My First Experience on a Sunday Afternoon💚

It's Miyu.

Some of you might have been lured in by the title, right? lol

I, myself, have finally had a first-time experience.
I'm reporting it here... it's a bit embarrassing though ( ・∇・)
I'll go ahead and write about it.
Please, go ahead and let yourself be fully lured in💚

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rira-san's project to "compile tanka from the Shirokuma Cup and distribute them via net print as the Min-Uta Winter Issue" was something I participated in.

The Shirokuma Cup was already a year ago. It really goes by fast, doesn't it.
I chose one tanka from the ones I submitted to that Shirokuma Cup to apply with. I wondered what to choose, but I decided on a poem that I personally like and even received an individual award for.

Oh snow, fluttering down into my hands
Tell him that I love him

I requested it with this poem, and after waiting for a while, I received a notification that it was complete!

It's a system where you just enter the reservation number or scan the QR code at a 7-Eleven multi-copy machine, and the Min-Uta Winter Issue that rira-san created gets printed out.

For me, this is my first net print experience. I wonder if I can do it properly. I'm a little worried💦

On a Sunday afternoon, I went to 7-Eleven. I had taken a screenshot of the part with the QR code and reservation number that was posted in rira-san's article beforehand.
Once I entered the store, I went straight to the multi-copy machine. As I tapped the screen, oh, it appeared!
When I inserted 100 yen and pressed the print button, it came out. I felt so excited about the A3 sheet that came out. It was printed beautifully.
I'll take it home carefully so it doesn't get wrinkled.

This is the printed state.
I'm going to turn it into a booklet now.
I'll make it using the bookbinding method I learned when making picture books in elementary school art class or something. I'll fold it carefully, fold it again, and make a cut in the center.
And then, if you fold it like an accordion, it becomes a booklet♪

Ta-da⭐️
It turned out like this when made into a booklet!
I applied glue to the sides and bottom to stick them together.

The inside looks like this.

My poem is on the second page, third line from the right😊

Memories of the Shirokuma Cup come flooding back. I really struggled to come up with a tanka back then.
Besides, I'm so moved to be on the same page as everyone else who participated.
Along with all the fun memories of the Shirokuma Cup, I'm happy that it took shape and I could hold it in my hands.

rira-san, thank you for organizing such a wonderful project💛

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Also, I had another first-time experience.

I like canned fruit. Although I rarely have the chance to eat it lately.

Canned fruit that you eat when you're home from school with a cold is just so delicious. I liked mandarin oranges, pineapples, and yellow peaches. I like white peaches too, but I feel like I didn't eat them much, maybe because they were a bit expensive.

Once I was able to open cans using a can opener, I would secretly eat the canned goods stocked up during summer vacation. It seems like there were a lot of canned mandarin oranges in stock after all. Maybe because I was eating them in secret, I felt like they tasted even better. I was at the point of drinking the syrup too lol

On Sunday, I went to Donki on a whim. ← On the way back, I went to 7-Eleven and did the net print.
There were various things I wanted to buy, too.
And there was something I wanted to try buying. That was a big can of mandarin oranges.

I saw this on TV a while ago and thought I'd like to buy it. My second daughter also said she wanted to try it, so I made sure to write it on my shopping list so I wouldn't forget.

I tossed the things I needed into my basket, added a can of mandarin oranges, and went to pay. I didn't think I had bought that much, but I was shocked to find the total was higher than I imagined😂
By the way, the things I bought were warm innerwear, tights, purple shampoo, and so on.

When I got home, I put the can in the fridge to chill. I'm going to eat it with my second daughter when she gets back.
My second daughter is home. Well then, let's eat the canned mandarin oranges⭐️

Here is the giant can of mandarin oranges⭐️
Ta-da!!

It's, it's huge. And heavy💦
On TV, they used this to make jelly right in the can. I'm not making it today, but maybe I'll try it next time I buy one.

Now, let's open the can.
Crank, crank, crank...
Come to think of it, most cans these days have pull-tabs, so there might be kids who don't know how to use a can opener. Actually, it had been so long since I used one that I barely remembered how.

This is what it looks like inside.

Wow, amazing!
It's packed with mandarin oranges. The segments look a little small, though. But it's 850g, so that's fine.
My second daughter and I had a little bit. Yep, it's that classic canned mandarin orange taste.
Let's put the rest in a container and put it in the fridge.

I might be able to eat this all by myself in one go, haha.

It's great that I was able to buy the canned mandarin oranges, but I really wanted to buy a baked sweet potato. They were sold out, though.

Bonus picture.
Kii-chan climbed into the cardboard box all on her own💦
It kind of looks like,please pick me upor something, lol.

Thank you for sticking with me through this unglamorous first-time experience story!
Thank you for falling for the clickbait with all your might.

⭐Postscript

I tried on the warm innerwear I bought yesterday right away.
It was a set of two for about 1580 yen. These were really great!
The fabric is smooth and very warm.
I didn't have high expectations, but they areas warm as Uniqlo's Extra Warm lineIt's very cold today, so I felt it even more. I definitely want to buy more. I also bought another one that's supposed to be even warmer, so I have high hopes for that one too.

Thank you for reading until the end today as well♪