Summer is almost over? No way!
I should be writing in English once in a while. I promised myself that I would do that. Then I told my friends who don’t read Japanese about this blog. But oh! I didn’t make entries in English very much after that. Sorry, guys! I hope somebody still come to this blog and look at it once in a while.Leszek and Radek took a camping trip on July 18th, and came back on the 28th. Leszek’s friend and his daughter went with them. They came from the Island on the 17th. Leszek went to the ferry terminal to pick them up. Then they spent a night here. Next day, they went together, came back really late (a little before midnight), and stayed another night here. Next day, I didn’t want them to ruin my day with my son. They slept in and planned to go back on 4pm ferry. I told Radek that this would be the only time we could go together to the outdoor swimming pool in the neighbourhood. He wanted to go with me. (Yes!) Too bad none of his friends in the neighbourhood could come with us. Everybody had his plan. But anyways, we went and had a great time. Next day, I wanted to go to Japanese Canadians’ Festival. Leszek agreed. We went together with a woman from my church. It was so nice and hot. I really enjoyed the sun. Leszek bought some gifts for his relatives in Toronto.We went home rather early because they had to leave that night. They still had to unpack their stuff and then pack them back again for the next trip to Toronto. They left in the night. The flight was at 11:00pm. Arrival at Toronto was 6am, but that’s only 3am for them because of the time difference!This time they left the car at home. It was in a terrible condition. I had to add the power-steering liquid, brake liquid, and engine oil, before it stopped making the terrible noise. I was so embarrassed to drive when I went to Canadian Tire store to buy those stuff. My car was squeaking at every turn I made.They will come back next Wednesday. That means they were away almost one month. That means I was alone for so long too. Leszek told me that I couldn’t go with them, because, for the trip to Okanagan, there was his friend, whom I didn’t get along with. The trip to Toronto was too expensive. I was supposed to look for a job during this time. I was supposed to make some money while he was on EI and not making any money. First two weeks, he took the car. How was I supposed to go to interviews without the car? It was horrible to go on foot to the community garden to water. Even going for groceries wasn’t easy. I had to cancel book parties. Then in August, even though I have the car, people were not going to have parties. I was so discouraged, I didn’t want to try any further. Yes, I was depressed. You might say I should have called you up. But I don’t think so. Everybody had somebody to go somewhere with. When people tell me that, I would get even more depressed. That’s why I didn’t want to call. But now maybe I can call people. Are you guys back yet?