July 20, 2026

Monday - Hot, humid and cloudy

I woke up this morning before my alarm. F was still in bed and stayed in bed for a while. I finally dragged myself out of the bed around 11ish I think. 

When F came upstairs he was grumpy again and was whining about where to go for lunch. He was such a grump and there was no talking to him and choosing a place we’d both like. I decided I’d just darn well suit myself. I picked Kissa Marina. He was not happy, but too bad. 

We went to the little restaurant and it wasn’t too busy. I didn’t have my usual curry pasta, I had bacon and mushroom pepperoncino. It was quite good. F had the roast beef donburi. He wasn’t too impressed. Sigh. 

After lunch I asked that we go to a clothing store. They sell clothes for big and tall men. Well, I’m not tall, or a man, but I need some new clothes!  We drove over and went in. At first I didn’t find anything that might do, but then I realized that if I didn’t try anything on, I definitely wouldn’t find anything!  I took a few things into a changing room and….they all fitted. Well, one pair was a bit tight, and another wasn’t what I was looking for, so…. I got a pair of pants and a pair of shorts. I’m glad as it has been so hot lately. I asked that they hem the pants as again, I’m not tall. The lady started the work and then came and told us that their machine wasn’t working well today and if we wanted to take them to Mikawa they’d do it for us for free. So, we went to Mikawa!

At the mall we went to Magic Machine and talked to both of the ladies. One of the women didn’t know about it, happily, the other one did. They measured the pants again for good measure. I won’t get them back for a couple of days, but that is fine. F can pick them up after work. 

Since we were in the mall and thirsty, we went to Mr. Donut and had a doughnut and a drink each. I had a decaf iced coffee, F had the cafe au lait. It was crowded, but we did okay. After I finished my coffee, I went to another place and got a boba tea. It was nice, but too expensive.

We left the mall and came back to Tsuruoka. F got some money from a bank machine and then we did our grocery shopping. We went to Mina and I bought food for the next couple of days. I’m not getting too creative over the next few dinners. Can’t really blame me though! It’s too hot.

We came back to the house and put away the groceries. F did his annoying thing of putting a bunch of food out on the table and then waiting for me to put it away. Leave it in the bag for heaven’s sake and I’ll get to it when I can. Food put away, I went upstairs.

F gave K her bento around 6:30 I think and then it was up to us what to do for dinner. F did the same thing he did for lunch, whining about places. The one or two places I mentioned he wasn’t happy about so I finally asked him to drop me off at Gusto and he could go and have ramen as he wanted. Of course he whinged on the way over that it was too late for his favourite ramen places, but you know what? I just didn’t care. I didn’t particularly want to go to Gusto, but I did want the drink bar and I knew I could get something without either noodles or rice there. And I did.

I had to wait about 10 minutes to get seated. I ordered the Smash burger and fries with drink bar. I had ordered mayo for my fries and it didn’t come, so I called a waiter and asked for it. He brought it over without any problems so yay me. My burger was good, and so were the fries. I realized later that my dinner is basically what I’m making for dinner tomorrow night too!  Fumihiko picked me up and seemed slightly happier than before so that was good.

Back at the house F had things to do for tomorrow. I came upstairs and watched some shows off the Fire Stick. I used Apple TV tonight so I watched three things. I watched another episode of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, then Sugar and finally an episode of The Studio. It was bittersweet seeing Catherine O’Hara in it tonight. I enjoyed all three programmes. 

And that’s about it for my day. Since midnight I’ve been watching YouTube and getting my end of day things done. Tomorrow I’ll be getting back to normal hopefully and will try and get things done for the rest of the week. 

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

July 19,2026

Sunday - Cloudy, humid, and hot

I woke up fairly early this morning and got up to take a trip downstairs. I came back to bed a bit later, and a little bit later than that F went downstairs to make brunch for K. 

A while later, F and I went out for our lunch. We ended up at Cocos and had a nice lunch. I had chicken, F had chicken on noodles. I had enough points to get us a free plate of fries, so we had that with the drink bar. I had wanted to try one of their kakigori too, it was a Dubai Chocolate one. F and I shared it. It was very nice, but it did put us over what we should have eaten!

After our lunch, we left, stopped by a post office so that I could post off my envelopes. As we got closer to the house, I suggested going into the grocery store to get K something for dinner and a few things we’ve run out of as well. F liked the idea so we stopped into the store.

Back at the house, F took a nap and I spent time on my computer. I enjoyed myself and I think F enjoyed himself!

We relaxed for a while and then F went down to give K her bento. He said she was enjoying it. 

F did that thing I dislike when it was time to talk about our dinner. He made me pick, whining about how I never like his choices. I do, sometimes. I made a list of 4 places that I was okay with going to and F got to pick the actual place out of those. It worked. He picked the little family restaurant that we both like. However, when we got there, they were closed. Sigh. He picked another place from my list and off we went.

We ended up at Coco Ichibanya, the curry restaurant. I had the handmade chicken cutlet on curry with vegetables, F had a pork cutlet on curry. It was good, but due to me using the tablet to order in English and F needing it in Japanese, I ended up sending my order first. It took ages to come, but I was nearly finished my food when F’s showed up. The manager said it was because the orders were sent separately, but they weren’t sent that that much time apart. 

We came back to the house after dinner. F went a bit of a roundabout way, but it was fine. He basically rested and snoozed, I decided to watch something off the Fire Stick. First up I watched a new show, Ride or Die with Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. It was a lot of fun really. I’ll watch more!  I followed that up with an episode of Widow’s Peak. I’m still a bit unsure about that one, but I’ve heard it is really good. 

And honestly, that’s about it for my day. I’ve been enjoying a more relaxed day with F. He’s off work tomorrow as it is a national holiday. I’m hoping to do a bit of clothes shopping and also some food shopping for the week coming up. 

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

July 18, 2026

Saturday - Cloudy and a bit rainy

This was a weirdish day. At least I think so. Read on…

At 6 am this morning, there was a banging on our bedroom door again. K came to check on F again. She was worried about his stomach. He was absolutely fine from last night on! He chased her off.  He did have to get up a bit later to make K’s breakfast for her to get ready for the Day Service. 

I got myself up around 9 am. F had left the house. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. I watched videos for a while and I was just trying to get a quick nap in before getting up and F came in the room! Oh well. A little later I got up and got dressed. I suggested trying the local Chinese restaurant and F was okay with that. 

We went to the restaurant but they weren’t open yet! We killed the next 10 minutes by driving around and then the restaurant opened! We went in and got seated. F had their special of the day, Ebi-chilli, I had a fried chicken set meal. Our meals were good. 

When we finished, F drove me downtown to S-Mall. I got out of the car and went in the mall. I mailed my postcards and then went shopping. I visited the Daiso and bought a few things. I thought I might go and sit in the coffee shop and write a letter so I bought some writing paper and later on I got a new pen too. 

I visited the grocery store and then decided that I’d like to have an ice cream, so I went to Baskin Robbins. I got to have my favourites today, so that was nice. 

I checked out Doutor but it looked really busy. I probably could have found a seat, but I was bored of being in the mall so I decided to leave. I could catch a longer route bus in 5 minutes or I could wait another 20 minutes and I’d be on the bus for less time. I used the washroom in the mall and assumed that I’d miss the closer in time bus. I didn’t. I got on the bus and a couple of seconds it left the bus station.

Then, F called me. He had arrived at the mall to pick me up. I texted him that I was on the bus and that I’d be back at the house in about 30 minutes! I enjoyed the rest of the ride back to the house.

When I got back to the house it was so hot inside. F hadn’t turned on the AC. He turned it on for me. We chatted for a while and relaxed. It was nice and friendly. I went upstairs around 3:30 and then F followed a little later. He snoozed a bit, I was on my computer. I sent him downstairs to welcome his mother back. 

F decided to make dinner tonight. He had received what I call Funeral Food today at the Funeral event. Around here, they give huge bentos to the attendees. He brought it to the house and wanted to eat it. I suggested he give it to K, but he wanted us all to have it. 

For dinner tonight F made cold udon noodles and we had that with the bento food. We split it up fairly well. I didn’t want a lot of the stuff anyway, and I liked the stuff the F didn’t like so it worked out. 

After dinner, I gave F a hand with the dishes and we got them done fairly quickly. I went upstairs and F stayed downstairs with K. He was watching some sports on TV. Baseball I think. Yuck. 

Upstairs I relaxed and watched some YouTube. I wrote my bestie a letter and also wrote a card for my niece who is having a birthday next month. 

F came upstairs and asked if I wanted to go anywhere. Nope. I was sitting around in my pjs! I did go downstairs and I took a shower. That was nice.

I came back up to the room and watched FBI. Tonight was about a bomber being smuggled into the US. It was okay. 

F and I had a quiet evening. We chatted off and on, he snoozed and then I turned off his light. He did wake up, but I think he’s gone to bed. 

I’m not really sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we’ll have a good day, but that does somewhat depend on the weather too. 

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

July 17, 2026

Friday - Hot and Sunny. Urgh!

This morning, I did wake up just before F’s alarm went off. I looked at the clock and then I went back to sleep! I woke up later when my alarm went off. I got up and went downstairs. When I came back to the room, I sorted out the last of my laundry and put the basket in a place to take downstairs later. 

I went back to bed and slept and watched videos for a while. It was so hot in the morning. It was already about 28 degrees in the room when I got up first.

I went downstairs and started my laundry eventually. I got my yogurt out of the fridge and brought it upstairs. I had my breakfast while I waited for the laundry to finish. 

I had a quiet afternoon really. I did write a couple of postcards for Postcrossing today, and I received a card in the mail today too. Later on I scanned the cards and uploaded them to the Postcrossing site. 

I went downstairs a little late to get my lunch. I made it and then brought it upstairs to eat. I watched an episode of Lie to Me. It was about a series of bombings. It was an okay episode, sort of. 

F called me after 5:30 to say he was on his way back but was going to stop at the store. I asked him for juice for his mother and some coffee creamers for me. I went downstairs a little later to get a start on dinner.

I got things ready in the kitchen but F didn’t get back to the house until almost 7pm. He had gone to two groceries to get my coffee creamers. I think he’s a keeper! 

I kicked dinner into higher gear and started to set the table. Dinner was on the table fairly quickly and was decent. I thought it was good. Most of the food disappeared so yay.

I did the dishes and then went upstairs with a can of root beer. I enjoyed that while I decided what to watch. I was upstairs before 9pm so I decided to watch a show and then maybe a movie. I put on an episode of Evil and then after a long search for something interesting on Prime, picked Lady MacBeth with Florence Pugh. It was very good, a bit slow, but engrossing. It was not, however, a feel good, happy family movie. I like films like that, many people don’t. 

I turned off the TV when it was over and then I started doing my usual internet stuff. 

Tomorrow is going to be a bit of an interesting day. F has to go to the cremation thing for his uncle. I have told him that I am going to go out while he’s away. I have no wish to stay at the house like I do every day when he’s not around. I might go to S-Mall and just relax. K should be going to her Day Service, so I’ll have to make sure that I’m back to the house before she is due to come back. I can do that. 

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

July 16, 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. I turned on my fan and set it so that it would cool me in bed. Then, I went back for a snooze and a bit of video watching.

I got up later, dressed and headed downstairs. I got another letter from my bestie but I haven’t answered the one I got on Monday yet. Oops. I grabbed my yogurt and brought it upstairs to have breakfast. I had to turn on the AC around noon as it was already over 30 degrees in my side of the room. 

After breakfast, I decided that I’d work on my pyjamas again, but on the other side of the room. At first I was going to watch some TV, but then I realized I had watched it already. I got one side completely finished on my pjs, I have another big hole to darn and then I should be about done. I hope they will be wearable then. 

I went downstairs to get my lunch and brought it upstairs to eat. I decided to watch an episode of Departure today and it was rather good. I liked it anyway. 

I watched the US news mostly, and then relaxed for a bit. I got a call from F and he told me that his uncle had died, his paternal uncle. I didn’t really know that he still had an uncle as he just never talks about that part of his family. 

I went downstairs to start dinner. F arrived a little later and we talked about his uncle. F is going to the after cremation thing on Saturday, but I don’t have to. He was considering taking tomorrow off work, he could take it off as a special bereavement day, but I think he’s finally decided not to do that.

Tonight I made a couple of dishes and used some prepared foods too. I did a cucumber pickle again, plus I made some sautéd mushrooms. We had burgers from the store, a new brand as I got them at MaxValu. They were good, but a bit expensive. So, we had some salad and some kabocha salad too. It wasn’t a huge amount of food, but it was enough for us. 

I went into the kitchen afterwards and did the dishes. I went upstairs when I was finished and relaxed with a bit of YouTube. When F came upstairs I announced I was going to take a shower.  I went downstairs and did that. F had said that he was going to take one too, but he waited until well after 11pm. At 11 I was watching The Rookie which was a bit interesting. It had a plane full of criminals crashing in LA. 

I turned off the TV when the show was over. I have been watching some YouTube for a while and then just doing my end of day things. 

Tomorrow I might finish mending my pjs or I might write some postcards or a letter. It depends on what I feel like at the time!

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

July 15, 2026

Wednesday - Hot and Sunny, rainy at night

Well, if you remember, last night around 2 am K came to our bedroom door and pounded on the door to “check” on F. She was worried about him. F sent her off after a while and then had himself a little snack and a drink. I went to bed around 3 am (same as usual…yes, really.) 

Guess what happened at 4 am? K came back to our door and pounded on it again to “check” on F’s condition. I’m not sure if F was asleep then or not, but I sure was. I managed to fall back asleep fairly soon afterwards, but F didn’t manage to. He called in sick to work today. I am not terribly happy about that or what on earth was going on in K’s head. Sigh.

When I woke up, I sent F off to see his doctor. He went after he made breakfast for his mother. I slept rather late!

I got up, dressed and a little later F came back to the house. Of course, I had just made myself a nice cup of tea and he wanted to go out for lunch. He wouldn’t wait so I left my tea and went out with him. He wanted to go back to the place we went a couple of weeks ago, it’s a little tiny place run by one man.  The stools he uses are terribly small and uncomfortable, but F really wanted to go back. We did. I had a pork dish, it was pork with eggs, rice and miso soup. I did like it, but it was a little messy. F had ramen which was a fried ramen and he was a bit surprised. He said that it was okay which I think was F-Speak for he didn’t really like it. 

After lunch, we visited a bank machine for F and then we went over to Komeda and had some iced coffee. After that, we walked over to MaxValu and did the grocery shopping for the next couple of days. 

We came back to the house and put away the groceries. We both went upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I watched the recording of the news and just chilled for a bit. I went downstairs around 6 pm to get started on dinner. 

Tonight I made dinner. We had steam shabu-shabu, salad, steamed cabbage, rice and leftover Greek-style salad. K and I had dessert too. F and I had bought us ice creams when we were shopping. F went upstairs after the first course so K and I had our ice creams. 

I did the dishes and put everything away. I started on the garbage. I texted F to let him know that I was starting to put things out and he actually came down to help. I’m afraid that I didn’t expect that he would come and help…but he did! 

After we finished the garbage, I went upstairs to relax. I had to turn on the AC upstairs as it was roasting again. This is after 9pm, but it was over 30 degrees in my part of the room. 

I relaxed over on the bed with F for a bit and then got up and watched some YouTube. At 11pm I watched The Copenhagen Test again. I’m really enjoying it. I think there is only one more episode…it’s very exciting. 

And that’s about it for my day. Happily K hasn’t come upstairs tonight. I hope she doesn’t!

I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, come back later and find out. Until tomorrow….

 

July 14, 2026

Tuesday - Cloudy and humid, sometimes rainy

I woke up quite early this morning, F was not in the room. I got up and he was downstairs. He was almost ready to go to work. We said goodbye and then he left. I went back to bed. I watched videos and snoozed for a while. When I woke up, I dressed and sorted my laundry. 

I took a full basket downstairs and started the first basket. While the machine was working away, I got started on tonight’s dinner. I marinated our meat and then I prepared an onion boil. I stuck them both in the fridge and went upstairs. I ate my breakfast and then brought up my first load of clean laundry. 

At 1pm I started watching Spiderman: Far From Home. I enjoyed seeing it again. I don’t think I’ve watched it since I saw it in the cinema the year it came out. The only time I left the room was when my second load of laundry was done. I went downstairs to get it and then hung it up.

Around 3:15 I went downstairs to get my lunch. I had some pasta from Friday and my usual open sandwiches. I didn’t watch any TV during lunch. 

I did watch the news at 4 pm and when it was over, I watched a British Rock programme from the 80’s. Of special note today were Charlie Sexton and Bryan Adams….not singing together though. They were both good!

I knew F would be late today, so I was a little too. I went downstairs before 6 pm, just. I got started with dishes and then a weird thing happened. The doorbell rang and I went to see who it was. The door opened (I think K unlocked it for F, she usually does) and a Buddhist Priest came in! I’m not sure who was most surprised, me or him. We communicated a little, he asked for F, but I let him know that F was working late tonight and he left. I’m not sure if he’ll be back or not!

F arrived around 7 pm as I was trying to get things sorted. My air fryer was beeping, I was in the fridge trying to get the salad in and then a little dish fell out of the fridge and smashed on the floor. Ack! I picked up the big pieces, F did a nice thing and swept up the smaller pieces. I was running around like a headless chicken, but basically everything was ready to go. And then, F announced that he wasn’t up to dinner. He said he had a headache and was too tired. 

He went off to bed and then K and I had our dinner. We had a salad, a Greek style salad with feta, coro-coro steak and onion boil. It was all really nice and it was just too bad that F wasn’t there for it. I told K that F had a bad stomach and wasn’t eating with us. (This is important later…)

I did the dishes when we were done. Both of us got a nice plate of food for tomorrow and there is some of my salad leftover as well so that was good. I finished before 9 pm, said goodnight to K and went upstairs.

F was lying in bed with the lights off when I came in. I turned on the lights on my side of the room and then relaxed with some YouTube. F got up and went downstairs to get some food. He had noodles of course!

After 10pm I went downstairs and took a shower. It was definitely needed with all of the humidity of the weekend. 

I came back to the room and watched Law & Order. It was a good episode, but I’m still not sure what all of the hype is about Law & Order. I like the actors, but the story doesn’t really go in depth at all. 

The TV went off at midnight and then I watched more YouTube. F fell asleep, had been asleep for a while I think. 

I was in the midst of this blog entry when at 2 am there was a loud banging on our door. I went to the door and of course F woke up. It was his mother. She came upstairs at 2 am to check on F. He was not best pleased with her. They were shouting a bit, but he always has to shout at her to communicate. She hasn’t come upstairs in years, which I am happy about. 

F is now trying to get himself back to sleep, and I’m just about ready to go to bed. 

It’s been an odd day and I just hope that tomorrow doesn’t get any worse! Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

And more of an update....she came back at 4 am and banged on our door to check on F. I was asleep, F might have been. F didn't manage to get back to sleep and then called into work this morning. He's taken the day off. 

Good grief!