October 3, 2026

Saturday - Warm and sunny, cooler later on

I woke up a little before 9 am. On Saturday I tried to wake up after 9am as F and K will have left. I made a trip downstairs and then came back up to the room. F came up to grab his wallet and then he left with K.

I snoozed for a bit longer. I had prepared my clothes and stuff to take last night, so I had time. I got up around 10, F took a shower around then and got dressed. 

We made it over to the doctor’s office in time and checked in. We hurried up and waited in the lobby. I managed to finish my book, Michael Ondaatje’s The Cat’s Table. I liked it, but because I kept it only for reading at the doctor’s office I lost the plot a bit. It was a good book though.

We got our 3 minutes with the doctor, F got his shingles shot and we made appointments to get our flu and covid shots next month. 

We left after getting our medicines and walked to the parking lot. We talked about lunch. F wanted Japanese and then suggested okonomiyaki. I thought that was a good idea, so we went off to the place near our old apartment. We each ordered one okonomiyaki, mine was cheese and curry, F had shrimp. They were great. We shared an order of gyoza as well.

After lunch we went to a drugstore for a moment and then went over to Komeda Coffee. We were able to get in right away, which doesn’t happen that often. I had a decaf iced coffee, F had a hot coffee. 

We came back to the house after our coffee. I came upstairs and spent time on my computer, F stayed downstairs to welcome his mother back.

F made his mother some dinner and then we talked about our evening. I suggested a movie, and we actually had a choice of three tonight. We decided to go to Machi-ne Kinema in Tsuruoka to see The Drama. 

First, we had dinner. We went to a nearby Chinese restaurant. I ordered some kara-age (fried chicken) and I suggested F had an egg and shrimp dish. It took a long time to arrive as they were quite busy tonight. Still, we had a lot of time and we were finished eating an hour before the movie. 

We drove over to the drugstore near the cinema and went in. We picked up a few things and a couple of drinks for the movie. After we paid, we drove over to the cinema and went in. We paid our money and then got in to see The Drama. We both liked it. I do think that the big thing wasn’t as big as the characters thought it was, but what do I know?

After the movie, F and I came back to the house. I watched The Hunting Party episode that was on tonight. I had to watch it through the DVR, but it was fine. Kelsey Grammar was on it tonight, that was a surprise. 

F has gone to bed, he’s tired and I’ll go to bed soon too. 

I have no idea what we’ll get up to tomorrow. We will have to buy our groceries for the next few days and I hope that we’ll get out of the house for a bit. 

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

October 2, 2026

Friday - Cooler but sunny

Today started badly. It was odd!

I woke up when my alarm went off and made my trip downstairs. While I was in the toilet room, K came over outside the room and started calling my name. I thought that it meant she needed the toilet so I hurried up and went out. I left the door open for her and I motioned that she could go in. 

That wasn’t what she wanted! She babbled something else at me. It was something about F. I only caught about 3 words, but had no idea what she wanted. I gave up and went back upstairs. She followed me up! I actually yelled at her to go downstairs…she’s been sick lately and I was worried that she might fall down the stairs. 

I sent F a text to see if he had any ideas what was going on with her. She just went on and on and on about whatever. When she finally gave up and babbled on downstairs I sat on my bed and sorted my clothes. A few minutes later, F came in. He was at work officially, but had left his wallet at the house. We had a hug and I asked him if he knew what she was on about. He went down and asked her…she said that his jeans were dirty and she wanted to wash them. She said they’d be dry by tonight if she washed them in the morning. (Not true!) Also, we looked at his jeans and they were fine. They weren’t dirty at all. And, that’s also where his wallet was! He’d left them in his pocket.

Anyway, she left me alone for the rest of the day and left some of her laundry in the washing machine. I was annoyed as today is my laundry day and I wanted to do a couple of loads. 

However, F went back to work and a little later, I went back to bed for a snooze. I ended up snoozing a bit late today. 

I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast and brought it back upstairs. I ate and watched too much YouTube. I went downstairs a little later to get my lunch. I didn’t have my whole lunch, just the leftovers from yesterday and my salad. I watched an episode of Freaks & Geeks while I ate.

F called a bit after 5:20. I asked him to get a salad for our dinner. I asked if he’d eat with me for dinner, but he didn’t say too much.

I went downstairs around 6pm and started getting things ready. When F came back from work…he brought shopping for tomorrow’s meals for K, but had forgotten to get salad. He went out again!

When he came back he had a salad and some adult beverages for himself. He also said that he wasn’t hungry and didn’t want to eat. Sigh. I told him I really didn’t want to eat with his mother. That’s two days in a row I’ve had to eat with her alone. 

We did have a nice dinner, we had spaghetti carbonara, salad, sliced duck breast, the last of the potato salad and some toast with butter. We had a nice meal. 

After we finished, I washed the dishes and listened to my movie podcasts in the kitchen. I was done fairly soon, but F came down and made himself some instant noodles and got in my way!

I had a quiet evening upstairs. I watched YouTube and then took a shower. I followed that up with an episode of Cardinal, which is a Canadian detective show set in North Ontario. It was good, if a bit gruesome in places.

And that’s about it. F got up around 1am and decided he was hungry! He made food for himself downstairs. 

Tomorrow K is going to go back to her day service so I hope she can handle a whole day of it. F and I have a doctor’s appointment in the morning and I’m not sure what else will happen after that. F still is under the weather although I feel pretty good. 

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

October 1, 2026

Thursday - Sunny and warm

I did wake up when F got up this morning, but fell back asleep before he left. I woke up later after my alarm went off. I made a trip downstairs and then came back to bed. I snoozed and watched some videos, and snoozed more.

I finally dragged myself out of bed and got dressed. I went downstairs to get my breakfast yogurt. I came back upstairs and ate. I had a quiet afternoon. I did write my best friend a letter, I got yet another letter from her today. 

I texted F to see how he was doing, he still wasn’t great, but was managing. He phoned after 5pm to say he was on the way. I changed and went downstairs.

When F arrived, he said that he didn’t want any dinner. Sigh. I prepared dinner for K and I. It was a simple one tonight, just burgers from the store and some fries. 

We ate our dinner, watched the news and then after dinner I washed the dishes. When I finished I went upstairs. 

At first, I told F that we didn’t need to go out, but then I remembered that I didn’t have breakfast food for K or F, so….we had to go out. We ended up going to the drugstore just up the road. We managed to get everything I wanted, except for my favourite dishwashing liquid. I also got some batteries for my mouse. The poor thing ran out today and it was a pain trying to use my computer without the mouse!

We came back to the house and came upstairs. F went to bed and I didn’t. I watched Doc at 11pm. It’s back again and was quite good. 

And that’s about it. Tonight, I did write a couple of postcards too as it is World Postcard Day. Who knew?I got them ready for F to take to the mail tomorrow for me. 

I’m not sure what I’ll be doing tomorrow. I should probably do some laundry, but you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 30, 2026

Wednesday - Sunny and warmer

I woke up this morning when F’s alarm clock rang. He was already up and dressing. We both reached for the clock, he got there first. 

He left for work, I closed my eyes and snoozed a bit, but got up before my alarm went off. I went downstairs but when I got back to bed, I got a message from F saying that he was dizzy and he was going to come back to the house.  He arrived back about 45 minutes later. He went to bed and stayed there for a while.

I dragged myself up and went downstairs. I got dressed then and got my breakfast. I came back upstairs to eat. I watched a lot of YouTube today, F slept a lot. 

I brought my lunch upstairs at my normal time and watched an episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. Yay. It was fun. 

I watched the news at 4 pm and then a while later went back to bed for a quick nap. I’m not sure if it is remnants of the flu I had or just seeing F sleep all day, but I was tired for a bit. 

I went downstairs and made dinner. Tonight we had chicken drumsticks with potato salad, salad and cucumber pickle. I had planned to boil some potatoes, but I ran out of time. Oh well. Dinner was okay except F didn’t eat very much.

I did the dishes and then did up the garbage in the kitchen. F gave me a hand with K’s room’s garbage and then I put the full bag in the genkan. I went upstairs, did up my garbage and then got comfortable for a while. I watched some YouTube and then around 10:20 went downstairs to take my shower. I changed into my winter robe tonight. It’s been getting cooler and my summer one isn’t warm. 

After I finished my shower, I came back upstairs in time to watch Grey’s Anatomy. Addison Montgomery was back on the show tonight so it was great to see her. She was one of my favourite characters on Private Practice. 

And that’s about it. I turned off the TV and got stuck back into YouTube and my end of day things. I’m about done now. 

Tomorrow I have to write a letter to my best friend. It’s been so long since I wrote her and I wish I had a lot to tell her, but I don’t. I’ve had such a quiet few weeks because we’ve all been so sick. 

Anyway, come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 29, 2026

Tuesday - Sunny but cool

I did wake up when my alarm went off this morning, but I turned it off and went back to sleep. I finally dragged myself out of bed around 10, went downstairs and then ended up going back to bed for a bit longer.

F came up around noon. He still has his headache and doesn’t feel that great. 

I got up and then went downstairs to get my breakfast. Someone had eaten some of my yogurt, but I didn’t make a thing out of it. I brought it up to the room and had my breakfast. 

I basically had a quiet afternoon. I did go back for a nap later but it was just a short one. I got up later and went down to get my lunch. While I ate my lunch today I watched an episode of Elsbeth. It was nice to feel a little normal again. 

I went downstairs to cook dinner tonight. What I ended up doing was reheating the stew leftovers, making some macaroni and cheese, steaming some broccoli and serving a salad on the side. It actually worked quite well. Everyone ate and there were a few leftovers of the mac & cheese and the broccoli. 

I did the dishes and put everything away. I asked F if we could stop at a drugstore on the way to the grocery store. He said yes.

I changed into some going out clothes and we went out! We got some drinks and some stomach medicine for me at the drugstore, then went to Mina. I got some food for the next couple of days for the family.

After getting the groceries, we went over to Komeda for a drink. I honestly feel like I haven’t been anywhere for the last two weeks and I’ve been going stir crazy. It was just coffee, but it was nice to be out of the house for a little!

We came back to the house and I put the groceries away and then headed upstairs. I watched Law & Order. It was okay. I’m not a huge fan!

And that’s about it for the day. F should be going back to work tomorrow. I hope he’ll be okay, but I’m looking forward to a bit of a more normal day. 

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

September 28, 2026

Monday - Rainy and colder

Well, I thought that F was going to go to work today. He did not.

His alarm went off at 4:30am. For no reason. I woke up, we both did. I did fall back asleep, but then I was woken up several times after that. F got up around 7ish, and woke me, called his office around 8am and woke me up as he called from our bedroom. He went off to the doctor around 9am I think. I stayed in bed for a while, I did get up after 10:30. I dressed and went downstairs.

I got busy. I started tonight’s dinner. I made a stew and put it in my slow cooker. It took a while as I precooked most of the ingredients. I know technically I don’t need to, but I’ve found that it comes out better when I do. 

It took a while, but I finished before 12:30, so I took my yogurt upstairs with me and had breakfast. F came back around the same time too. He’s been given instructions to take another day off so he’ll be off work tomorrow too. Sigh. 

I decided that I would do a couple of loads of laundry today, so I got the washing machine going. I’m glad that I got them done. I have more laundry, but at least I’ll have some clean undies and towels. 

F slept a lot of the afternoon, so I stayed fairly quiet, although I did laugh at a lot of the YouTube and Reels that I watched. 

I watched an episode of Modern Love at 3:30. It was okay, but it was probably my least favourite one so far. I followed that up with the PBS news at 4pm. It was all about the person it always is about.

I took a nap after 5…I just got really tired. I realized that I was busy this morning and I’m still a little sick, so a nap wasn’t a bad thing. I snoozed for about half an hour.

I went downstairs and got started on dinner. Of course, the stew was mostly cooked, but I did add some frozen peas and then made a slurry to thicken the stew. 

I tried to wake up K and I called F down, but they both took so long to come to the table that our bowls of stew were lukewarm. I was not happy about that. K didn’t eat much, but did eat a bowl of stew, actually, F didn’t eat much either. His stomach is still acting up a bit.

After dinner, I did the dishes and put everything away. I listened to my podcasts and then went upstairs afterwards. 

Around 10:30 I went downstairs to take a shower and then came upstairs to the room again. I was planning to watch Ted Lasso, but for some reason it wouldn’t start me on Episode 2 of the fourth season. I decided I’d started Bad Sisters season 2. It’s good, and has Fiona Shaw in it. I’ve liked her ever since I saw her in London on stage. I’m very pleased that she has a good movie and TV career. I’m not sure how I feel about her character in this though.

And honestly, that’s about it. I had a quiet-at-the-house day. I did ask F if we could maybe go out for coffee or something tomorrow as I’m a bit tired of being here at the house all day. 

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

September 27, 2026

 Sunday - Warm and sunny

I slept in this morning. There was no reason not to. We had no plans as usual. I had hoped that F and I would go to the movies in the afternoon, but he pulled a sickie again and wouldn’t go. He complained of having a headache again. It turns out that since he’s been taking his flu medicine, he stopped taking some other medicine. I am not best pleased to hear that. It’s no blooming wonder he has a headache. 

So, basically, when I did get up, I suggested that we assume we were going to the movie and then get our other stuff done early since we wouldn’t have time later at night. F wouldn’t even do that. He decided that his time would be better spent in bed. All afternoon. 

Around 6:30 I told him that we needed to go out and get food for the next couple of days and maybe get some food for MY dinner since I hadn’t eaten yet. F didn’t feel like eating, he said.

I got to go to the grocery store. I live such an exciting life. I’m not too upset, I mean I am basically better but I probably needed a quiet day at the house. I just wanted to go out. The last two weeks have been boring and so unproductive. Sigh. 

I bought groceries for two days. I’m going to go downstairs tomorrow and make a stew in my slow cooker. Hopefully it’ll last for a couple of days so that I don’t have to cook too much on Tuesday. I told F that if he wants to have rice with his meal he needs to set up the rice cooker. If he doesn’t….I’m not doing it. We’re having a little set to about that. I dislike rice. If I never eat Japanese white rice again, I would be fine. F has decided that he doesn’t want to make rice anymore. He’s always been the person to set up the rice cooker. He likes it, he wants to eat it…him and his mother. Why should I make it?

I’m digressing again….

Back at the house I put the groceries away. F gave his mother her bento and took half of it. She probably couldn’t eat it all, but…she didn’t have lunch today so….maybe she could have. I heated up my bento and came upstairs. It was good. I had kara-age with mushroom rice. I was almost impressed. 

I went downstairs and washed my day’s dishes and then came back to the room and decided to watch a movie. I saw The Outrun, a film with Saoirse Ronan. She played an alcoholic who went home to the Orkney Islands to try to get her life back after she hits a low in London. It was good. A little slow, but the cinematography was beautiful and Ronan is excellent.

Since midnight I’ve been back to doing my end of day stuff. I’ll likely toddle off to bed soon. I’m really plugged up and I’m not sure how I’m going to sleep, but I managed the same thing last night so hopefully it’ll work out!

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