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アレルギーもしくは風邪、どっち？/Allergy or Cold？

普段風邪をひかない私が風邪をひいたみたいで苦しい。

Looks like I caught a cold and I’m feeling blue..

アレルギーと喘息もちで、薬を飲みまくってもまだ症状が出るので風邪なのかアレルギーなのかひどくなるまでわからない。

I have severe allergy and slight Asthma so I am medicated very well but I still have symptoms so it is hard to tell if I have a cold or allergy (asthma).

今回の場合、先週の金曜日の朝から咳が出てきて、普段は咳は出ないのによっぽど花粉がすごいのかな、と思っていた。くしゃみも普段より多く出た。最近急に暖かくなったのでやっぱり花粉がすごいんだ、と納得していた。

At this time, I started to have a cough from last Friday and I usually don’t have a cough so I was thinking that pollens are flying a lot. I had sneeze more than usual, too. Again I convenced myself that there are pollens in the air a lot since it is getting warmer .

土曜日、早朝ならまだ花粉も少ないので、はりきって公園でピクニック。暖かくなってきてからはくしゃみ、鼻水がすごい。胸が痛い。（締め付けれれるみたいに）それからは寝るまでひどかった。喉が痛痒かった。この時点では喘息が今日はひどいなぁと思っていた。

On Saturday, we went for a picknic in the early morening, because not so many pollens in the air in the early morning. After getting warmer, I started to have sneeze, runny nose, and chest pain (felt like my chest was closing), I felt reallt bad till I went to bed at night. I was thinking that that Asthma or Allergy was affecting me a lot at this point.

日曜日、涼しく過ごせるのは今の時期だけだから、ってまた朝からお弁当作って（朝ごはん）公園に。同じく暖かくなってきてからはくしゃみ、鼻水。夜に喉が普通よりも痛いことに気づく。ビタミンを飲んだ。（CVSで買ったマルチビタミンにZincが入っていなかったので、免疫力アップのためにZincは別で飲んだ。）

On Sunday, we went for a picnic early in the morning again because now is theonly season that we can go for a picnic so I made Obento (breakfast) to go. Same as Saturday, after getting warm, I started to have all the sytoms and I noticed that I had sore throart at night. Therefore, I took vitamins (multivitamins that I bought in CVS plus Zinc to make the immune system better, because Zince is not included in the multivitamins)

月曜日、朝起きて咳がすごい。鼻水も。喉も痛い。くしゃみも出る。そういえば夜中に咳が出て起きた。まさかの風邪？ってここで風邪かもしれないと疑いだした。それからは風邪の症状。咳は喘息っぽい咳なんだけど、痰が出る。しかも黄色いじゃないか。でも熱は出ない。

On Monday, as I woke up, I found a cough a lot. I also had runny nose, sore throat and sneeze. As I think of last night, I woke up in the middle of the night because of the cough. I started to have doubt, Do I have a cold?? After then, all I had was the symtoms of cold. As for the cough, it is similar as Asthma’s cough but I have Phlegm, moreover the Phlegm is yellow.. but no fever.

本日、火曜日。やっぱり咳は喘息みたいだけど、痰が出る。鼻水もすごい。くしゃみは少し。喉は痛痒い。熱はなし。たぶん風邪。でも、アレルギーや喘息もちだと、風邪なのかアレルギーなのか区別をつけるのが難しいと思うけど、他の方はどうなんだろうか。

Today, on Tuesday, I still have a cough like Asthma but I still have Phlegm. I have a lot of runny nose, less sneeze than yesterday. I have sore throat still now. No Fever.. I think I have a cold… but it is really hard to tell which is which. Does anyone have the same problem as I do?

久しぶりにストックしていたこのビタミンを飲みました。メキシコではお医者さんから毎日飲みなさいって処方されていたけど、アメリカにも持ってきていたけれど、最近は飲んでなかった。アメリカでも売ってるのかなぁ。

I had this vitamin this morning. In Mexico my doctor prescribed this to take it everyday but since I came to the US I was not taking it although I brought some from Mexico. I wonder if you can buy this in the US, too.

すでに薬を飲んでいるので混ぜていいかわからないので（たぶん大丈夫）、風邪薬は飲んでいないけど、個人的に好きな風邪薬はTheraflu。昼用と夜用があるので注意。

I already am taking lots of medicine so I am not taking this but I like this flu medicine. Be careful, there is one for daytime and one for night time.

熱もないし、だるいわけではないので、昨日しなかった二階の部屋の掃除でもしようかな。しかし、どこで風邪菌をひろったのか不明のまま。。。

Well, I don’t have fever neither body ache, so I am going to clean room on upstairs. It is still a mystery where I got this cold..

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アメリカで買って良かったもの/3 Things that I’m glad that I bought in the US

アメリカに住みだしてから７か月半がたちました。

7 and half month have passed since we moved to the US.

こちらに来て色々購入しましたが、買って良かったものベスト３を発表します！（誰も興味ないか。。読者もいないだろうし。😅）

We have bought various things since we came here but today I am going to introduce you guys the best 3 things that we bought. (probably no one has interested in this .. maybe tehre is no readers of this blog..😅)

ベスト１から発表。これ、エアーフライヤー（日本ではノンフライヤーていうのかな？）

This is the very best of Best that we bought in the US, so far; Air Fryer. (In Japan it is called Non-Fryer, right?)

うちはNinjaというメーカーのエアーフライヤーを選びました。もっと早くから買っておけばよかった！と思うくらいに便利。美味しく作れる。油も飛ばないし、臭いも普通に調理するより部屋に広がらない。特にうちが購入したモデルは引き出し（？）が２つあって、右と左で違う調理方法、違う温度、違う時間で調理できるすぐれもの。年末に、実は。。エアフライヤーがずっと欲しくて。。と旦那に言ったところ、買おう！と言って初めて行った家の近所のKhol’sでたまたまセールしていて、なおかつ、会員になると特典でさらに割引、というダブルでお得だったので迷わずに購入しました。これ、本当におすすめです。

We bought the brand called Ninja. I thought that we should have bought this earlier. This is soooo useful and practical. I can make my food yummy. The kitchen doesn’t get dirty with grease and the smell doesn’t spread in house so much. The model that we bought has 2 baskets and I can cook different things in each basket with different cook method, different temparture, and different cooking time so I really like this. The end of December last year, I told my husband that I had wanted to buy the air fryer and then he said, why don’t we go buy? We went to Khol’s close to our house for the first time and found that the air fryer was on sale, and moreover there was a coupon for the first customer (member), therefore, it was like double discount and we bought it without any hesitation. I really recommend you this!

https://www.ninjakitchen.com/exclusive-offer/DZ090WBKT/ninja-foodi-dz090-6-qt-5-in-1-2-basket-air-fryer-with-dualzone-technology/

ベスト２は、O-CedarのSpin Mop（Easywring Spin Mop、モップとバケツのセット）

The #2 is Spin Mop of O-Cedar. (Eastwring Spin Mop, Set of Mop and Bucket)

昨日購入して本日使ってみましたが、もっと早く買えばよかった！と後悔。これ以外の普通のモップはメキシコと絞り方が違って、最初は画期的と思ったけれど、椎間板ヘルニアを患っている身としては、結構絞るのに腰に負担がかかるのと、ちゃんと絞れなくて床がべたべたになるのが頭痛の種だったのだけど、今日これを使ってみて、もっと前から買えばよかったって本当に後悔した（ずっと気になっていたのに意外と高いので、掃除道具にこんなにお金出す？と思って渋っていた）形も三角形で掃除しやすく、本当にきれいになる。モップは洗濯機で洗えるらしい。（気持ち悪いので私は洗濯機では洗わないと思う）

Actually we bought this yesterday and I regret that I should have bought earlier. Mops in General in the US are different from ones in Mexico how to wring and at first, I though it was a breaking through invention but like me who has a problem of herniated disc, it was heavy for me to wring the mop because it was a burden on my back and also I can’t wring the mop well so it gets really wet the floor and I hate it, but I used this new mop today and I really regret that I should have bought this from the beginning. (it is a little expensive and I was like Do I want to pay such a lot of money for cleaning tools?? so I was like mmm should I buy it or not? for a long time)

モップの替えが結構高いけど、Home Depotでモップとバケツのセットを買うと、モップが３つ入ってくるのでお得。

The mop is a little expensive but if you buy the starter kit in Home Depot, 2 mop refills are included in the kit so I recommend you to buy it in Home Depot.

道具って大事。（特にいい道具）

The tools are important (especially good ones)

https://www.homedepot.com/p/O-Cedar-EasyWring-Microfiber-Spin-Mop-with-Bucket-System-and-2-Extra-Power-Mop-Head-Refills-166675/312406176

ベスト３は、水の浄水システム（ディスペンサー、ピッチャーとフィルター）

The #3 is Brita’s Water Filter (Dispenser, Pitcher, and Filter)

ペットボトルはプラスチックごみが増えるので環境に良くないし、メキシコだって、アメリカだって水道水を飲んでも大丈夫なんだけど、（メキシコで水が飲めるって意外だけど、お医者さんが飲めるって言ってた。）もっと綺麗で美味しいお水を飲みたいと思って、アメリカに来てすぐにBritaのフィルターとピッチャーなどを購入。うちはペットがたくさんいるので、水の消費量が多いので、ディスペンサーが２つあります。この水は美味しいと思う。

Water in Pet Botteles creates a lot of waste and it is extremely bad for environment. It is possible to drink tap water in Mexico and here (it is surprising that you can drink the tap water in Mexico but a doctor told me that it was pssible to drink it), but I wanted to drink cleaner and more delicious water so we bought Brita’s Filter, Pitcher, and a Dispenser as soon as we go to the US. We have lots of pets so our drinking water consumption is a lot. Therefore, we have 2 water dispensers. Brita’s water is delicious.

https://www.brita.com/

以上、渡米７か月半でのベスト３でした。

Well, these are the best 3 items in 7 and half months that we bought in the US so far.