pink and stray

S ix days of fever, coughing with phlegm, a sore throat and a runny nose. Boy, I felt like I was robbed off of my time! 😭 It started when I shopped at Costco with Shingo and my mother-in-law, Keiko-san, on a Saturday night after our stroll at the lovely Yuni Garden in Yuni Town, just about an hour drive from Fukagawa.  It was a lovely shopping spree, of course (not mentioning our sudden wallet bankruptcy, thanks to the temptations of Kirkland goods!). That following day as I woke up from our bed, I instantly felt the tingling itch in my throat. I knew something’s wrong. Stupid me though; I really didn’t bat an eye on it, and just continued on with the day like it was just nothing. And then Monday came, and BAM! There it went. I had to cancel the rest of my day because I wasn’t really feeling well, especially when I was taking classes at the 5th Graders in Elementary School with Kataoka-sensei. I knew the caution alarm was coming, and I had to speed up for home. It took pretty much...