Daily Routine

Push-ups ：２１ times
Walking ：０ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：１８ minutes

I have been able to do without smoking for eight years and ninety-eight days in a row.
I was able to keep 21-time push-ups for the third consecutive day and
over 9-time push-ups for the fiftieth successive day.

It is very cloudy and sometimes rainy in Nagoya today.
And now it is pretty dark with a lot of rainy clouds in the sky, which
are blocking sunlight and I feel it is very cold.
I believe that such a wintry day will be the last before cherry blossoms.
I've noticed that cherry flower buds on my way to the workplace have started
swelling, but actually I think they will not open for some time.

Daily Routine

Push-ups ：２１ times
Walking ：６０ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：１８ minutes

I was able to keep no-smoking for eight years and ninety-seven days in a row.
I was also able to keep more than 9-time push-ups for the forty-nine
days including the latest two days of 21-time push-ups.

Today again, I feel it is pretty cold and it is cloudy.
I need much more sunlight and I've begun wondering if it is true that
cherry blossoms will really start opening four days from now.
I really want to say.....winter cold must steadily pass...Please.
Anyway, I have to be careful not to catch a cold today and tomrrow.
Especially tomorrow will be much colder than today, weather reports say.

Reading（３２７８）

＜２０１９年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算３３００本以上。

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dote on　：～を溺愛する
fizzle　：〔炭酸飲料の泡立ちなどが〕徐々に消えてシューと音を出す
botch　：～をやり損なう、しくじる、台無しにする
fend off　：〔うるさい質問などを〕回避する
eke　：やりくりする、不足分を補う、補足する
ferret　：《動物》フェレット◆イタチ科、〔集中的に〕探索する

Daily Routine

Push-ups ：２１ times
Walking ：４５ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：１７ minutes

It has been eight years and ninety-six days in a row since I stopped smoking.
I was able to increase the number of push-ups by three times to 21 times
and kept greater than 9-time push-ups for the forty-eighth straight day.

It is normally sunny today in Nagoya but I felt it was very very cold
when I got up in the morning, simply because the lowest temperature
was only 1.6 degrees, which is like a February day.
Weather ladies say it will be much colder on Sunday and the highest
temperature will be 10 degrees......OMG!
Anyway, I really have to guard against catching a cold.

Reading（３２７７）

＜２０１９年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算３３００本以上。

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spit　：〈話〉〔雨が〕パラパラ降る
clam　：《貝》ハマグリ、アサリ、二枚貝、〈話〉無口な人、だんまり屋、口を割らない人
barge into　：〔会話などに〕余計な口を挟む
claw back　：～を徐々に取り戻す、やっと取り戻す、回収する、増税で取り戻す
dabble　：〔戯れ程度に〕水を跳ねかける、ちょっと手を出す
crack　：ひびが入る、割れる、折れる、裂ける

Daily Routine

Push-ups ：１８ times
Walking ：３５ minutes
Standing on one foot　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：０ minutes

Eight years and ninety-five days in a row have passed since I broke free from cigarettes.
I was able to increase the number of push-ups by three times to 18 times
and kept at least 10-time push-ups for the forty-seventh successive day.

It is sunny in Nagoya but actually I feel it is pretty cold.
Very surprisingly, I saw snowfall last night in western Nagoya at
around seven o'clock in the evening and it was very cold then.
Weather officials say that, even so, today's predicted highest temperature
of 12 degrees in Nagoya is pretty normal.
Maybe, I must have got used to a milder or warmer winter weather.
Anyway, I am sure that such a cold day will be the last before cherry blossoms.

Reading（３２７６）

＜２０１９年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算３３００本以上。

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derogate　：〔名声・権威などを〕落とす、堕落する
tailgate　：別の車の後ろにぴったりついて走る
sometime next week　：来週のいつか
eye-catcher　：人目を引くもの、魅力のある若い女性、目玉商品
main feature　：主な出し物、目玉、主要特長
the corner of someone's eye　：目尻〔人の〕

Daily Routine

Push-ups ：１５ times
Walking ：０ minutes
Standing on one foot　：０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：０ minutes

I have succeeded in preventing myself from smoking for eight years and
ninety-four days in a row.
I was able to keep 15-time push-ups for the second straight day and over
9-time push-ups for the forty-sixth consecutive day.

It is sunny in Nagoya but actually it is a little too windy and I feel it
is somewhat cold with the predicted highest temperature of 13 degrees.
The pain I got on Monday is still here but very fortunately, it is getting
milder and milder to the extend that I think it will disappear by tomrrow.
Anyway, the season for cherry blossoms is just around the corner.
If weather reports are right, cherry trees will start blooming in a week
in Nagoya......and in two weeks, they will be in full bloom....I cannot wait.

Reading（３２７５）

＜２０１９年０４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：TIME・CNN・AGE・WPなどのニューススクリプトを通算３３００本以上。

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road rage　：車の運転中に突然キレること、運転中の激怒◆自動車運転者が
　　　　　　　渋滞に巻き込まれたり、他の車に割り込まれたり、追い越さ
　　　　　　　れたり、クラクションを鳴らされたりして激怒すること。
　　　　　　　または、暴力的な報復をすること。
enter a not guilty plea　：無罪を主張［答弁］する
rear-end collision　：追突
hydraulic　：水力（学）の、水圧の、水硬性の、水中で硬化する◆【略】HYD
dashboard camera　：ドライヴレコーダー
creep up　：徐々に［ジリジリ・ジワジワ・次第に］上がる［上昇する・増大する・増える］

Daily Routine

Push-ups ：１５ times
Walking ：a total of ９０ minutes
Standing on one foot　：０ minutes each
Cigarettes ：０
jogging-on-the-spot　：０ minutes

I have been able to do without smoking for eight years and ninety-three days in a row.
I was able to keep more than 9-time push-ups for the forty-fifth consecutive day.

I did 15-time push-ups yesterday, down as many as 6 times from the previous day
because I got a little low back pain in the morning yesterday.
The low back pain is still here and I've decided not to do standing-on-one-foot
and jogging-on-the-spot just in case.
I'm sure I must have been lucky because the low back pain could have been worse.
I really hope tha pain will completely disappear as soon as possible.