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初めて「ネズミ捕り」にやられた。。。　通勤路はよくネズミ捕りしてるから注意してたのに、最近、毎日張ってたところにいなかったもんだから見事に不意を突かれた。車の中で好きな音楽かけて「ふふふふ～ん♪」と気分よく職場へ向かっていたら、ピーーピピピピーーー!!!　とけたたましく停められた。

「やっちゃったぁ（；｀□´）」とショックを受ける。「40キロの道路で57キロ出してましたよ。降りてくださーい。」と愛想のいい警察官のおっちゃん。12000円の罰金。。。　い、いたい出費。無事故無違反でここまで来たのにな。昨日、後輩に「私、無事故無違反だから。」って軽く自慢したばっかりやったのに（苦笑）　まぁ、誰が捕まってもおかしくないあの道、いつかは捕まりそうなもんやったからなぁ。

「看護師です。」って言ったら、警察の人、書面に「看護師」って書けたのにすぐ訂正して「看護士」って書いた。「師匠の師でいいんですよ。」って言おうかとも思ったけど、捕まった立場で積極的な言葉を発するのも心が萎えたので放っておいた。知らんぷり。現場では意外に冷ややかに落ち着いてた自分です。病院行ったら　「やられたーーー！」って　同僚にグチッて、あースッキリした。

This weekend I helped check ballots at a speech tournament — all I do is quickly make sure everything is filled out correctly when the judges turn them in.   The people who tabulate the results like doing things this way because if they figure out later that there’s a mistake, it’s generally a lot harder to track them down and ask questions.

I usually do this with my sister, and we like it because we get to goof off when there aren’t any ballots to check, and we also get free food.  🙂  The speech tournaments at Punahou are the only times I get to have barbecue-flavor Baked Lays!

We went on a field trip for our cultural class and it was at the Hawaii Plantation Village in Waipahu. It was really interesting to me to see how people lived in the past on plantations, not so good for women, especially picture brides. I really enjoyed going into the different houses and seeing what was important to the people living in them. For example the Puerto Ricans had a lot of musical instruments and bright colors, while the Japanese had games and earthy colors. Also some slept on the floor, while other cultures slept in beds. It was fun to check something out that I wouldn’t normally go see.

My life is abnormally busy. We keep as busy as five people put together, I believe.

We had a reunion in Texas at the end of July, our anniversary the beginning of August which we did not get to celebreate because we had a church convention to attend. We took a two day vacationas well.

August was a bad month for sickness. Our daughter, Jennifer, and her family were coming to visit and our grandson , Austin, fell at a McDonalds and broke his arm. We drove 90 miles and spent the night in the hospital. My uncle had a heart attack from 100 percent blockage. Our sister-in-law had a serious problem with her colon and alomost died. She was in the hospital for two weeks. A man in church had a hernia surgery. On top of all that, I had to gert ready for teaching Leslie. I had a new curriculum to study and I switched rooms in the house to teach her in so we had to clean up.

In September. Steve went to South Dakota on a mission trip to help Indians. Both Jennifer and Leslie had birthdays in September. Jennifer is now a big 26 and Lwslie, 12. Most of the month was spent getting ready to go to Mexico. We did a fundraiser and had to collect donations, but rice, sort clothes, and much more. Oue church also does a ministry called Angel Food which takes 2 Saturday a month. We sing at Nursing Homes 3 times a month, and we started a Recovery class on Friday nights for people with addictions. In September I tried to tell you we are busy, busy.

Now it is October. The first week was our mission trip to Mexico where we took blankets to a homeless shelter, passed out bages of beans and rice to over 600 people. We took down clothes, sewing machines, and bycycles plus preached three nights. Last week we caught up on rest and errands, as well as go to Wichita, KS on Friday and Saturday for a State church convention. Steve was elected state prespyter, which means head pastor.

Love,
Jena, Steve, and Leslie Fellers

後輩と高知旅行の計画を立てるため、回転寿司行ってきました！　お寿司大好きです。にしても、きゃぁーーっ今までの中で一番旨い。食べ物のおいしさを噛み締めて食べてきました。

さて、10月末には高知旅行。

車の旅なのでやや不安ですが、後輩免許取りたてで更に不安ですが…。どうにかなる…かな？　事故だけはないよう気をつけていってきまーす。でも「高知」といっても、さぁどこへいこか？？　四国自体初なので、右も左も分からない。ガイドブック買って二人で作戦会議です。後輩が竜馬好きでかなりマニアック情報持ってるみたいなので、解説込みで竜馬の資料館行ってきます（笑）ここも行きたいあそこも行きたい！って感じでかなり詰め込みすぎな予定が立ってしまった。ちょっと調節しないとな。地理的にも難しいかな？？　ってか宿も選ばなきゃな。　楽しみだぃ！

今日は仕事終わってからリーダーの一声でチームメンバー4人でご飯食べに行くことになりました。今日のリーダーは食にかなりのこだわりがある方だったので、オススメのラーメン屋さんを教えてもらえました。

おいしいや！

「一人で食べるの味気ないよね。みんなで食べる方がめっちゃうまいよ。」とリーダーからひと言（独身）。寂しいつぶやきでしたが、かなりの勢いで共感してしまいました（笑）　みんなで食べるからなお美味しいんです！！　にしてもリーダーさんめっちゃグチってました。　たまってますねー。

Today, our Punahou football JV team had a season ending ceremony at this resturaunt in Manoa valley called, “Tree Tops”. It was a very big place, and it had to be, becuase it had to accomodate what I thought was 150+ people. Along with the 55 players, there were almost 100 parents and coaches, making about 150 total. The event started at 11 and ended at about 3, so we all got our money’s worth. There was a great feast, filled with lots and lots of scrumptious food. beef, chicken, potatoes, and salad filled the buffet, but as usual I took no part in the salad. Surrounded by friends, we had very good conversation, and we also had many thing to listen to so we could reflect on the seasons. The coaches and hosts were quite humorous, because everytime the coaches said something, everyone laughed together. It felt great that we were able to sit back and relax, but Im not sure if I wanted the season to be over. I dont know if I’m going to play football next year, due to all the studying I’ll have to do. Im glad I was able to experience something quite like this again.

私達は、楽しい時間をすごしました。　We had a good time.

昨日、テレビで、「今、プラネタリウムがアツい！」と言っていた。行ったことなかったので、大阪市立科学館に行ってきた。わぁ、満天の星空だぁ。地上の光がなくなったら、星ってこんなに無数に見えるんや。きれいだな。きれいだな。やばいな。

今度、実家帰ったら、絶対あのヘリポートのところまで行って空見上げてやるんだ！と決心した。

しかし、フランス製の座り心地いいイス…。上映中、後ろでおじさんのいびきが聞こえてきた。ゥゴー、ゥゴーｚｚｚｚｚｚ　うるちゃい。といいつつ、私も、最後、数分寝てた（汗）もったいないことした。プラネタリウム、いいね！！



その後、天王寺へ。初めて通天閣見た。おー、大阪だ。観光だ。天王寺って、なんか独特の世界デスね。お昼からお酒飲んでるおじさんたちが将棋とか囲碁とかしてる光景が私の中で真新しかった。

天王寺動物園へ。動物園なんて何年ぶりだろう。下手すりゃ小学生以来？　動物見て新鮮な感動があった。わぁー。

キリンはでかいね。でかすぎるね。圧倒された。



この動物の名前、忘れた。でもすごいかっこいいオーラが出てた。顔も切れ長で男前ですね。

なんでシマウマはあんな模様をしてるんですか？

コアラ見に行ったけど、ずっと寝てた。。。「お、動き出した嬉しい」と注目しても、またすぐ眠りに入る。
marikoから、「朝のとろみどりみたい。」と言われ、「ホンマや！そっくりや！！あのグダグダで何度寝もするところ。」と自分でも仲間意識芽生えました（笑）　すご～く癒された。

Our JV season ended on a high note, as we had an intense game against a formidable opponent, Kamehameha. The end score was 14-13, and it was a nail biter until the very end. When we got on the bus, there was complete and utter silence, but once we rolled off the campus, we erupted into a frenzied celebration. It was a great feeling, and it has be a great season.