残念。歯科衛生士が退職 I WILL MISS THE HYGIENIST

　　　　　　　残念。歯科衛生士が退職

かかりつけの歯医者の衛生士がこの２月で退職するという。驚いた。彼女ほど丁寧に診てくれる衛生士はいない。この六年間私の歯を懇切丁寧に診てくれたから、私の歯の隅々まで知り抜いている。マスクをしているから（残念ながら）顔が分からないが４３歳ぐらい。いつも沈着、丁寧で、余分なことは話さない。（おしゃべりで、偉そぶって、つっけんどんな衛生士は嫌いだ）。おかげさまで、歯周病の歯が治った。

万物流転

ローマ帝国

満開の花

彼女が退職したら、これからどの歯医者に行けばいいのか。もし彼女が別の歯医者で働くことになれば、今の歯医者はやめて、そちらの歯医者に行きたいものだ。恐らく彼女の患者はみんなそちらに移るだろう。そうなれば今の歯医者は破産だ。

飛び去りて

南に消える

雁の群れ

My Hygienist

　　I was shocked when I heard that my dental hygienist would retire at the end of February. I’m afraid I will never see a better hygienist than her. She has cleaned my teeth thoroughly once every two or three months for six years. She knows every nook and cranny of my teeth. She is around 43 years old (her face is always masked, to my regret). She is polite, quiet, and emotionally stable. I hate talkative, insolent, or gruff hygienists. Thanks to her cleaning and advice, my bad teeth have been cured.

nothing’s eternal
the Roman Empire
blossom at peak

　　I can’t stop her from retiring. I don’t know which dentist I should visit when she retires. Nor do I know how to find as good a hygienist as her although there are many dentists near my house. I am afraid my teeth will be disappointed and soon decay. What will she do after retiring? Why will she retire to begin with? Did she have a quarrel with the dentist, that thin, long-fingered and sour-faced man, who is always mumbling? I hesitate to ask such a question of her. I will always stand by her. If she should be working at another dentist’s, I would rather go to that dentist than the present one. Many of her patients will surely follow her, bringing about bankruptcy to him.　

a line of geese
flying away
south