August 12, 2026

Wednesday - Sunny and windy, a little cooler

When I went to bed last night F had the window open and it wasn’t too hot in the room. We didn’t use the AC last night. 

This morning, the door was open and so was the window. When my alarm went off it was hot in the room. I got up, went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted some laundry for later and then went back to bed. I did my usual snooze and watching videos thing. I woke up at a reasonable time and then got up and dressed. I went downstairs and started my laundry and then grabbed my breakfast. 

I came back upstairs and relaxed. I ate breakfast and watched some YouTube Videos. I had a quiet morning/early afternoon. I hung up my laundry when it was time and didn’t think much of it. 

I grabbed my lunch around 3 and brought it upstairs to eat. I decided to watch an episode of Evil. I only have a couple more to watch and then I can move on to something a bit lighter!

I watched some of the news and then a bit after 5:15 F called me. I asked him to pick something up at the store for me for dinner. 

He came back to the house a bit later. I was downstairs starting to get ready to cook dinner. We had a nice reunion but he told me that he didn’t want to eat dinner tonight. Sigh. That’s too bad. He went upstairs to rest, I continued prepping.

Tonight I washed some mini-tomatoes for K, I made some cucumber pickle and then I cut the meat and the thing that F brought me, chikuwa [fish paste in a tube]. 

I cooked the stir-fry of pork, chikuwa and seaweed and then I cooked one of the bachelor packs of rice for K and I. We shared one.  We ate around 7pm and as usual, K controlled the TV so I didn’t see the news. I didn’t really care that much!

Dinner was good and most of the food got eaten. I got a little bit for my lunch tomorrow, and K got a nice plate for her lunch. 

I washed the dishes and put them away. Then, it was time to do the garbage up. My least favourite thing of the week. I got the stuff done in the kitchen then I had to do the living room and K’s stuff too. It got done with K’s help. I’m happy she was able to help me. I left the bag in the genkan for F to take out in the morning.

I bid K goodnight and then went upstairs. F was lying on the bed, not asleep, but relaxing at least. I went to my computer and relaxed there for a bit after taking off my Kitchen clothing. 

I took a shower after 10pm and then came back to the room in time to watch tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy. It was silly as usual. I liked it though. 

F was up and down a bit. He took a shower, ate some noodles and is back to bed now. I hope that he’s feeling better tomorrow night. 

So, that was my day. Tomorrow I might do some mending and I might have to run the AC as it might be hotter tomorrow. We’ll see.

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

August 11, 2026

Tuesday - Hot and cloudy, some rain

I woke up this morning the first time when my alarm went off. I turned off the alarm as F was still in bed. Next time I woke up, F was gone.

I went downstairs and then back to bed for a bit. I got up again later and got dressed. It was afternoon before I saw F again. He came upstairs and asked if I wanted to go out. We came up with a plan to go to a restaurant across town. We went out and got in the car, drove there. Unfortunately, the restaurant was closed today. F then wanted to go to a Japanese restaurant. He drove to it and it was crowded and lined up outside. I went there once with him years ago and I didn’t like it. I just didn’t want Japanese food today. It’s too much sometimes. 

We parked in the parking lot and F didn’t get out of the car. I didn’t get out of the car. I wasn’t excited about going to this place. Finally, F started swearing that he was going to go back to the house. He started the car and started driving back. So, as we got near downtown, I suggested going to Foodever but F said that I could go if I wanted. He drove near the building and let me off near an entrance. He left me again.

I went in and had a look around. Today the Indonesian restaurant was open so I had nasi goreng and it was very nice. While I was eating at the restaurant I made the decision to walk over to S-Mall and have either a drink or an ice cream and just enjoy myself as much as I could.

In S-Mall, I went upstairs and visited the Daiso. I didn’t buy anything! I went downstairs again and went to Doutor and had a decaf iced caffe latte. It was really nice to just sit and be alone with my book. 

I decided that I’d catch a bus at 3:30 back to the house, so I got on the bus and rode back to the nearest bus stop. I got off the bus and walked back to the house. F’s car was there and the house was unlocked. I went into the house and upstairs.

F was lying on his bed in the room. No air conditioner and the lights on. He did ask me how I was and I was not polite to him. I swore at him and went through to my part of the room. I made some hot water and had some tea and watched a lot of YouTube. 

Sometime after 7pm F came back up to the room and turned off the lights and made to go to bed. I protested and reminded him that we needed to do some shopping. He grudgingly agreed to take me.

We went to the drugstore first. He gave me some money and I went in. I bought a lot of stuff and used up about half of the money he gave me. I can honestly say I didn’t waste any money or buy things I shouldn’t have. I had about three bags when I came out of the store.

We went to the grocery store after that and I bought more stuff. I bought some food for the next couple of days. Again, no treats, no things that I wouldn’t normally buy. When I paid and went back to the car I gave F his change. There wasn’t too much and he was angry with me. I’m not sure why. I did what I could and got as much food as I could. I asked F to make rice for tomorrow’s dinner but he refused. He told me to make it and when I said I wouldn’t he told me I was stupid. Maybe I am, but I don’t like rice at all, so why would I want to make it when I don’t like plain white rice?

Back at the house I put the groceries away. I discovered that F had already bought breakfasts for himself and his mother and his sister had dropped off some cucumbers and a tomato. I had bought cucumbers. It’s so annoying. 

I made myself some dinner from the freezer. I keep some frozen pasta there for myself for days like this. I ate, read some of my book and then washed up and went upstairs. 

At 11pm I watched Law & Order. It was okay, it guest starred the guy from Royal Pains. I’m basically just watching it because there’s nothing else on TV just then. Maybe I should start watching something off streaming instead. 

I did talk a little to F after midnight. He’s in rough shape with his various aches and pains. I’m not happy that he’s in pain, but I think he brings some of it on himself. He hasn’t noticed he gets worse when he’s in a mood with me.

So, that’s about it for me. Tomorrow I might do some laundry, but I’m not sure. I might just wallow, it’s about what I feel like doing. Or I might go out….but I probably won’t. 

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

August 10, 2026

Monday - Hot and sunny

I woke up before my alarm this morning. I made my trip downstairs and then came back upstairs to my room. I did turn on the AC as it was too warm to  do without the AC. I also sorted my laundry before I went back to bed. And, for some odd reason I overslept. I set alarms but I woke up after they all went off. Oh dear.

I got up, dressed, and took my laundry downstairs. I put the first load in the washer and then grabbed my breakfast. I took it upstairs to eat. A little while later I brought up the first load and hung it up. I repeated the process with the second load.

Lunch was after 3. I brought it up to eat as well and I didn’t have a lot of time, so I watched another episode of the Swedish Drama The Box. It continues to be odd!

F called me after 5:15 and said he was on his way. He offered to bring stuff, but I didn’t need it. He did offer ice cream, which I said would be nice!

A little later, I went downstairs and got started on dinner. Tonight I made something new for me. I did sliced chicken thighs with mushrooms and onions in a sesame sauce. I also did a cucumber pickle and washed some tomatoes for F and K. We had all of this plus a salad for dinner. When we were finished, we had F’s ice cream and finished up a cake from last week. 

I did the dishes. I was so hot in the kitchen tonight. I did have the window open and got some breeze so that was good. 

I went upstairs after I finished and relaxed with the AC again. I enjoyed myself! F came upstairs around 10:15 and that’s about the time I went downstairs to take a shower. 

When I was downstairs in the bathroom I decided to do a bit of cleaning too. It had been a while. I didn’t do the entire shower, but I got the floor quite good, and some of the walls around the floor area too. I took my shower and then went upstairs. 

I watched an episode of Loot tonight. It was quite funny as always. It had the guy from Severance in it again (he’s the MC’s ex-husband.) I turned off the TV when I was done. 

F didn’t want to go out and look at the stars tonight. We both think it would be cloudy as there is a storm front coming in. It’s a bit of a shame really, but never mind.

And that was my day. Tomorrow is a national holiday, I’m not sure which one. We have no plans, although I told F that I need to go to a drugstore so hopefully we’ll do that tomorrow. 

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

August 9, 2026

Sunday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning around 10 I think. F was still in bed and was talking about maybe getting up to feed his mother. He did get up, and he turned on the AC for me. It was around 30 degrees in the room already.  

I snoozed longer and then got up and went downstairs. I came back to the room and started to get dressed. A few minutes later, F came into the room and wanted to get going. We had decided to go to Yuza to get some nashi. Off we drove. We did need to have lunch along the way. I Google-Mapped places and one place kept coming up….Bistrot des Pointes in Mikawa. I said that to F and that it was just an idea. It’s an awesome restaurant, but not exactly cheap. However, we decided to try it. 

We were able to get a table which was lovely of them. They were planning to close early today…we were before their last order at least. We had their special lunch. It came with pumpkin soup, a main with a bun or rice and a cup of tea or coffee. We could have added on a dessert too, but decided not to do that. F had a steak for his main and I had beef cheek stew. Mine was amazing. It was so good. We both had bread today and tea as well. We really enjoyed our lunch and it was a bit hard to leave the restaurant afterwards. We didn’t want to go.

We paid and left. It was one of the nicest meals I’ve had in ages 

We drove off to Yuza and found the area that sells nashi. F had received a post card from them a couple of weeks ago reminding him about nashi being for sale. We drove up the road really slowly, but no one was selling any. We passed some trees with a lot of fruit on them and a place selling peaches, but no nashi! 

We turned the car around and made our way out of the area. F stopped at a place where he saw a man, and the guy said that nashi would be on sale in a couple of weeks, not right now! Argh!

We drove back to Sakata. We made a stop at my friend’s house and dropped off a mini-care package. I hadn’t been planning to ring the doorbell but her car was there, so I knew she was home. She was napping so I felt bad about waking her up, but we haven’t seen each other in ages. We had a quick chat at the door and then I went back to the car. 

F made a quick stop at the end of the road to mail a letter to my friend in Canada and then we started driving back to Tsuruoka. We did make a pit stop along the way and bought some drinks for the road. It is so hot and humid we need to rehydrate!

We came back to the house and relaxed for a while.  F and I had planned to take his mother out for dinner tonight to give her a break from the heat. I suggested that F make a reservation and that’s what he did. He couldn’t get the time he wanted, he could only get 7:30. Oh well. 

I relaxed, watched some YouTube and then a bit before 7 got redressed for going out. We all got in the car and drove over to Kappa Sushi. We were early so we had to wait for a while, but it wasn’t too bad. 

F and I ordered stuff when we were seated. I ordered some onion rings for everyone and a bucket of fries for K and I. She ate most of them! We had some okay sushi but K finished long before F and I did. However, I don’t think we over-ordered like we have done in the past. 

When we finished, we paid and left. We drove K back to the house and left her, then the two of us went to the gas station to fill up the car. F took it down to the point he could only drive 46 more kilometres. I can’t get him to stop playing gas chicken. 

Then, we drove over to Mina shopping area and bought our groceries. F came in with me and I wish that he hadn’t! It’s not that he’s a bad guy, it’s just that he gets in my way all the time! I’m doing the shopping, yet he put himself and the buggy next to the foods. Then he wouldn’t let me get in front of him to actually look at the food! It was very frustrating for me. I picked up food for tomorrow night. I’m having to make dinner for the three of us without any way to keep cool so I’m a little upset! 

We paid for the food and then came back to the house. I put the stuff away. I actually had to ask F NOT to put the food out on the table as it was too far away from where I was because of course, F was in the way again! 

I went upstairs and then decided to watch a movie off the DVR. I chose Constantine. It’s been years since I saw it and boy was it dark! Keanu did look good, but there were a lot of dark themes in the film. Still, I’ve heard rumours that there is going to be a sequel so I thought I’d rewatch it. Dark. Dark!

I’m now watching YouTube and doing my blogging. Tomorrow I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to. I’m hoping to start thinking about my column and do some laundry! 

And….that’s it for my day. It actually was a good day. I’m glad that we took K out, I’m glad I saw my friend and I’m glad that we had a gorgeous lunch! Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

 

August 8, 2026

 Saturday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I have it set to go on after F and K leave the house. They were still here. They left a few minutes later, I was already downstairs when they left.

I went back to bed and snoozed for a bit. After that, I got up and decided to take a shower. I took my towels downstairs and took a shower. F was sitting in the living room and it was so hot there. He asked me about lunch and I told him I was going to take a shower first!

I did take my shower and then we talked about where to go. I suggested the nice restaurant in Fujishima and he liked that idea. I told him I’d need a few minutes to get dressed and then it would take us a few minutes to get there. We had to drive there after all. 

We arrived at the restaurant in good time and went in. Today we had a good meal. I had their basic ginger pork, F had the fish meal and he liked it too. While we were eating, I suggested that we go and look at some electric shops after lunch to price out a new air conditioner. F thought that was a good idea. 

We headed out to the first of two electric shops. Air conditioners are so expensive and we’d also have to pay for our old one being taken away and recycled. I’ve heard that it can be hard to get the AC as well as plastics are not easy to get lately.

We didn’t buy one today, but F picked up something called a cooler which is supposed to make the room cooler…but apparently doesn’t!

We came back to the house with the cooler and F stayed downstairs to set it up. I went upstairs to turn on the AC and enjoy the coolness!

F came upstairs right about the time that K was supposed to return. I’m not sure what is up with that. He went back downstairs and then came up again. 

After a while, F decided to make dinner for K and did. Then, it was our turn. F suggested that we go to Nagomi which was fine. It’s a good place and we haven’t gone in ages. It’s a Japanese noodle place, but I do like it. So, we went there and had our meal. I had cold noodles with duck in hot soup. I dipped the noodles into the soup. It was very good.  F had tempura on rice and he liked his too. 

We paid and left, and then headed over to the nearby Daiso. I went in while F went looking for a washroom! I got a few things and then F joined me and I got a few more things. 

We left the shop just before it closed and then came back to the house via the grocery store. We got some ice cream and snacks, things we probably didn’t need!

Back at the house, K was still up so F gave her some ice cream he’d bought for her before and we went upstairs. We talked about the Perseid Meteor shower which is happening around now. We decided that we’d go out tonight a bit later and see if we could see anything.

I ate my ice cream and so did F. We relaxed, he snoozed a bit. I watched FBI at 11pm and then when it was over, F asked if I’d like to go out and see if we could see any shooting stars. Of course I said yes. 

We were outside for about 15 minutes or so. It was cooler outside as there was a bit of wind. It was nice. We each saw a shooting star, so that was cool. Supposedly, later on in the morning we would be able to see more, but we won’t go out again tonight I think!

F went back to bed and I continued to work at my computer. I finished the letter that I wrote on Thursday to my friend and then wrote a note to someone else. 

Tomorrow, I’m not exactly sure what we’ll get up to. We talked about going out of town to get some fruit from the farm that grows it, after that, we may do something else, we’ll see. I also suggested to F that we take K out for dinner too, just to give her a break from the heat. However, tomorrow should be a little bit cooler as it is forecast rain. 

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

August 7, 2026

Friday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up around my usual time this morning and went downstairs. I came back upstairs and basically went back to bed for a few minutes to relax and snooze. F came up a bit later and then went out to do his business. I snoozed longer but did get up later on. I got up and was starting to dress when F came back!

We talked about lunch and I suggested F’s favourite fish place or his eel restaurant. F suggested something else. It’s not a place I like, but we haven’t been there in a while so I didn’t mind too much. 

We went to Tenkane and had an okay lunch there. We both had the same thing, a mix of tempura and sashimi with some other little things too. It was nice. 

After lunch we decided that we’d go to the Art Forum which was very close to the restaurant. We parked in their parking space and went in. We saw an exhibition on Toulouse-Lautrec and the Belle Epoque. It was great. We spent quite a bit of time at the art museum and really enjoyed ourselves. The art was great. 

When we finished at the Art Forum, we went to the Shonai Bank. Why?  I found some US Traveller’s Cheques from years ago and thought I should try and cash them in since I’ll never go there again. We did make a quick stop at a convenience store for something to drink. It was so hot outside. 

We went into the bank, took our number and then waited. And waited. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to cash in my traveller’s cheques. I think they don’t deal with them anymore. I have to send them in to a company to be cashed in and then deposited to my account!  Oh well, not today. 

After the bank, we picked up a little something for K’s late lunch and then went back to the house. F gave his mother the bento and then we went upstairs to relax for a while. 

I watched the news and some YouTube. F disappeared for a while and then came up and told me he’d made dinner for his mother. I told him it was surprising because we had planned to get bentos for all of us. Oh well!

For our dinner, F suggested going to a place on the outskirts of Tsuruoka, we haven’t been there in ages. It was fine with me. We hadn’t been there in ages because F didn’t like it! We drove out to the restaurant and then got seated at a counter. F had a hamburger set meal and I had the yakiniku set meal. We both enjoyed our meals.

We came back to the city after our meal and decided to go and have coffee at Komeda. We were in the coffee shop for a bit over an hour I think. 

We stopped into MaxValu for something for K’s breakfast and a few snacks for us, and then went back to the house. 

F soon after went to bed, I decided to watch some TV. I watched another episode of Ride or Die and then the finale of Margo’s Got Money Troubles. I have really enjoyed this show and I hope that they give us more of it!

So, that’s about it. I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube and doing my end of day stuff. Tomorrow K goes to her Day Service and I’m not sure what we’ll get up to. I hope that we get to enjoy ourselves and hopefully manage to stay cool. 

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