2026.7.9

 It was fine.

There was a visitor and I could listen to the real voice of the meeting she had yesterday.

After lunch time I went to post office today again. It was so hot outside. 

I overworked till 8:50 PM and came home around 10:45 PM. To my lucky I could sit from Shinagawa. For the past two nights I had to stand in the train nearly for an hour.

This morning on my way to the office on train I read some short novels for some chapters each therefore I could not finish the routine of ANA pocket and did it on my way back too. I feel most novels and movies have the same theme: love, money, betrayal, family, fame, etc.  I studied comparative literature when I was a graduate school student and I feel the meaning of importance of comparative literature now than that time.

2026.7.8

 It was fine.

I was busy and overworked until nearly 10PM and came home later than 11:30 PM.

After lunch I went to post office in the Imperial Hotel.  There were sunflowers at the lobby.

To my glad my 212th e-book has been No. 1 in Japan.

I got a booklet of Aichi Myth I ordered recently. It was sent by smart letter package, and I was surprised to see the size. It was different from what I expected somehow, but I enjoyed reading it.

2026.7.7

July 7 is known as Tanabata (七夕), the star festival. Unfortunately, it is in the rainy season, and we cannot see stars tonight.

It is shosho (小暑), one of nijushisekki (二十四節気), 24 solar terms.  The last one was geshi (夏至) on June 21, and the next one is taisho(大暑) on July 23.  Shosho literally means small heat, and taisho literally means big heat.  It is the start of feeling heat.

I was busy as usual and overwork until 9:20 PM.  

In the late afternoon I went to buy shinkansen tickets for the participants at the Shimbashi station where is JR East. I asked the envelope for the tickets, but they said they stopped giving the envelopes.  The other day when I went to Shinagawa station where belongs to JR Tokai and bought some shinkansen tickets for the participants, they had envelopes. So, it was kind of surprise for me.  I feel like buying at Shinagawa station from the next time.

From today my 212th ebook campaign started.

From 9 PM there was a webinar, and I listened to it after work on my way home in the train like radio program.