September 10, 2026

Thursday - Warm and sunny

I woke up this morning before 7 am. F was awake, I’m not sure if he had something to do with me waking up or not! I went downstairs and was surprised to see K up in the living room and I heard the TV on. I came back to bed and F got up a few minutes later and left for work. 

I got up a couple of hours later. I was getting ready to go out to catch my bus when I heard K calling me downstairs. I wasn’t properly dressed, so I threw on some clothes and went down to see what she wanted. She wanted me to do something but I had no idea what. She was saying the same things over and over, but I had absolutely no idea what the heck she wanted. I basically walked off on her. I had no choice. I had to catch my bus in 20-30 minutes so I didn’t have time to do whatever she wanted anyway. 

I went upstairs, finished dressing and then came downstairs again. In the genkan, I noticed that she had a kind of hand held hoe…I guess she wanted me to go outside and clear up some weeds in F’s parking space? Umm, no. I can’t be outside for a long time at midday, plus, it’s not my garden. 

Anyway, I walked to the bus stop and was surprised to see that there was someone else waiting there! There was an older gentleman who was sitting on the wall reading a book. He talked a little to me about the bus time. He got back into his book and didn’t see the bus turn the corner, so I let him know that it was coming. 

We did that thing where we tried to let the other person get on the bus first…I ended up going on first. He got off after couple of stops, I rode the bus to the end of the line. 

At the mall, I got off the bus and went in. I went over to the hotel first as I had decided to have lunch there. However, their restaurant was full, so I had to make other plans. I ended up going to the restaurant upstairs. I’ve gone there a couple of times. It isn’t great, but it was fine. I ordered and paid at the door. I ordered in Japanese and found a seat. A few minutes later the staff brought me my tray and asked if I was okay with chopsticks! That hasn’t happened for a while. I did think it was rather nice of her to check as I don’t go very much, but it wasn’t necessary!

After lunch I did a little shopping at Daiso. I hacked around the video store, I even looked at the menswear store. I sort of want to get F something for our anniversary. I didn’t find anything. When I had about 20 minutes left before my appointment I went to the washroom and then left the mall. I walked over to my hairdresser’s salon and went in. 

I was a little early, but she was ready for me and we started. I got my hair cut really, really short and I love it. It’s cool to wear and it looks cool too! When she finished, I paid her and left. I walked back to the mall. 

I did a little more shopping, I got myself some mints at the drugstore, and then I decided that I’d have an ice cream. I went to Baskin Robbins and had some ice cream. I tried a new flavour, choco-mint cookie chum and had my old standby favourite, Jamoca Almond Fudge. It was lovely. 

I walked around a little bit more after my treat and then went to Doutor. I put some money on my app and then ordered an iced decaf cafe latte. I found a seat and it was great. I texted F to let him know where I was.  

After 5:15 he called me to say that he had finished work, but he had a flat tire. He was planning to go to a garage and get some air in it. Maybe it would be okay to get back to Tsuruoka. 

A bit later, he arrived at the mall. I was still in Doutor waiting for him. He came in after I phoned him. He walked by the cafe a couple of times!

We ended up leaving and going to the grocery store to get a few things for dinner. Then, we went back to the car. The tire was flat again. There was a garage across the street, so F drove over there. They couldn’t fix it, but suggested another place. They didn’t have air for the tyre. 

We went to another place and F got air. Then, he got out on the main road and went to the tyre repair place. They were just about to close, but happily they did fix F’s tire. We were invited to sit in their lounge area and we had some cold drinks too. When they finished, F paid and we left. They had found a nail or a screw in the tyre, hopefully it is fixed properly now!

We came back to the house. We were originally supposed to come back to the house at 6:30 or so. It was now around 8pm. K was cooking for herself and had burned some rice. I had planned to make pizzas for tonight, but she had eaten and F basically wanted udon. He offered to make some for me too. I turned him down at first, but then accepted it later. He used some of K’s uneaten lunch in the udon too, so we had her lunch, plus the stuff that we bought tonight as well. We had a nice dinner. I’ll do the pizzas tomorrow I think.

I did the dishes. F had tried to clean K’s pot earlier, but it was really burnt on. I tried a bit too, and shifted a bit of the black, but it’s still a mess. I guess K was just in a bad mood all day. I’m a tad worried in case she’s in a mood tomorrow too.

We came upstairs and F went to bed fairly soon. I watched some YouTube and then The Rookie at 11pm. It was good. I’m wondering why I like this season so much? I think it has picked up the pace or something.

Anyway, I have to get off to bed. If my dear MIL bothers me tomorrow I may get out of Dodge. I’m hoping that she got everything out of her system today but who knows. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

 

September 9, 2026

Wednesday - Cloudy and cooler, some rain

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off but stayed in bed for an extra 15 minutes! I got up and went downstairs. I came back to the room a few minutes later. I sorted out my clothes for later and then I went back to bed. I watched videos and snoozed a little bit. 

I got up later, dressed and went downstairs. I took my breakfast out of the fridge and brought it upstairs. After a few minutes I had breakfast and then watched a lot of YouTube!

I had a quiet afternoon today, I watched some YouTube. I did go downstairs a little early for lunch today so I had enough time to actually watch an episode of TV before the news. I put on Matlock. It was okay. One of the regular cast members left which I thought was odd. 

F called after the news and said he was on his way back. I went downstairs after changing and got started on the dishes downstairs. F arrived soon after. 

I asked F if he was going to eat dinner with us but he said that he couldn’t eat again. Sigh. I had planned rather a nice meal so I was a tad upset by the whole thing. Tonight I did pork chops in the air fryer (okay, but I’m not sure I’ll try them again that way), salad, potato salad, cucumber pickle, sauteed mushrooms, and hash browns. It took quite a bit of effort to get the food on the table and it was just for K and I. I don’t particularly want to cook for my MIL, I don’t mind cooking for F and I with some food for her, but I’m not cooking for her. 

After dinner, I did the dishes and there were a lot. Then, I had to get stuck on the garbage as tomorrow is the burnable day. There was a lot. I had to bundle up all of K’s stuff too. Bleck. 

I went upstairs after I finished, I did say goodnight to K first. F was awake and we talked about what restaurant to go to on Monday night. It’s our anniversary and it’s quite a big one, so I want to celebrate it with him. We have plans, and there probably won’t be an update that night. 

I had some tea and then went downstairs to take a shower. That done, I came back upstairs and then watched Grey’s Anatomy. It was a good episode, but not too dramatic. 

And that’s about it for my night. Tomorrow I’m off downtown again to get my hair cut. I’m looking forward to it as it has become annoying again! If all goes well, I’ll catch the 11:40 bus downtown. Fingers crossed!

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 8, 2026

Tuesday - Rainy, humid and hot

I used a blanket on my bed last night and I didn’t wake up early in the morning. Yay for that. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and then coming back up to the room. When I came back up I sorted out my laundry for later. Then, back to bed for a longer snooze. I watched a couple of videos, but then fell asleep. 

When I got up I dressed and then took my laundry basket downstairs. Over the next couple of hours I went downstairs twice to get my laundry and I ate breakfast in the room. 

I grabbed my lunch around 3 and brought it upstairs. I had planned to watch Sewing Bee, but I couldn’t find a season I hadn’t already watched. Instead, I watched another episode of Modern Love. This one had Anne Hathaway in it as a woman who was bipolar. It was a good episode really. I enjoyed it. 

After lunch I watched the news and then some YouTube again. F called after 5:30 and a few minutes after that I went downstairs again.

I got started on dinner. Since we didn’t have rice for dinner tonight I decided that I’d use some of my bread for my lunch to fill in the space for rice. 

F came back a little later and he was bearing flowers. He’d bought some at work. He was too busy getting the flowers in water to give me a proper greeting. Then when he had finished with that, he told me that he wasn’t feeling great and was going upstairs. He didn’t want any dinner. Okay then. 

I had to continue with my dinner prep. Tonight I did chicken drumsticks with salad, potato salad, toast and butter and some Asian style cucumber salad. It was nice and K and I ate a lot of what was on the table! We didn’t finish the toast so when we were finished eating I took it upstairs for F to have. He said he liked it. 

When I finished the dishes I went upstairs and asked F if he felt well enough to take me out shopping tonight. He said he would. Yay. I changed my clothes and then went downstairs and we left. 

At the grocery store, F came in again. He was wanting to buy saké. I picked up a few things, including some pizza for Thursday night and some pork chops for tomorrow night. I just decided that I’m not going to ask F to make rice for the rest of the week. I don’t like eating it, and if he or his mother wants it, they can worry about it. I’m doing nice alternatives to rice. Tomorrow night is hash browns, and then the pizza on Thursday. Friday I’ll likely do my usual pasta and then I’m done for a few days. Hurray for that. 

After we went to the grocery store, I asked F if he would stop at the new 7-11. I wanted to put some money on my Suica card, the card I use to pay for my bus rides. It was getting a bit low. He obliged me. I also bought us some ice cream so that was nice.

We came back to the house and put away the groceries. I went upstairs with my ice cream and I ate mine right away. F waited for his as he had bought something for his dinner. He ate and then had the ice cream later!

At 11pm I watched Law & Order. It was okay. I’m still a bit meh on the way the show is. I should probably stop watching it and watch something I like on streaming. 

F went to bed and I think he’s sleeping, but I’m not sure. He isn’t sleeping that well. He sleeps before I go to bed and then wakes up when I come and doesn’t get more sleep. I try not to wake him up, but the house is noisy. 

Well, that’s about it for me for today. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 7, 2026

Monday - Cloudy and warm, humid

I woke up early this morning. F wasn’t in the room and I was probably cold. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. F came back to bed too, but his alarm went off at 7am and he had to get up. I did not!

I woke up later when my alarm went off, but I went back to sleep for a bit. I finally dragged myself out of bed a bit before 10am. I got dressed right away and had a little breakfast. I packed up my backpack and headed downstairs. I used the washroom quickly and then headed out of the house. Last week I left at the same time the bus was due, today, I left a few minutes earlier. I got there and a few minutes later the bus came back and picked me up. 

I took the bus “the long way” to the mall, but it got me there about 30 minutes before the next bus would have, so no worries. I went up to Daiso and did a little shopping, then downstairs to the grocery store. I did look at Pizza Hut Express for lunch, but sadly they don’t have the lunch special that I used to order, the one with very little tomato sauce. Instead, I went back to the bakery and had a few bready things. They were nice and I enjoyed them. When I finished, I left the mall proper and went to the bus station. I waited a few minutes for the bus to take me to Sanno Machi. 

I got off across from the main post office and crossed the street. I went into the post office and bought myself some stamps. The ladies working today were very nice and they seemed to understand me well enough. When I put my stamps away in my backpack, I decided to get my hat out as I still had to walk to the cinema. It was hidden in my backpack, so I yanked on it and the elastic cord on the hat snapped out of the bag and caught me on my finger. Oh my gosh, that was painful! It bruised immediately and over the rest of the day the bruise spread a bit. 

Just after it happened.

Later today

I walked over to the cinema and went in. I had a free movie coupon so I used that, and was able to see Obsession today. I really liked it. It was a horror movie, but a good one and it wasn’t as gross as I thought it could be. It just showed with some creativity and a good story, you don’t need to spend a fortune on a film. 

After the movie, I left the cinema and went back to the bus stop. I caught the bus back to the closest bus stop and then walked back to the bus. I was the last person on the bus so I hope it picked up more passengers later on.

At the house I came upstairs and relaxed. I had some tea and watched the news. F called at 5:30 and around 6 pm I went downstairs and started on dinner. 

Tonight I made hamburgers from scratch, cucumber pickle and steamed garlic okra. We also had salad and French Fries. It was a good dinner I think. I did the dishes after dinner and asked F to make rice for tomorrow. He refused and tried to get me to make it instead. I said no. I don’t like rice so _I_ don’t care if there is rice or not. Him and his mother might. 

I finished the dishes and then went upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I watched a lot of YouTube. Around 10:30 I went downstairs to take my shower. 

I came back upstairs to the room and decided to watch something from Apple TV. I ended up choosing Widow’s Bay. It was a spooky one and I quite enjoyed it. It actually seemed connected to the movie I saw today. 

Since midnight I’ve been back on YouTube and I’ve been getting my end of days thing done. I’ll be going to bed soon.

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 6, 2026

Sunday - Sunny and cooler

This morning I woke up at 10:30 or so! I was really surprised that I slept that late. I hadn’t set my alarms so it made sense. Also, I went to bed quite late. F woke up just before I went to bed, so he was up quite late too. He wakes up easily and can’t go back to sleep most of the time. 

We were talking about lunch. We decided that we weren’t too hungry. I suggested a couple of places and then F suggested one of the Keiten sushi places. I thought that was a good idea. He made a reservation on the app and I got dressed. We drove over there and had to wait a little, but not too long. It was probably around 15 minutes before we were seated.

We ordered some sushi and most of it was good. I didn’t order fries as I’d had a few last night so we didn’t really have that much deep fried stuff. Hurray for that. 

After our lunch we went for a drink to Cafe B-Flat, the one nearish us. It was deserted when we arrived, by the time we left it was quite busy. I was reading some of my book. I’ve been reading Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë. I’ve been enjoying it for the most part. 

We came back to the house after our drinks and relaxed. F stayed downstairs and watched something, I went upstairs and chilled with my computer!

We stayed here for a while. Around 6:30 or so F made dinner for K and then we decided to go out. We were heading for Misono when I suggested going to a drugstore that F had said had good bread. We made a quick trip there. They were sold out of bread, but we picked up some stuff. I got some pasta sauces that were cheaper and F got some instant coffee and a few other things. We paid and then went to the restaurant.

At the restaurant, F had a noodle dish with yakiniku, so basically ramen with pork and I had the kara-age plate. I didn’t order a set meal as I didn’t want rice and it is much cheaper without it. My food was good and I enjoyed it. F wasn’t a big fan of his sadly.

We paid and went to the car. The waitress came rushing out after us, F had left his phone on the table. Ack. I didn’t notice, usually I do check!

We went to the grocery store after dinner, and F came in with me. I don’t know why. He didn’t buy anything secret and I think he knows that it bothers me. Anyway, I got some food for the next couple of dinners and some lunches for K and a few things for me. We checked out and then came back to the house.

At the house, F decided to stay downstairs and watch some Volleyball (yawn!) so I went upstairs after we unpacked the groceries. After a bit I decided to watch a movie from the DVR so I chose The Bricklayer. It was not a good choice! The movie was not worth watching but at least I could take it off the DVR.

I turned off the TV after the movie and then got back into my YouTube thing. I’ve been spending the night doing my end of day stuff. 

Tomorrow I am sort of planning to go out again. I’d really like to go and see a movie and maybe have lunch out again. I’ll see how it goes as I do have to go out later in the week. Also, the weather forecast says it is going to rain tomorrow and I’d rather not go out in it if it is really bad. 

Well, that’s it for me for today. Come back later if you like and find out if I went out or not. Until tomorrow….

September 5, 2026

Saturday - Cooler but sunny and warm

I went to bed at my usual time last night. I got into bed, F got up and went downstairs. He came back to the room and got back into bed. I did my usual reading on my phone before bed and while I was doing that I felt an arm go around my waist. I got a nice cuddle from my husband and we chatted a bit. 

I got up this morning around 7 and went downstairs. When I came back to bed F told me that he ate the rest of my fried rice and it was good! Poor guy didn’t sleep after 3 am when I came to bed. He did sleep well before that though. I went back to sleep and F got up around 7:30 to get his mother ready for her Day Service. 

I snoozed and slept until 9:00am-ish when I went downstairs. F came back around the same time I was downstairs. I went back to the room and snoozed a bit more. 

We decided a bit later that we’d try a new restaurant that has just opened. It was a Taiwanese place in an old restaurant that F dragged me to every weekend for about 6 months straight. We had to wait for about 30 minutes outside, but luckily we were in the shade. 

We got in finally, even got a table with chairs and then we ordered. We both ordered teishoku (set meals) and then a couple of side dishes too. I got fried chicken with a mayo sauce, F got kara-age and we ordered some gyoza and shrimp-fried rice. It was too much food! We decided if we go back that we would just order the side dishes and not the teishoku. My set meal was okay, F’s seemed much better. The service wasn’t great either. My soup was missing a spoon and F asked a staff member. He was probably a bus-boy and rang the bell for us. F asked the staff member who came for a spoon for me, the bus boy took it from the staff member and just put it in my soup! It was a bit odd! I expected him to give it to me or put it on my tray or whatever!

We paid and left. Not sure if we’ll go back, but will probably wait if we do until the lines go down.

We went to the big hardware shop, Musashi and F went off to the pet section and I went to the main part of the store. I picked up some tissues for K, liquid hand soap for the bathroom and kitchen, and detergent for F and K’s laundry.

After our shopping trip, neither of us felt like being too active so we stopped at a conbini and got some ice cream and an iced cafe latte for me. We came back to the house and I ended up going upstairs and F stayed downstairs waiting for his mother. 

I had a bit of an upset stomach, nothing really major, but I did have to run downstairs a few times to the washroom. F came upstairs after his mother got back and took a nap, I joined him on the bed for a little snooze too. He went downstairs after 6:30 I think to make his mother’s dinner. I got up at 7pm ish and got redressed. When F came back upstairs we discussed our dinner but neither of us was hungry yet! 

I spent more time on my computer, watching some YouTube and finally around 9pm we decided that we’d try going out. F actually suggested Gusto as he wanted drink bar! I was fine with that. We went over to the one by MaxValu and went in. F ordered a kakigori for himself and I ordered a grilled salad and a small plate of chips for myself. We both had drink bar. I’m glad that I didn’t order a big dish for myself. 

We were the last customers to leave Gusto, but we did leave before they closed so there is that! We drove over to the MaxValu and went in. I mailed my Postcrossing cards outside the store and then F and I did a little shopping in the store. F got stuff for K’s breakfast and we got some snacks and some juice for K as well. We paid and came back to the house.

At the house, F put away his stuff, I went upstairs with the rest. I started watching The Hunting Party which started again tonight. It was okay. After the show, I turned off the TV and went back to YouTube!

I’ve been doing my usual end of day things and I’m about done now. It’s quite late so I really should get off to bed. I’m not sure what we’re going to get up to tomorrow, but we do have to do some grocery shopping. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….