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….

August 6, 2026

Thursday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and went downstairs. I came back up to the room and sorted my laundry. When I was downstairs, I noticed that someone was doing laundry. I assumed (correctly it turned out) that it was F who started it before he left for work. 

I went back to bed and had a snooze and some videos. I dragged myself out of bed later and went downstairs with my laundry (after getting dressed of course). I took F’s stuff out of the washing machine, dumped it into the basket in the room and put the first of my two loads in. I grabbed my breakfast yogurt and took it upstairs. 

I had breakfast and did my laundry. It was so hot downstairs I was worried about K. I had my AC on in the room all day. 

When I went downstairs later in the day to make my lunch I gave K a glass of mugi-cha. I worry that she might not have been drinking enough. I took my lunch upstairs and watched an episode of Elsbeth today. I wasn’t in the mood for something serious. 

F called me after 5:30 and said he was on his way back. I went downstairs fairly soon after that. I did the dishes and got started on the food prep. Tonight I made tacos with tortillas. They turned out rather well and we all had a few. F and I had three each, K had two. We also had some cucumber pickle and some tomatoes. Well, the others did!

After dinner I did the dishes and by the end I was covered in sweat. It was horrible. I got everything cleaned up and put away, then told F I was going upstairs to relax. I turned on the AC upstairs, put on my casual clothes and relaxed on the bed for a while. F came up a little later and asked if I wanted to go out. I decided not to. I was relaxing! We had a nice few minutes and then I got up and came over to my computer. 

At 11pm I watched The Rookie and it was a good one. I’ve been rather impressed with the show this year, it’s like they aren’t coasting their storylines. 

And that’s about it for tonight. I suggested earlier to F that tomorrow night instead of me making dinner in a hot kitchen we get bentos in instead. It’s supposed to be hotter tomorrow than today so I don’t want to spend an hour or more in the kitchen doing prep and clean up. He agreed that it was an okay idea, so that’s good. 

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

August 5, 2026

Wednesday - Hot and Sunny

I woke up when F was getting up this morning. I fell back asleep almost immediately so that was good. I woke up finally when my alarm went off. I didn’t get up until the second alarm went off though.

I went downstairs and then came back to the room. I sorted out my clothes and then went back to bed. I watched videos and overslept a little. I slept a little later than yesterday, but it was fine.

I went downstairs, got my breakfast and brought it back upstairs. I ate and then relaxed for a while. I decided to write a couple of postcards later on. I’m sending to Europe. I’m happy as they usually arrive faster than ones to North America or other parts of Asia. 

I went downstairs and grabbed my lunch. I brought it upstairs to eat and today I watched an episode of Matlock. I like the characters, but the show is losing me a little. 

F showed up while I was watching my show. He took some time off work today to go to see his doctor. He changed clothes and then left to go out.

F got back a bit before 6pm. I went downstairs to work on dinner. It was hot in the kitchen. Sigh.

Tonight’s dinner was chicken drumsticks with rice, salad, cucumber pickle, and some gobo salad. K and F also got some mini-tomatoes, so that was good for them.

I got dinner on the table a little late, but not very! I had to wait on the chicken to be cooked. Dinner was good I think. F didn’t eat all of his chicken, but apart from that he did well. 

On one of his trips to the house today F brought some ice cream so we had dessert as well today. Yay for that. 

I went back into the kitchen and got stuck into the dishes. They went…no big deal. After they were finished I started on the burnable garbage. I got most of it done. I did ask F to go to his mother’s room and bring her garbage out. I don’t think she’d like me going in there!

When I finished with that I came upstairs and did my bedroom garbage. I left the bag for F to put his stuff in too. 

I relaxed for a bit and then went downstairs and took a shower tonight. It was nice, but I had to refill my shampoo bottle today. 

I went back upstairs and watched tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy. It was okay. I’m not really sure where things are going to go with the characters, but it is okay. 

I’ve been doing my end of day things and watching/catching up with my internet stuff. It’s been interesting. I’m presently looking at someone’s haul from an internet store. It’s sort of making me want to go shopping, but I rarely do that. 

Tomorrow I should do my weekly laundry as F is planning to take Friday off and I’ll probably miss my Friday laundry date! It’s not a date, it’s just a thing that needs to get done. I need to wash some towels for a change. 

Oh, that reminds me. K tried to do laundry today but didn’t set the machine correctly. She set it so it was trying to take water out of the bath…the machine has a hose to do that, but there is no water in the bath, and she didn’t move the hose at all. The machine was making a little noise, but wasn’t washing her clothes. I stopped it and reset it for her. I hope it worked. I didn’t snoop inside the machine so I didn’t check if she put any soap inside. It’s the second time I’ve seen that she’s messed up the machine. It’s sad to think that she’s probably lost how to wash her clothes. I’ll have to let the social worker know later in the month. 

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

August 4, 2026

Tuesday - Warm and sunny

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up, went downstairs and then came back to the bedroom. It was hot in the room so I turned on the AC for an hour and watched a few videos. I fell asleep again, but woke up quite a bit earlier than normal. I got up and dressed then. 

I went downstairs to get my breakfast stuff and then came back to the room. I had my breakfast and then spent some time on my computer. I had a quiet afternoon if I’m honest. It was nice. I backed up my computer and printed out a recipe that I was planning to make for dinner.

While I was eating my lunch, I watched an episode of Evil. I just decided to watch it today. It was quite a good one, but there are only 3 more episodes in the series so I wonder if they’ll end things properly or if it’ll be a cliffhanger?

F called me a little early today and said he was on his way back. I watched a video for 20 minutes and then went downstairs to start dinner.

Tonight after I did the dishes, I got started on the rest of dinner. I made some more cucumber sticks, and then I started the main dish. Tonight I made Buta Kimchi or stir-fried pork with kimchi. I measured things, I prepped some onion, and got ready. When the time came, I started cooking. 

I got things on the table really close to 7pm and called F downstairs. He came a little later and we ate. There wasn’t enough rice for us, F had said there was, but he forgot how crunchy the ends are on the second day. The buta kimchi was good, but a little salty I thought. F thought it had too much sauce, but it didn’t really!

After dinner I did the dishes and listened to parts of three podcasts! I listened to the news from Canada, then finished up Kermode and Mayo’s Take. I only listened to a few minutes of Flickering Dreams but it was fun so far. Tomorrow….

I went upstairs to change and then watched as F did his hunt for his wallet. How can that man lose something so important? He did finally find it…in the car. Ack. 

We drove over to the grocery store and I went in. I bought stuff for dinner for the next couple of days and breakfasts for K and F. I hope things go well with that! I came back to the car and we drove back to the house. 

I asked F to make rice for tomorrow night and then I put the groceries away. I came upstairs and chilled out in front of my computer. At 11pm I watched Law & Order. It was fine, no big deal. After midnight I started doing my end of day things. 

I went downstairs and realized that I didn’t really need the AC on as it was cooler outside than in our room. I turned it off and opened the window. Fair enough, it isn’t too humid tonight so we might as well cool things down naturally. 

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow. I’d like to maybe write a postcard or two as I have to get thinking about my column soon. Ack. I need a topic since the Journal theme isn’t really movie friendly. 

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

August 3, 2026

Monday - Warm & Sunny

I got up this morning when my alarm went off. I hadn’t woken up at all after I fell asleep. I was out. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and then coming back upstairs. I sorted out a couple of loads of laundry and left the basket for me to take downstairs. 

Then, I went back to sleep. I had watched a couple of videos, but I snoozed a lot. I used the AC for a few minutes and then turned it off. 

I got up and then went downstairs with my laundry after I got dressed. I started the washing machine and then grabbed my breakfast. I brought it upstairs to eat.

I did a couple of loads of laundry today, they are hanging up in my room. I went downstairs a couple of times to bring up the laundry. I was a bit late going down to make my lunch too as I decided to watch Saturday’s episode of FBI. It was a good episode, about a serial killer. 

I went downstairs to get lunch and then brought it upstairs. I decided to watch an episode of Lie To Me while I ate. It’s an okay show, I wasn’t after anything demanding today.

F called me after 5:30 to say he was on his way back.We were both cheerful with each other, so that was good. I went downstairs soon after to get started on dinner.

I didn’t have any ideas what to make for dinner tonight! I did bake some chicken in the toaster oven, but the rest of what I made was uncooked! We had salad, cucumber sticks, celery pickles, and mini tomatoes. F had set up the rice cooker last night and so we had that too. I had made some mayo-ranch dressing to dip the cucumbers in and that was good. There’s a bit left over too for tomorrow I hope.

I did the dishes, listening to Kermode & Mayo’s Take and of course, CBC News. It’s so nice to listen to Canadian news, it’s just so newsy! It’s also not full of hyperbole either. 

When I finished downstairs, I bagged up the plastic garbage and then reminded F that he should take it out in the morning. I put it in the genkan.

I went upstairs to relax for a while. I made some tea for myself and chilled. Then, a bit after 10:15 I went downstairs to take my shower. F was in the process of going upstairs so we got to say hi to each other. 

I took my shower and then went upstairs again. F and I chatted for a few minutes and then I sat down at my desk and watched an episode of Ted Lasso. It was the second last one of season 3. I was hoping that it was the last one so I could start the new season when it comes, but I have one more. No worries! It was so good. I really enjoy the show even though it’s been ages since I saw some of it.

And that’s about it. I’m not sure what I’m going to get up to tomorrow. Usually Tuesday is laundry day, but I already did some, so I will have to find something else to do. Maybe I’ll write a letter, a postcard, or I’ll start my column. Who knows? It’s a mystery to me at the moment. 

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

August 2, 2026

Sunday - Rainy and cooler, clear later on

I woke up fairly late this morning. F was still in bed, he hadn’t fed his mother yet. When I was downstairs, I saw her in the living room, so when I went upstairs I told him. He got up and then went downstairs to take care of her. 

I checked a few things on my computer and then went back to bed and slept a bit. F came back in the room and we both dozed a little bit. I got up after noon and then F was immediately wanting to know where I wanted to eat lunch. He was his usual cranky self and didn’t like any of my suggestions but wouldn’t suggest any that he liked and I might. 

We tried to go to Arpeggio but they were full. We went back to the car and drove up the street. We passed a building with a new sign on it so I read it out. F asked me what I said, so I said it again. Then he wanted me to repeat it again. I refused. I was highly annoyed with him. He stopped the car and ordered me out. I refused to get out. He started whining about how he had to take care of the people walking on the street while he was turning the car…I know that, but having to repeat myself THREE times just felt like too much. Recently he just hasn’t been listening to me. He goes everywhere with an earphone in his ear and listens to his phone…he never hears me when I talk to him and if he does hear me, he doesn’t listen. I’m getting very frustrated with him. 

He ordered me out and I just apologized. I know he has to take care of other people, but I’d like him to take a little more care of ME. My arm is really sore and him shouting at me to get out of the car really upset me.

We ended up going to Gusto again. I didn’t mind. I quite like Gusto, F says he hates it, but he only orders things they aren’t that good at! I had a steak set today, I got some cut steak, with a salad, soup of the day, and a nice crusty bun. F had a burger that he didn’t like. We both had drink bar and soup bar today. We stayed a while and then left. When we paid at the door, I used some of my points and brought the price down by a bit. Yay me.

We made a quick stop at Yamaya for me to buy more tea and then we came back to the house. As it had stopped working, we took a look at the outside motor. Sadly, we still have no idea what’s going on. F thinks that it isn’t getting any power. I’m trying to get him to call a repairman but he’s dragging his feet. Good grief…August has just started, the hottest month and his mother lives downstairs and I have to cook in the kitchen. I’m thinking of going on strike!

We relaxed for a bit and finally F went downstairs and cooked for his mother. Then, F was as nasty as he was earlier about where to go for dinner. I told him that he could suggest someplace but he didn’t. 

We literally drove around the city for 45 minutes looking for someplace that would fulfill F’s vision. Every other place he wanted to go was closed. At one point when we were near a bit supermarket, I suggested just going in, doing our shopping and then getting bentos and going back to the house. That wasn’t acceptable. I hate bentos so it was a hail Mary pass for me.

We ended up at China House, which I had completely forgotten about earlier, then thought that they would already be closed. We went in and finally were able to have dinner. I had the mapo-dofu set meal, F had yakisoba and he also ordered some gyoza to share. He could have suggested the place 45 minutes earlier but he’d rather drive aimlessly through the city. 

When we finished eating it was after 9:30 pm so I suggested going back to the big grocery store to get our shopping. Our usual place closes at 10 so it wasn’t a good option.

I went in and did the shopping. I’m not a big fan of the shop but it’s okay. I had to get stuff for dinner for a couple of nights and stuff for breakfasts as well. I got things bought and there was still a bit of money leftover, so that was good.

We came back to the house, I put away the groceries. F did something, I don’t know what. I went upstairs and turned on the AC then went downstairs to get some water for my water pot. I also took a couple of pain pills for my arm. It was really bothering me, but it’s mostly okay now. 

I decided to watch some AppleTV on my computer as I didn’t want to annoy F any further. I watched an episode of Sugar which was good again. I really like Colin Farrell these days. 

F went to sleep without saying goodnight. That’s okay, I was sort of ignoring him. I’m having a bit of a rage at him anyway. I’m sure I’ll be fine tomorrow, but it’s hard when he keeps getting so angry with me for being me. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Hopefully it won’t suck as much as this weekend did! Until tomorrow….