December 8, 2016

Thursday - Sunny and Warm

A good day.

I got up very early this morning, before 6 am to be honest.  I woke up and checked my phone, I had two messages.  Since one of them was from the person that I was meeting today, I had to read it and did so.  I thought she might be cancelling, but she wasn’t.  I went back to bed for a few minutes, but my alarm woke me up a bit after 6 and I got up and took a shower.

I put on the heater after my shower and F got up too.  He got dressed and we left.  He dropped me off at S-Mall and I took an earlier bus than I was originally planning.  I realized that I wouldn’t eat much anyway at this time, so paying a hotel’s fee for breakfast didn’t make a lot of sense.  I took an energy bar with me and a bottle of water and that was enough.

The trip to Yamagata was fine.  I snoozed a lot on the way, also listened to a couple of podcasts and some music. 

In Yamagata City, I got off at the train station and did a little shopping and then met up with my friend.  We did a little Starbucks and then met up with another person in our women’s group and went off to have lunch together.  

We had a lovely time at the restaurant.  I had pasta and it was yummy!  It was shrimp and avocado genovese, and it came with salad, soup, and a few little delicious things.  It also had dessert and a drink.  I gave away my matcha ice cream because I don’t like matcha and it’s made out of milk! I still had other desserts though, so it wasn’t a bad thing.

In the afternoon, the person who lives in Yamagata dropped us off near a big tea shop and she went off to work.  My friend and I bought some tea and then did a bit of sightseeing.  We visited the former prefectural office and toured around it for a bit.  After that, we had some tea or coffee and a little cake at the coffee shop in the building.  We caught a bus back to the station and went back to Starbucks!  My friend had to catch her train and after a bit more shopping on my part, I caught my bus.

The bus back to Tsuruoka was a bit busier, but I still managed to get a seat to myself.  I snoozed, read, listened to podcasts and music, and enjoyed myself.  

When I got to S-Mall, my husband wasn’t there.  I checked my phone and got a picture of Tsuruoka TRAIN station from him.  I texted him to say I was at the BUS station, and he said he was there too.  I went into the building and there he was!  He really did go to the train station first, but realized that I wasn’t going to be on the train.  

We went to Gusto for a quick and actually pretty good dinner and then did a little grocery shopping.  I got some things for dinner tomorrow night.  

We came home and had a quiet night in.  I watched Bones and did some crochet, and then came back to my computer.  So that was it!  My day today was really great.

Yesterday was good too.  Briefly, I met another friend and we had lunch and vented about our husbands before seeing Bridget Jones’s Baby.  We laughed a lot at that movie.  It wasn’t the best ever, but was just what we needed.

F said he wasn’t feeling well last night, so barely ate anything at dinner, and of course was too sick to do dishes.  I did them and then we had a basically quiet night at home.  I went to bed just after midnight because of having to get up early today.  

So, you are now up to date!  Come back later and find out what I get up to next.  Until tomorrow….