September 11, 2026

Friday - Sunny and warmish

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and went downstairs. When I came back to the room I sorted laundry again and then went back to bed. F and I texted a bit to discuss our dinner plans for Monday night. We are having a night in a fancy hotel so we can’t really do anything too extravagant this year. We are talking about yakiniku…it’s good for me, but I’m not sure if F really would be okay for it.

I snoozed a bit and watched some videos. I got up later and went downstairs to start my laundry. I didn’t see K at all. On my laundry changeover time, K’s daughter was in the house and it did surprise me a bit, but I can’t really say much to her.

I had a quiet day at the house really. K wasn’t around much. I thought that might happen. When she has a really active day like yesterday, she often sleeps a lot the next day.

When I had my lunch today I watched a new show. I watched the first episode of Under Salt Marsh which has potential. It’s a British Crime drama. 

F called me around 5:30 today and said he was on his way back to the house. I asked if he’d join us for dinner and he said he wasn’t sure. When he got back to the house I was downstairs about to start some dishes. I suggested if he wasn’t too hungry to just have a little food with us and he said it was okay.

Tonight we had pizza! I had bought two pizzas at the store on Tuesday night and a big salad. Last night I bought a cooked chicken breast, so I sliced that up. We had those things with some leftovers from last night. It was nice and it was also good to have all of us at the table again. 

I took the dishes off to the kitchen to wash and K went to bed quite early. When I finished, I went upstairs to change and relax a little. F and I went out. 

First we walked to the nearby shrine. Today was my mother’s birthday and I wanted to do something to show I remembered. I also wanted to commemorate 9/11. It happened just before we got married so we had that hanging over our happy times. Sad to say, but I’m almost glad that my sister didn’t come as she would likely have been stuck on a plane in Vancouver with her then very young daughter.

We came back to the car and then drove to the convenience store. A few days ago I bought us ice cream and they had a special offer that a few days later we could come back and get another ice cream for free, but it had to be a specific type of ice cream! The store had one of the kind we could get for free. The clerk did look for another one, but they didn’t have any! So, F bought one ice cream and we got one for free!

We came back to the house and went upstairs. F basically went to bed soon after he ate his ice cream. I decided that I’d watch a movie. I ended up watching the newest Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Now that I’ve seen the whole thing I can confidently say that it was awful and I didn’t like it! It was over the top and they left out at least a third of the book. The costumes were made out of the wrong types of fabric. I liked the stars but I didn’t like the movie at all!

I turned off the TV when I finished, and watched a bit of YouTube. It’s now quite late so I really should get myself off to bed. 

I’m not completely sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we’ll undertake a journey with Matt Damon but you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about our Odyssey. Until tomorrow…. 

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 tyre. 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 tyre 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 tyre. 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….