Life, Travels, and Daily English Posts
Today at around 10 PM at night, the same thing happened again as last week. Someone loudly knocked on my door with fests and escaped again. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to see who it was—I only noticed how the person quickly escaped. The stair railings were shaking right after, and there were some vibration sounds. In my opinion, he either grabbed them to run faster or accidentally hit them while running.
I spent my whole day at home without any opportunity to go outside for a walk or bike ride. The rain continued throughout the day and ruined my outdoor plans. As a result, I missed my daily outdoor activities, which I’ve been keeping consistent every day. But I was especially frustrated about missing my speaking practice during those outdoor activities. Of course, I could practice at home too, but it wasn’t comfortable enough around my family members. Even when I use shadowing, everyone tells me that I’m talking to myself and that it looks a bit freaky.
After my morning, I applied sunscreen to my face and went to the border of my city, where there are forests and abandoned fields, to pick wild strawberries. But before that, I had some doubts about the strawberries because, in my entire life, I had never seen so many wild strawberries growing in one place. So I was a bit skeptical about finding any, even though this spot had been recommended by a familiar local resident. However, my doubts vanished when I saw patches of strawberries growing directly in the fields.
Finally, I had a sunny day, and it continued throughout the day without any rain or other uncomfortable conditions. So my bike ride was pretty enjoyable and more interesting than on previous days, even though I repeated the same route. But while I rode around the river, some areas of the ground were still a bit slippery after yesterday's thunderstorm, which made my ride especially interesting and, of course, a little messy. Honestly, I thought the ground could be much more slippery than what I saw during my ride. Fortunately, nothing crazy happened. While riding my bike through the grass, my bike's wheels actually became cleaner than before.
The thunderstorm covered my city at 5 PM and continued for about three hours. During the first couple of hours, it was quite strong and was accompanied by thunder and lightning, which reduced visibility all around. At that time, all the views from my window were completely white, and it wasn't possible to see anything. Anyway, it was interesting to me because it doesn't happen every day. So I took a break from my daily routine and spent some time by the window, watching the crazy weather conditions that had been missing over the last few days.
It's so strange when you're busy the whole day with your routine and don't need to worry about work, because I was fired. I shared some feelings about it and how it happened in this post. One thing I didn't expect, though, was how differently I would start experiencing time. During the last few days, I started forgetting the days of the week, and I didn't really think much about it. Before, when I had work, I automatically knew what day it was because my schedule naturally kept track of it for me. But today, I realized it's already Sunday, and I didn't even notice how fast the week flew by.
First, I need to share a story from this post about my oral irrigator. I tried to fix it with glue, but it didn't help. After a few uses, the same thing happened again: the top plug fell off while I was using it. This time, the jet pressure pushed it out and broke another plastic part of the plug. Now it absolutely can't stay in place properly anymore. So I need to use glue to put it back in place anyway.
While I was cleaning my teeth, the top plug of the oral irrigator suddenly fell off. I didn't understand what had happened in the first few seconds; I only realized it when I noticed some details in the sink. There were a few springs and some plastic parts, and some of them were broken, but it wasn't critical. I could easily assemble it and try to use it again.
It was a good idea to check the forecast and move my bike ride to immediately after lunch to avoid the thunderstorms. If I had waited a bit longer and planned a ride in the evening, I probably would have been caught in heavy rain or just barely missed it. Instead, I got to enjoy dry conditions on my new route and didn’t have to worry about the weather. By the time I was out riding, the sky was already starting to get a little cloudy, which confirmed that I had made the right decision.
I had no idea that my trip to Kazan could take so long, even though I started at 4 PM. Honestly, I thought I could go there, quickly finish my business, and head back. Unfortunately, it turned into a long trip that took all my energy, and I ended up feeling quite tired when I got home closer to midnight. On top of that, I still had some personal tasks to do, so it wasn’t until around 2 AM that I finally finished everything, just as the sunrise was starting and everything became bright. Because of that, my morning was a bit late as well; I only finished my morning routine at around 10 AM before starting on my tasks for the day.
I still haven't finished dealing with my teeth issues, so today I visited another dentist's office to get their opinion about the next four dental implants and receive a treatment plan. Naturally, everything was good. The office was clean and bright, and the staff was very kind. They explained every detail of what I needed during my visit.
Yesterday's post I shared was only about my Sabantuy celebration feelings, but I didn't share anything about my bike ride and skipped some interesting moments. Of course, I didn't miss my bike ride even though it was the Sabantuy celebration. So, in the evening, around 7 PM, I rode across the forest trail and was a bit surprised by what I saw during my ride since some obstacles had been destroyed and removed by an impatient person, so everyone who uses this trail could enjoy riding through the forest. But that enjoyable riding didn't last long. Today, when I hoped to ride the same route, all the obstacles had been restored, and some of them were quite hilarious.