Communication in English

2022年11月17日

Cappuccino with spice

Making a cuppa cappuccino is my favourite time.
I don’t add any sugar.
So I always sip it with some sweets at home.

One day, I cooked raisin walnut cinnamon bread.

Spread sweetened whipped cream on it.
Perfect snack with cappuccino.

One day I baked 100% whole wheat buns.

Slice them and spread honey when slightly hungry,
Of course with cappuccino.

It’s funny that I like cappuccino however, I can’t finish it all often.
I guess I make too much always.
I don’t know why. I like it, I need it, but not as much as I make.
But, somehow I make same amount every day.

One sunny day, we went to farmer’s market.
I ordered cold infused coffee at asian food truck.
My tongue enjoyed it a lot!
At first, I didn’t know what’s in it.
It’s familiar, but I don’t know what is it?
Try to think for a while, then my taste buds connected to my brain.
Spices in it!

Since then, I started to sprinkle some spices on my cappuccino.

Vanilla, cacao, might be common flavour.

I started to use
Cinnamons, clove, nutmeg, cardamom and allspices often.
Star anise, ginger and turmeric for health.

They give a joy to my cappuccino time.
I started to drink up all my cappuccino since then!

I needed some spices for my cappuccino life.
I can’t live without them anymore.

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2022年11月09日

Car accidents

It’s winter wonderland.

There were car accidents in my family yesterday due to this weather.

This is the story I heard.

My husband was driving his pickup truck to bus stop with son in the morning after big snow.
The road was so slippery.
Usually my son takes a bus from there, but somehow bus driver won’t came out from the office.
So my husband decided to drive him to school.

On the way to school, there is a long upward hill. His truck started slide down backwards.
He tried to use gear shift, side break, everything he could.
He used to drive slippery road, I guess he did as much as possible, then truck and engine stopped.

He opened the hood, and was adjusting battery position etc. he has mechanical skill.

Then the truck started to slide backwards due to icy road.
My husband and son tried hard to hold the truck but keep sliding down and my husband got big tumbling, but still truck kept sliding down, my son jumped in and push side break and break.

There was a Jeep (kind car) long distance from the first truck stopped, a man was in it.
He was watching my husband truck was sliding down toward his Jeep.

The truck hit the Jeep and stopped.

My husband walked to the truck with hurting his body, then the man asked his insurance number.
When my husband got in the truck and was trying something to do, then another woman’s car was sliding down and hit his truck and stopped.

She had panic attacked, so my husband tried her calm down at first.

Meanwhile, my son picked up the fallen small 2 pieces from Jeep’s bumper and handed it to the man.
Then he took off without waiting my husband.

My husband let her calm down first, and taught her how to drive and move the car on the snow.
She finally started to drive slowly then took off, just gone.

When he asked about the man to his son, already disappeared.

So, my husband and my son tried to start his truck, but didn’t start and stuck in the snow after she hit the truck.
so my son called me and tried telling me the situation and asked me to call towing truck.
They also were exited, I didn’t get the situation well, sounds like car accidents and needs towing truck, but
where is it exactly, why my husband can’t call me by himself(I asked to change him), what is his dad doing?
I tried to tell my son write it down the insurance phone number.

Somehow my husband doesn’t want to talk with me,
Swore me from behind, as if they are(were) dying in the snow.

I just though if they need 911???
Probably not.

Anyhow I tried to my son write it down insurance emergency number.
But somehow didn’t work, it sounds like they are doing something.

I decided to call insurance and let them call to my son’s phone number.
My husband never carries his phone.

When I started to call insurance company, the phone was busy. I suspected many got accident in that morning,
so waiting and waiting.

Then I got phone call again from my son.

It looks the truck engine started and unstuck so he decided to return to home.

So I stop calling to insurance co. and call school for absent due to weather.
Later, I heard that half of the class were absent from school on that day.

After they came home, they tried explain what was happened.

I’m thinking if we need to call insurance or not?

It looks like his truck got only scratches, but no need insurance to fix it.
The man who drove Jeep might need it.
But, he took off.
Probably he just didn’t want to stay there, for sure another accident might be happen.

The panic attacked woman, who hit my husband truck, also took off.
It was good that not big damage to my husband truck, though.

It looks my husband tumbling was biggest damage.
However he didn’t have any bone damage, probably.
My son looks shocked a little, but calm down enough as normal.
Happy to stay home at least.

Anyway, I don’t know what to do.
Just I decided to let my husband have phone always.
And keep insurance number in his truck(I’m sure he has it in his truck, but I’m guessing he wanted to solve his problem by himself).

And I decided strongly to learn practical English more for surviving here.

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2022年11月08日

Mother

I was suggested to get Dupixent treatment for my atopic dermatitis.
It’s costly without insurance.

I’m not sure if I’m interested in it or not honestly as I don’t know its long term effects.
And, my skin recovered from last couple years ago.

However, when I chatted with my mom and talk about the fee, she told me with thought,
“I don’t know when, but whenever I got money, I will pay it for you. so get the treatment”

I’m so happy to hear the words.

Not because of I can get the money from her.
I actually no need to support money if I really feel I need it.
However, I know my husband wasn’t happy to hear the cost, same as me.

Only one woman in the world will say the words for me.
That I felt when she told it me.
She is my mom.

My thinking was exactly same as my mom.
My son also has atopic dermatitis, and might be need that treatment before he married.
Then, I’d like to say same words for him.

I want to save as much as possible for his university.
That’s my priority.

In his health, I can’t guess what will happen.
So I’m not interested in to use the money for me now.

I married and could have a child even with atopic dermatitis.
I’m sorry if someone feels bad this words, however,
my mom always told me that my skin is so bad, so no one likes it.

My atopic dermatitis doesn’t bothered me now.
I know I wanted the treatment several years ago.
Yes, I definitely wanted it, I wish I knew about it at that time.
But not now.

My skin is getting better and better.
It means, my body still working functionally, just take time.

Anyhow, when I heard the words from my mom,
I’m sure I felt she is my mom, and I felt I’m a mother too.
My heart feels warm.

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