May 27, 2026

 Wednesday - Hot and Sunny, but hazy

I did wake up when F was getting ready this morning, but managed not to get up. I fell back asleep again. I woke up when my alarm went off and I went downstairs. I came back to bed and went back to bed. I did my usual thing of watching a few videos, falling asleep on them and then waking up when they start repeating!

I got up finally a bit late and instead of putting on my usual clothes, went with something a little cooler. I put on my culottes and a t-shirt. Good plan! I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast and brought it upstairs to eat. 

I did a bit more work on my column and wrote the intro today. It was getting hot in this room and I was starting to suffer. I went down to get my lunch around 3 and when I came back to the room, I turned on the AC. It was over 31 degrees in our room and I was suffering. It did get nice and cool a little bit later. 

F called around 5:30 and said he was on the way back. I changed my clothes and went downstairs before he arrived. I got started on dinner, but tonight’s dinner was an easy one. I bought premade burgers and we had them with salad, potato salad and some pickles. We had it with rice as well. 

F told me before dinner that he has a party to go to tomorrow night, so I told him we’d have to go out tonight to pick up things for Friday. 

After dinner, I cleared the table and we had a little dessert. It was just a simple roll cake from the grocery store, but it was nice and K liked it. 

I did the dishes and then did up the garbage downstairs. F helped me with K’s stuff in the living room and her room. I got that in the genkan and then I went upstairs to change again.

When I came downstairs again I went into the living room as we had the air conditioner on there. F was in the washroom so I sent him a text to let him know that I was ready to go and also that his mother wanted to use the washroom! He did leave finally!

We drove over to Mina and went in. I picked up some breakfast stuff for K for Friday, something for Friday’s dinner and some assorted snacks and some new cereal for me. 

Back in the car after shopping, F said that he wasn’t sure if his party was tomorrow night or next Thursday. Ack! He’s very silly. So I may be cooking for two or three tomorrow night….I don’t know. 

In the house again I put away the groceries and then went upstairs. F stayed downstairs for a while and then came upstairs. At 11 pm I watched what might be the last episode of The Irrational. It was quite good and tied up a few things. 

I’ve been watching YouTube since midnight and working on my end of day things. I’m about done and I’ll probably be heading to bed fairly soon. 

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

May 26, 2026

Tuesday - Hot and Sunny 

I woke up before F left this morning. I got up while he was getting ready to go and went downstairs. He left, saying that he’d see me soon, and two minutes later, he came back in the house! He’d forgotten his wallet or something!

I ended up going back to bed. I did sort my laundry first and then Snoozeville. I watched a few videos in bed, but fell asleep on them. I woke up a couple of hours later and then got up and dressed. I took my laundry basket downstairs and did two loads over the next couple of hours. 

I had my breakfast and watched some YouTube. I did work on my column today too. I think I might need to write my opening and closing soon. I think I’ve got enough movies now. 

I went downstairs to get my lunch around 3 pm and came back to the room. I watched an episode of Lie To Me which was good but sad. 

F didn’t call today until almost 6 pm. He’d had to work late. I went downstairs and got started on dinner prep. Things did go a little long today, but I did a lot of dishes. Tonight I did chicken drumsticks in the air fryer, cabbage salad, mushrooms, cucumber pickle, and salad too. F came downstairs before I called, I think he was looking for his dinner. I did wonder why he didn’t ask me if I needed any help! He just plunked himself down at the table and waited to be served. I asked him to serve the rice, which he did. He wasn’t too happy about it, but did it. 

Dinner was good and I did the dishes afterwards. Then, I told F that I was going upstairs to change so we could go out. 

We drove over to Mina and went inside. I picked up food for the next couple of days. F grabbed us a big bag of rice, it was so expensive. He paid and we packed up the groceries and then left. We came back to the house.

I put the groceries away and F made rice for tomorrow. I went upstairs and watched some YouTube before watching Law & Order at 11pm. I enjoyed that, even thought it was a bit sad due to the subject matter.

It was terribly hot today and in fact, it still is hot inside the room. My thermometer says that it is 27℃ and it is very late. It’s crazy. I did ask F today how hot it had to be before I turn on the AC in the room. He said it didn’t matter. Whew. 

Anyway, that’s it for me. Tomorrow I hope to finish my column and get it ready for sending in. I also have a letter to write if I have time and dinner to cook. I could be busy. 

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

May 25, 2026

Monday - Warm and sunny

I managed to get to bed a little early last night. F didn’t wake up so that was a bonus. This morning I woke up after F had left, but an hour before my alarm went off. I got up, went downstairs and then came back to bed. I tried to watch a couple of videos on my phone but fell asleep on them and woke up hours later with the videos repeating away!

I dragged myself out of bed and dressed. I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast and brought it upstairs. I ate and even did manage to work on my column a little bit. Yay me.

I had my lunch around 3:30 and watched an episode of Breaking Bad. I’m still ambivalent about the show so far. 

F called at 5:30 and said he was on his way back. I went downstairs soon after his call and got a start on dinner. Tonight I did ginger pork (pre-marinated by the store) and cucumber pickle and then some steamed spicy cabbage. We had that with rice and salad and it was quite popular. 

I did the dishes afterwards and then did up the garbage bag for F to take out tomorrow. I said goodnight to K and then went upstairs. I chilled out with a bit of YouTube and then took a shower after 10:30. When I finished I came back upstairs and watched another episode of Evil. The show really can be evil at times. I have no idea what’s going down next!

When I came upstairs from my shower I asked F if we could get new batteries for the motion sensor light that we keep downstairs for K going to the washroom at night. She doesn’t use lights and we want her to be safe! Good guy that he is, he went downstairs and fixed it.

He went to bed after 11:30 or so and I turned off the TV a little after midnight. I watched some YouTube and got started on my end of day stuff. I’m having a bit of trouble with my iPhone at the moment. It doesn’t want to connect to charge up. That’s a bit of a problem. 

Tomorrow I’ll have to work on my column again, but I’ll also have added laundry too. I need to get some done. 

I’ll be on dinner duty again and I’ll also have to go out and buy groceries too. 

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

May 24, 2026

Sunday - Sunny in the am, rainy and cooler all day

I got up this morning at 7:30 or so when F woke me up. Well, actually, I don’t know if he did wake me up, but he was at the foot of the bed when I woke up. I made a trip downstairs and then came back to bed. I hadn’t set my alarms last night so I didn’t wake up until 11 the next time. 

I got up, went downstairs and talked to F. We talked about going out for lunch and I put out a couple of ideas. F liked both of them, and I pushed for Indian food. He wasn’t thrilled, but he said it was okay. 

We went upstairs and changed/dressed and a few minutes later we were leaving to have our lunch. We arrived at the restaurant and went in. There weren’t that many people there so we could get seated right away. Today I had the chicken curry lunch set and F had the saag keema curry set. I liked mine, F wasn’t a big fan of his. He left a lot of his curry and I ate it. I ate the chicken out of mine and left a bit of the liquid. We only had one naan each today and F didn’t finish his. We left after a while and went off to S-Mall.

We went to Daiso in S-Mall. F was looking for a new rice bowl. Apparently he broke his last one this morning. He didn’t find one. I ended up buying garbage bags for myself!

We went down to Doutor and I got us a couple of drinks. We stayed for a while with our drinks and just chilled out. We decided we’d go over to PAL shopping area and check out the Daiso there and do our grocery shopping too. 

We drove over there and went to Daiso. F did find a new bowl for himself and also got a clock for his office in the slightly more expensive area. It does look quite nice. 

We moved over to the grocery store and we bought groceries for the next couple of days. We also grabbed a bento for K’s dinner tonight and some stuff for her lunch tomorrow.

F had said he was really tired, so when we got back to the house I expected him to take a nap, but he didn’t. I put the groceries away and then went upstairs to relax. F came upstairs finally around 5:30 and I put him to work! I got him to hang up his laundry and then he decided to give K her bento. 

We left and drove towards Coco Ichibanya. F had talked about having Japanese curry tonight too. Well, we didn’t stop at Coco Ichibanya, but we ended up at Tsukiya. I had curry, F had mapo-nasu. I had the curry with miso soup and a salad. It was rather nice, F said that his food was good too. 

We jumped into the car and then drove out to Mikawa. We were running a little late, but F made up a lot of time on the way. We got to the mall and parked. We went upstairs and separated. I bought our movie tickets and then F got the popcorn and drinks. Then, we went in to the movie theatre and went to see The Sheep Detectives. Yes, I’d seen it before, but F hadn’t and I really wanted him to see it. He really liked it so that was good.

After the movie, we left the mall and drove back to Tsuruoka. We did discuss going to a conbini but decided not to do that. 

Back at the house, F took a shower and I just relaxed. I had planned to watch some TV, but I left it a bit late and decided not to. F is sleeping now but he has to go back to work tomorrow. 

I have the rest of the week to work on my column. I have started it, but it needs a lot of work. I’ll put some pressure on myself and hopefully it’ll get done in time!

That’s about it for me for today. Tomorrow I have a few things to do. I’m debating doing some laundry but I usually wait until Tuesday for that. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

May 23, 2026

 Saturday - Warmish in the daytime, cool at night

Well, today didn’t get off to a good stop. I woke up quite early, around 7:30. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I didn’t feel well when I woke up, the room was spinning. I went back to bed and slept for much longer. When I woke up again I got up but the room, she was a spinning….

I went downstairs and went in to see F. I asked him how he was and he said he was okay. There was no reciprocal question and I was quite upset at that. There rarely is, come to think of it. He asked me about going out for lunch and I told him I wasn’t feeling well and didn’t want to eat yet. 

I went upstairs and honestly went back to bed again. I didn’t stay in bed long, but I did for a few minutes. I got up and went over to my computer. F came back in a few minutes and brought some baked goods from our favourite bakery. I offered to make hot water for tea or coffee and I set up the water pot. Then, he asked me about going to a ramen shop where I could have chahan instead of ramen. I just didn’t feel like a greasy chahan today. F got mad and stormed out. 

I was a bit sad and decided I’d eat my baked goodies. There was a lovely croissant and an olive/cheese bread thing. They were very nice. I wasn’t too hungry afterwards, but I did want something that wasn’t bread.

I went downstairs and F was there. It surprised me a lot. I thought he’d gone out. He went out to clean out the car, I offered to help him but he turned me down. 

A little later I suggested that we head over to MosBurger to have something for lunch. He was okay with that. I did say we could go somewhere else if he wanted, but he didn’t think of another place. 

We drove over to MosBurger and ordered. I had a teriyaki chicken burger, fries and an iced tea. The clerk that took my order seemed really distracted and I had to say it twice. F had a coffee milkshake. 

We ate, drank and then left to go back to the house. We got there about 3:30. I thought F would leave right away, but he changed his shirt and took a quick break. He left before 4 pm.

I was on K duty tonight so I tidied up the living room a little, I even washed the glasses left on the living room table. I waited for K to appear. She came back around 4:35. I greeted her at the door and waved and bowed off the care worker that walked her to the door. 

I left her alone in the living room and went upstairs and drank tea. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos too. 

F came back after 5 I think and made his mother’s dinner. He came upstairs to ask me about our dinner and I reminded him about the festival on Sanno-Machi. We decided to go! We didn’t know where to park but…

F found us a place to park, it was a paid parking place near a bank. We walked over to the park. I was really glad that I did wear a jacket tonight as it was windy and therefore a bit cold. Sad to say, there wasn’t a lot of food that we wanted to eat. The vendors had a lot of ice cream and kaki-gori, but it was too cold for that. We watched a little of the entertainment, walked to the end of the street and then came back to the other end. We did find a yakitori stand and had a skewer of pork tongue each. That was nice, and the price was reasonable. 

After we left the festival, we talked about where to go for dinner. I suggested the Taiwanese restaurant that is near the festival. F wasn’t too impressed, but didn’t have a better idea. We went there and the parking lot was busy. 

We went in and after a couple of minutes ordered our food. F ordered shrimp fried rice and fried chicken, I had a set menu with yurinchi chicken and spicy tofu, plain rice, soup and pickles. I got dessert too. F complained about his fried rice and said it was too salty. After a while, I suggested that I give him some of my plain rice to mix with his fried rice to hopefully tone down the saltiness. We exchanged some rice and I think it worked a bit. F was able to finish his rice so that was good. We paid for our meal and left. We came back to the house and then came upstairs.

I watched FBI at 11pm. F went to bed. 

I’m not sure exactly what we’ll get up to tomorrow. F might want to go and see some of the Tenjin Matsuri, I suggested going to see a movie tomorrow night. I have no idea if he’ll still be interested in that tomorrow. 

Anyway, it’s been a day and I’m tired. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

May 22, 2026

Friday - Sunny but cool

I woke up early this morning. F was up around 6:30 I think and woke me up somehow. I had to make a trip downstairs and then went back to bed. I said a sleepy goodbye to F and then fell asleep after a while. 

I dragged myself out of bed later, dressed and went downstairs. Back in the room I sorted some laundry and took two loads downstairs. I started the first and then grabbed my breakfast. I took it upstairs to eat.  

I did my two loads of laundry and they are now hanging up in my room. I live such an exciting life!

I had a fairly quiet afternoon with too much Youtube. I did go downstairs a little early today to get my lunch. While I ate I watched an episode of Matlock. It’s getting too complicated with double-crosses and such….Argh. I hope they get this stuff over soon. 

I watched some of the final Late Night with Stephen Colbert on YouTube during the day and evening. I am so sad that the show was ended. Colbert is such an excellent host and comedian. I have really enjoyed watching this intelligent, decent human being over the last few years. I hope that he has a successful next venture. 

F called around 5:30 tonight and a few minutes later I went downstairs to the kitchen. I did dishes and I also wasted a bit of time, but whatever. Tonight we had pasta with a white wine clam sauce. It was actually quite good. I’m not a huge clam fan, but it was good. All the pasta disappeared which is nice. 

I did the dishes after dinner, listening to my movie podcast and also my CBC News podcast. They talked a lot about Stephen Colbert too. 

I went upstairs around 9pm, watched some YouTube and drank some tea. I took a shower at 10:30 and then watched The Boys when I finished that. The things they get away with on that show, I can’t quite believe it. I spend my time laughing at it, but it is so terrible!

And that’s about it. Since midnight I’ve been catching up on my end of day stuff. I’ve had to run the heater up here as it really was quite cold. It’s around 19 degrees in here without it. 

Tomorrow F has to have his car’s Shakken done…it’s a big car check to make sure it is roadworthy still. The car is only three years old or so, so it should be fine. It costs a lot though. I’ll have to be at the house while he’s doing it so that I can welcome K back from her day care. She’ll love that!

There’s a festival downtown too tomorrow night, but I don’t know if we’ll go or not. Parking is the big problem, plus the buses don’t run at night. It’s really too far to walk.

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

May 21, 2026

Thursday - Rainy and cooler

Before bed last night I closed the window in our room. Good thing as it got rainy during the night and a lot cooler.

This morning I woke up when my alarm went off. F was long gone. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and then came back to the room. I watched some videos for a little while and then fell asleep. I finally dragged myself out of bed a couple of hours later. I got dressed and then went downstairs and brought my breakfast things up to the room.

Last night I checked out the movie that NHK was going to show today and I used my phone to translate what it was. It turns out that it was Somewhere in Time, the old movie with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. I recorded it to watch later. I watched the first 15 or so minutes of it…Christopher Reeve was so darn good looking! I’ll probably watched it tomorrow night or whenever.

I went downstairs and grabbed my lunch and then came back to the room to eat. It was a bit late again, so I watched more of One Mississippi. 

F didn’t call me around 5 pm because he had texted me after 4 to tell me that he was still on a driving assignment.  I was watching the news and there was a reporter with the name of Will Reeve. He had the classic all-American look so I did a little checking and it was Christopher Reeve’s son. I’m sure I’ve seen him before, but I just hadn’t clocked who he is. And seeing a few minutes of his father when he was really young put him in my mind so that was cool.

I went downstairs before 6 pm to make dinner. Tonight I was a busy person in the kitchen. I made a cucumber pickle thing and then a stir-fry. We also had some potato salad and a salad. When F was eating the stir-fry he said something about how he was surprised that I liked vegetables so much!  Huh? I often give the two of them tons of veggies as I know we are supposed to eat less meat. Anyway, dinner was good and most of it disappeared. I have some for tomorrow’s lunch, so that’s nice.

I did the dishes and then went upstairs to change. F and I went to the grocery store and went inside in the rain. It really was pouring. We got our groceries, got something for F’s and K’s breakfasts and stuff for dinner. F paid and then we left. I suggested that F bring the car closer to the door and he did. I made a dash to the car with the groceries and didn’t get too wet!

We also stopped into the drugstore on the way back to the house. I stayed in the car though, and had a big moan about how F and I never really seem to be simpatico. Even after 25 years together, we never seem to understand what the other person wants or needs. It drives me crazy.

We came back to the house, I put the groceries away and we headed upstairs. I watched a bit of YouTube and then at 11pm I watched the last episode of The Rainmaker. I don’t know if there’ll be more of the show, I liked what there was.

I turned off the TV and watched a lot more YouTube. I didn’t do any of my column today, so I’ll have to try and do a bit tomorrow. I’ll also have to do some laundry tomorrow as I need some clean clothes to wear!

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