金午、Friday afternoon

Spiderman vs. ??man

今週からスタートの外勤で少し疲れ気味。
運動のためなるべく徒歩通勤を心がけているが、昨日自転車でいったら１５分くらいで職場に着いてしまい、その楽さにすでに心が折れそう…
 一昨年の冬派遣先が恵比寿でさえ近いと思っていたが、今はもっと近い、しかも恵比寿のように坂がないので◎

職場は80%外国人環境、私がアシストする社長はも外国人（日本語話さない）。

月曜は午前ソーシャルメディア会社の仕事を片付けて、午後はひさびさにジャックの仕事でミーティング同席・通訳。相手が中国の会社で、中国人の社長→秘書→私→ジャック、でも社長が英語が結構できて途中から社長→ジャックになったりして会話が大変だった。外野も二人いて、まとまり悪くあっという間に3時間くらいたってしまい、私は時計と睨めっこで、下のお迎えギリギリになった時点で、

お話の途中失礼いたします…

といってダッシュで帰ってきた。結局そのお客さんから依頼は来なかった模様。

今日も在宅ワーク日。
午前は、３月末決算だったジャックの会社の法人税納付のための経費やら諸々の税理士からの質問を整理するために、ジャックとうちの近所のタリーズで作業。午後戻ってカメラマンから朝6時にLINEで来てた取材候補先に端から連絡し、一件決定（来週金曜）。お、今もう一件メールで返事が来た様子だぞ。

この取材取り付けを含む営業仕事を引き継ぐべく入った若い男の子が、相変わらずあまりアテにならず、外勤の日にも結局かなり私が対応してるのだが、
ここでいっちょ他に探すか、とカメラマンと話している。

今の外勤の会社が軌道にのれば、ソーシャルメディア会社の方は手伝えなくなるかもしれないな～と思う今日この頃。

明日は上の子の運動会！

I started my new job, out of home, 3 days a week, this week.
I went Tues to Thurs, and though only 4-5- hours a day, I got pretty exhausted.
I meant to just relax and kick back today but as it turns out Jack's accountant needs financial information from him which I had to meet him this morning at a nearby cafe to sort out (and chat a bit), then came home, had lunch, had a list of venus from the cameraman of a social media company in Europe to contact, I jumped on my PC without thinking much.
I realize I could have just told him, I am off today! but my brain works like an army, I get an order, I act...

My new job is good so far.
I get along with my new boss, he seems to be easy going, just as any other ex bosses I have supported in the past (including Jack i currently still assist from home). This relieves me a lot. Personal assistant job is mostly depends on his or her mood, so.
The other good thing about is it that it is 30 minutes walk from home, 15 minutes bicycle ride. So easy to get to. Another relief factor, especially after 311 earthquake, I have been very nervous about being away from my kids. So perfect.

I am starting to think it maybe too much of a work load for me to continue all the job I have on my plate right now. I may need to ask the cameraman to really look for another assistant for him. A fresh out of college bilingual guy who started with us in January is still not showing coutability. He is sort of a flake. He sometimes goes missing in action, although he kept all big promises.
Both cameraman and I are not sure how much longer we should give this young guy a chance.

For me, it my new job really picks up, I probably start wanting to focus just on it, so likely start feeling like I want to drop this social media company off my list (I could already see this coming...).

Question is, how do we find a bilingual person with work experience & countable that is willing to work on part time basis..

Have a great weekend!

５年, five years

今週から真夏のような日に後戻り。
でもまだ５月で湿気はなく、風はさわやかで一番よい季節♪

５年ごとの運転免許更新に月曜都庁までいってきた。
３年前に時間指定で通過禁止の道にまがってしまい減点されたのでゴールド返上で、１時間の交通講習。偶然仲良しのMaikoさんも更新に来ていて講習も一緒だったので、帰りに新宿でランチして帰ってきた。

免許は写真を更新するので、５年ごとに年取ったなと実感するわけだが、今回のステップアップ？はなかなか大きかった。目に見えて加齢…わかっちゃいるけどショック。

下を産んでからずーっと気になっているぎっくり腰クセと代謝低下。
ぶつぶつぶつぶつ言うだけで何もしないで早２年。


GW終わりにやっと、け寝る前ウォーキングを始めた。
（最低速歩で２０分ｘ週３）
これが定着したらワークアウトを始めたい。筋肉を付けて体のメンテ。

年取ると顔回りの肉がたるむとは聞いていたが、お風呂でマッサージが必須ですな。

５年、振り返ると２０１３年は夏に横浜に一時的に越した年か。
上の子は幼稚園の年少で、途中から里山のどろんこ保育園に入れてもらい、私は広尾にあるインターナショナルスクールにカナダ人オーナーの手伝いに不定期で行ってた頃。
今思うと随分前に感じるけど、まだあれから５年か。

家はマンションから戸建てに変わり、子供は一人増えたのに、私のワークスタイルだけ変わらないという…これは由々しき問題である。
なんて言いながらのらりくらりと２年半。

明日から新しいお勤め仕事スタート。
歩いて３０分の５年まえとは別のインター、タスクはまたもや外国人オーナーの秘書的な内容。

細々とローキーに続けられますように（祈）

保育園お迎えいってきます。

I went to Tokyo Metropolitan Government office building to renew my driver's license. It comes every 5 years, when I also update my ID photo on it, which makes me realize I am aging...

5 years ago from now was 2013.
2013 was the year we sold our apartment and moved to Yokohama for our new house to be put up. Koki was in the 1st grade at his kindergarten school but in summer he entered in a small nursery school in a small farmer village in Yokohama and spent almost 1 year running around bare feet catching insects, swimming in a much being a carefree kid until we moved back to Tokyo in the summer of 2014.
2013 I was helping out Rochelle run a small international school in Hiroo on part time basis. Back then, my dad was still not so sick so he would take a walk with me and Koki to a temple when we went down to Kamakura to stay with my parents.

Memories. 5 years seems so long but I realize I have done so much, including a second biggest event in my life, give birth to Hiroto who is now 2 and half.

A new house with new mortgage (of course longer too...) and another child, but my work style has not changed from 5 years ago.

Uh huh, this is the problem!
And that is why I am starting a new non freelance work from tomorrow.
Luckily, 30 minutes walk from my house which gives me a perfect opportunity to exercise and at the same time to earn more income.

The other issue that has been on my mind after I gave my 2nd birth, luck of exercise.
I finally pushed myself to do a walking before bed, a speed walking for 15 to 20 minutes, minimum 3 days a week.
After this becomes a routine, I would like to start working out to tone my body to awake my sleeping muscle.

Off to pick up Hiroto now.
Bye for now.