it’s a trade off.  We plan to make it a weekly thing, I am thinking of creating a club for us.  None of my friends really wants to be that responsible, even though they go more often than I do.  If we organize a club it will get us discounts and make it more fun.  It’s a lot of responsibility for one person, I wish I had someone to share the burden with.  I’m still debating if it’s worth me doing all this on my own.

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My trip to New Orleans

Had to attend a class for the Coast Guard in New Orleans in March. I had a great time and New Orleans is a great place to visit, I just don’t think I could live there, too humid.

 Here’s a picture of the class I was with. We went out to dinner and had an authentic New Orleans dinner. As you can see, its not your typical restaurant. It was more like a large house with tables put everywhere.

New Orleans Dinner by you.

This is Bourbon Street in the day time. That’s important. When the sun goes down, Bourbon Street transforms into a serious party street. It was a lot of fun and I heard some great music.

Bourbon Street by you.

I did have a great time and New Orleans has a culture all its own. Everybody should visit it at least once. I did have some of the best cajun food ever in New Orleans.

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Hot Shops Spring Open House


あら! だいぶわすれた! おまちどおさまでした。五月にホトショップアートセンターの夏のオープンハウスです。(ええ、と。。。ごぞんじのよおに、ぼくは陽子様のハスバンドですので、すごい日本語をexpectしないで下さいね! ”やっぱり” とかえて。。。)

You’re all invited to visit and see a wide variety of original artwork by over 70 artists, in more than 50 studios, four foundries, and four main galleries. It’s Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3, starting at noon and going till 8 on Sat and 5 on Sun. If you can’t make it, I’ll post some pictures of the event in a later entry.

よろしくね 。 ノーマン


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