This evening, we talked about the continuing inconveniences and interruption of our lives due to COVID-19. The Japanese are limited to purchasing one hygiene item at a time, the 2020 Olympics are an uncertainty, and sports events are being cancelled. Nobutaka’s daughter is a nurse who lives in Yokohama and she has one patient with coronavirus who was a passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. Nari’s son was planning to run a marathon in Osaka, but was disappointed to learn that it had been cancelled. Surely everyone is looking forward to the cherry blossoms that will arrive soon, but apparently all festivals have been cancelled. We are all hoping that a vaccine will be developed soon.
Nari asked me about “red-eye flights” and the meaning of “that guy gets my goat.”