MARCH 2025 ~ In a good mood....

3月／March

今月3月も4度の名古屋の現場の仕事のシフトを頂いた。でもこれが最後かな。1月から大阪と名古屋を新幹線で移動を重ねている。往復で13000円ほどする。もちろん、会社から出る交通費でだ。今、名古屋はスタッフが足りてなく、だから自分が通いを続けているわけだが、自分の為に会社は余計な経費がかさむ。今じゃ昼夜勤務に慣れ、快適に過ごしつつ、自分の生活をやり繰りするのは簡単になった。でも、他の人達には人気のない、また魅力的と言えるシフトではないのだろう。とにかく、名古屋の現場が新しいスタッフが入ることを願っています。

I've got a special shift at a working site in Nagoya 4 more times again in March. I guess that it is going to be the last ones. Since January, I've been traveling between Osaka and Nagoya by bullet trains. It costs about 13,000 JPY for return, which is, of course, my company's travel expense. It's now shortage of staff in Nagoya, and that's why I keep going there, however they keep loosing extra expense just for me. Now that I've become used to day-night shift, and I feel very comfortable with the shift, it's easy for me to organize my own daily life, however, it is not a popular and intriguing working shift for others. Anyway, I hope that they will get a new staff soon. 

もし転職するなら昼夜勤務のシフト条件が仕事探しの上で考慮する重要な要因だと思う。両親との生活が今の優先順位になっているからだ。自分の時間を諦めたり、不平不満を言うつもりはない。両親は自分には大切な存在です。だから彼らの人生と自分の人生を上手くやり繰りはしたいと思う。だからそこ、よく考慮した仕事の条件で生計を立てることは重要です。

自分は大人になったものだ。

If I had to change jobs, this shift condition at day-night would be one of the factors I take consideration a lot in job searching. Taking care of and living with my parents come to my first priority in life now. I'm not giving up any of my own time, and not complaining about. My parents are very important to me. So I really would like to manage well both their life and mine for better. That's why I think it essential to have a basic livelihood under a working condition well-considered . 

I'm grown up better than what I was. 

昨晩、母に同行して通夜に参列をした。レンタカーを借り、帰りに車を返却する前にガソリンスタンドに立ち寄った。若いスタッフが対応をしてくれて、スタンドに流れる曲に合わせて歌を口ずさみながらガソリンを給油し始めた。窓越しに彼がご機嫌に歌う姿をみて、思わず曲名を尋ねてしまった。

”清水翔太の曲で、コンサートにもよく行くくらい好きです。”と彼は言う。

”だから、ご機嫌にうたっているやね～！”とまた声を掛けた。

彼はとても好青年で、その曲を薦めてくれた。一度、清水翔太の楽曲を聴いてみよう。

ステキな出会いと会話で始まった新しい月。いい気分ですね。

I accompanied my mother to attend "Tsuya", a wake ceremony last night. We rented a car, and stopped by at a gasoline filling station before returning it to the office. A young staff took care of us, and started refueling the car with gasoline singing along with a song played at the gasoline station. Looking at him singing joyfully through the window, I couldn't stop asking him the name of the song. 

"It's a song of SHOTA SHIMIZU. I really like him, and go to his concerts.", he answered. 

And I said back to him, "That's why you look so joyful singing his song, isn't it?"

He was a very gentle young guy. He recommend me a song played there, and I better take his advice to listen to SHOTA SHIMIZU. 

Starting a new month with a nice encounter and conversation, I'm now in a very good mood. 

正美／Masami