August 16, 2026

Sunday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning before my alarm. F was downstairs making his mother’s brunch. I went downstairs and then came back up to the room. I spent a couple of minutes on my computer and then went back to bed. I didn’t really get to sleep unfortunately, F came back up to the room and wanted to go for lunch very soon after. It was rather annoying. He’d just eaten I think!

We did go out I think before noon. Today when F asked me where I wanted to go I told him I wanted Indian food. He wasn’t excited, but since that’s how I felt yesterday going to his Japanese place I didn’t care! I wanted, no needed, a no rice day!

We went to the Indian restaurant and ordered. F ordered the special with chicken and cauliflower, I ordered the chicken curry. We ended up swapping because he liked mine better and I liked his better! I love cauliflower.  I liked the meal, I’m not sure if F did. 

Next up we went to the Chido Museum. I have a membership so we didn’t have to pay to go in. Today’s exhibit was mostly about swords and katanas so it was F’s kind of thing, not so much mine. It was fine though. After he was done with the swords, we went to the garden and had a look. It was beautiful as usual, but the pond had a lot of scum on it. 

We left the museum and decided to go for a drink. We ended up at Cafe B-Flat, just up the road from the house. It was nice and cool inside. I had an iced cafe latte, F had an iced Vienna Coffee. Mine was really nice, F said he liked his too. 

We came back to the house after our drinks. F did this thing where he says he wants to go. It’s fine. I decided to go to the washroom first, which I did. When I got back to the table, F wouldn’t leave. He was in the middle of something and it took him about 15 or 20 minutes to get himself sorted. Ack!

Back at the house finally, I went upstairs and relaxed. I spent time on my computer and enjoyed the AC. F came up a bit later and tried to nap I think. 

Around 6:30 we went out to get groceries and bentos. I had suggested going to PAL as they usually have good bentos. Well, not today. They didn’t have very much at all. I did manage to get something for K’s lunch and eventually breakfasts for K and F. I bought a few things, F was disappointed in the sashimi zone and then I discovered they had a party platter available. It had things like roasted potatoes, fried shrimp, grilled chicken, fried chicken, sliced duck breast…it was nice! 

F paid for the groceries and then we drove back to the house. I put the groceries away and then went upstairs to change my clothes. When I came back I started to set the table and groused that K had once again put garbage on my spot at the table. All of a sudden F decided that he wasn’t going to eat. I offered to make him a plate. He hemmed and hawed and then finally deigned to accept that. 

He got his mother up,  and then left. I divvied up the food and we ate. It was quite nice. It wasn’t huge and a salad would have been nice with it all, but I didn’t buy one!

After our meal, I cleared the table and did the few dishes. I made some rooibos tea and then went upstairs again. F went downstairs and did something, ironing I think. I decided to watch a movie. I ended up watching a film called A Good Person with Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman. It was a well-acted film, but a little overlong. 

F came back up to the room and relaxed. After the movie I went downstairs and discovered that F had left some laundry in the machine. I texted him and asked if he’d like me to bring it up for him. He said yes. 

It was now too late to watch something lighter as I had planned, so I turned off the TV and turned to YouTube eventually. 

F went to bed but his stomach is bothering him and he isn’t sleeping. I hope he’ll be okay. 

Tomorrow I’m not sure what I’ll get up to. I do have to cook dinner tomorrow night and I’ll try and do a few things here in the room maybe. I’ve finally started research for my column so maybe I’ll even write a few words for that. That would be good! 

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

August 15, 2026

Saturday - Hot & Sunny

I woke up just after 9 am this morning. F was just back from taking his mother to the Day Centre.  I went back upstairs, turned on the AC and had a nap for longer. 

I got up and went downstairs and took a shower. I so much prefer daytime showers but with K around  I can’t take them. Saturday is the only day I can do it!

F wanted to go to the place he tried to take me on Tuesday. I was not impressed. I decided that I’d suck it up. We drove over, parked and went in. It was busy, but we didn’t have to wait. I had the yakiniku-don. It was okay, but honestly, not great. F had some kind of noodle dish. He seemed to like it. 

After lunch we went for coffee to Komeda. When we were there, we decided to have kakigori instead. On the road to the restaurant today I realized that today is the fireworks day in Tsuruoka. At Komeda, the parking lot was busy and they were telling people that they couldn’t park in the big lot and go to the fireworks area. It would be a hike, but probably some people do it!

Anyway, we waited at Komeda for a table and then decided not to have coffee. We both had Kakigori instead, it was the Acai-mixed one and it was very nice. 

We walked over to MaxValu when we finished to get meals for tonight. I suggested to F last night that we have a modest lunch and then do bentos for dinner. So, that’s what we did. MaxValu was really busy with people buying bentos and special meals so it felt like everyone had the same idea!

We got our bentos and a few other things, then paid and left the store. When we checked out, F did the scanning and it drove me nuts. I kept telling him to give me the heavy things first. He would give me something light and then a carton of juice to go on top of it. It was so annoying! I can’t put the items aside until later as the bag is on a weigh scale and the machine won’t continue to scan. 

We came back to the house and F put away most of the groceries. Yay him. I was surprised to see that there was less than half of a jug of mugi-cha. I did make a new one, but I had a little chat at F to remind him that I told him LAST NIGHT that he needs to make mugi-cha when the bottle in the fridge is getting low. It takes 2 hours to steep.  

I went upstairs and watched YouTube and did some computer stuff while F was downstairs. He came upstairs later and tried to take a nap. 

Around 6 pm I suggested that we start to eat as the fireworks would start at 7pm. We were planning to drive out of town and watch the fireworks from a hill somewhere. 

We heated up the bentos and got some drinks out and ate. F and I had a fried chicken cutlet with rice, K’s was rice with fried chicken I think. We also had some salmon rice rolls that were nice. I had suggested getting some mini-doughnuts at the store and F agreed. We had them…F wanted to leave them until tomorrow but that wouldn’t have worked! They would have been stale. 

We invited K out to join us in the car and she agreed. It took a few minutes before we were ready to leave. It took us a while to find a good place to watch the fireworks, but we finally did. They were great! I do admit that I almost fell asleep in the middle though. They were spacing out the fireworks due to wind and it got a bit boring, staying in the car in the dark. However, the grand finale was amazing and overall, it was worth going out of town to see them.

We came back to the house and I headed upstairs, F came soon. I think K went off to bed, it was after her bedtime!

F basically spent time on his bed, I spent time on my computer. At 11pm I watched FBI and it was fine. 

So, that’s about it. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. We’ll have to do grocery shopping and we’ll see if anything else happens too. 

Come back later if you like and hear about my day, until tomorrow…. 

August 14, 2026

Friday - Hot and Sunny

Last night when I went to bed, F was still awake. Sigh. He was tossing and turning because of the air conditioning. I turned it off when I went to bed, he got up and turned it back on as he was hot. Finally I suggested just opening the window as it was cooler outside finally than inside. I finally fell asleep, but F told me tonight that he didn’t sleep until 5 am. Oh dear.

I woke up around 8:30, I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted my laundry for later and then I went back to bed for a bit of a snooze and some videos! I got myself up later, dressed and went downstairs again with my laundry.

I started my laundry, grabbed my breakfast and then I came back upstairs. I ate my breakfast and when I was finished I went back downstairs to bring my laundry back. I hung it up in the room and then I relaxed for a while.

I got my lunch a few minutes early and brought it upstairs again. I decided to watch an episode of Elsbeth today as I wanted something a little lighter. It’s been a bit of a rough week. 

F called me a bit after 5 pm and said he was on his way back. I changed and went downstairs to start dinner. 

Tonight was an easy one, spaghetti and salad, cucumber pickle and mini-tomatoes. It was quite nice I thought. We all ate and I think we enjoyed it all.

I did the dishes and by the time I was finished, I was soaking. I’d worn a different, slightly thicker shirt and it was so sweaty. With no air conditioner downstairs it is really hot to be in the kitchen now.

I came upstairs with my pop and some ice. I enjoyed it while I watched a few videos on YouTube. I decided finally that I would watch something from streaming so I went downstairs and made some popcorn. 

I came back up to the room and watched an episode of Ride or Die. A lot happened in this episode and it was quite good. There wasn’t as much of Hannah Waddingham though. 

After midnight, I turned off the TV and then worked on my end of day things. That’s about it for me for today. 

I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. Hopefully things will go well. Come back later and find out. Until tomorrow…. 

August 13, 2026

Thursday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I went downstairs and then came back to the room and did something on my computer for a couple of minutes. 

I went back to bed and snoozed and watched videos for a bit. Then, I closed up the window and the door and I turned on the AC. It was already 29 in the room around 10 am. 

I didn’t sleep much today, I watched a few videos on my phone, I snoozed and then I woke up. I got up, dressed and went downstairs to get my breakfast.

I came back to the room and ate my breakfast. Then I decided to do my sewing. I had washed my culottes on Wednesday, they were dry enough to mend today. One of the seams had ripped open. I didn’t know so it was quite a good thing I noticed. I got it sewn up, hopefully it’ll hold!

I went downstairs a little early today to get my lunch. I brought it upstairs and watched an episode of Breaking Bad. It was an odd episode, but a good one. They all are so far!

F called after 5:15 and said he was on his way back to the house. I got changed and a little later I went downstairs to work in the kitchen. 

F got back to the house about the time I was washing things in the kitchen so that was good. We had a nice reunion and then he talked to his mother for a bit. He went upstairs to rest.

Tonight I wasn’t terribly busy, but I planned things that way! I did premade burgers from the store and fries in the air fryer. We had cucumber pickles, salad and also some steamed okra. 

I texted F down around 7 and he got his mother up. We had a nice meal and watched the news. There’s flooding going on in Chiba-ken. I have a couple of friends who live there, one has checked in so I’m wondering about the other one. Fingers crossed she’s okay.

F cut up a melon that we were given for our dessert. It was okay, maybe not quite ripe. I don’t eat a lot of fruit, so I thought it was okay. 

After dinner I did the dishes and sweated a lot. It may have cooled down outside a little, but it was still hot in the room. 

I went upstairs to change my clothes and get ready for going to the store. A few minutes later, F drove me to the grocery store. He was wearing his jimbei so happily he didn’t come in the store. It’s kind of like Japanese pyjamas!

I got stuff for dinner tomorrow night and K’s breakfast. I also bought myself a diet coke, I paid for it separately. I told F that when I got back to the car, but he said I didn’t have to do that!

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. When I came back up to our bedroom I turned on the AC. I was too hot not to do that. 

I had a quiet evening, I did watch The Rookie at 11pm and it was quite good. The police had a sting to try to protect John Nolan’s wife. 

Since midnight I’ve been working on end of day things and getting ready to go to bed. In a little while I’ll go to bed. I’m hoping my hubby is sleeping already, but I’m not sure. 

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

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….