May 31, 2026

Sunday - Hot and muggy

I woke up at my normal weekday time, but it was the weekend, so I made a trip downstairs and then I went back to bed and sleep. I got up a lot later. F slept in a bit and then got up and made breakfast for his mother. 

Honestly, when I got up, my arm hurt and I just wanted a relaxing morning. I turned on my water pot to make some tea but I just made coffee for F. I knew that he was too whiny to let me enjoy my tea. I suggested going out after 1 pm to try Arpeggio. F was okay with that. But then kept trying to hurry me up. I didn’t really understand why. He had breakfast already today, I hadn’t eaten at all. 

We drove over to the restaurant but he went the long way around. He’s been doing that a lot lately. It annoys me too much. We went in, were seated soon after and then ordered. I had the chicken fingers set meal and F had soboro donburi which looked good but he complained about as usual. 

After our meal, F had to go to a bank machine and then we ended up coming back to the house. I wasn’t too impressed at all. Sigh. We did use the air conditioner in the room…at F’s suggestion and he complained all about it. I dunno. 

We finally went out for dinner and our groceries around 7pm. I suggested Misono and that’s where we went. I had their kara-age without rice and soup. It was nice. F had niku-soba or something and hated it. Honestly, why does he keep ordering noodles when we’re out together? They never meet his standards.

We next went to the grocery store. I did the shopping today which was nice. I like going around the store by myself but a lot of the shop was low on stock. I came back to the car and told F that I got him some onigiri for tomorrow but nothing for Tuesday. Since he was going to pay a bill at a convenience store, I suggested he get something for his Tuesday breakfast. 

He came out with more onigiri. He didn’t bother to listen to me. He says he’s going to keep the onigiri until Tuesday. I told him he might get sick but he doesn’t think so. Sigh. 

Back at the house it just seemed to me that everything he did annoyed me. There’s nothing that I can talk about, but he just annoyed me tonight. I watched some TV, another episode of Evil and then an episode of Loot. It helped improve my mood a bit. 

Anyway, that’s about it for me. I’m hoping to have a quiet day tomorrow and relax a bit. My arm hurts so I hope it’ll ease up tomorrow. 

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

May 30, 2026

Saturday - Sunny and warm, windy. Gorgeous day.

I woke up first this morning around 7 am. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. F was lying in bed playing with his phone. Hmm! I went back to sleep and then woke up at about 8:40. F was still in bed next to me, playing games on his phone. I asked him if he’d made his mother’s breakfast yet. He said he hadn’t. I reminded him it was Saturday morning. No reaction. I reminded him that his mother has to go to her Day Service. That got him. He had spaced and thought it was Sunday because he’d taken Friday off. He got up quickly, dressed and went off to cook and get his mother up and dressed!

I got up later around 10. I got dressed and around 11am F and I were almost ready to go to our doctor’s office. We drove over there and F almost made a mistake about which way we drove! It took a while at the office, but after our appointment we had our first Shingles vaccine. Because F is older he gets his for free, mine was a bit of money, but I think it is worth it. 

For lunch today, I suggested a few places which F did not like. He ended up suggesting going to a Chinese restaurant in Yunohama. We went there, after not going to a lot of better places. Sad to say, the restaurant wasn’t great. F had ramen that he hated and I had mapo-dofu which was okay, but was both hot temperature-wise and spice-wise. The Gyoza we shared were quite good. 

We came back into Tsuruoka and went to Gyumu Supa again! F wanted some food for his mother I think. We got some snacks, ice cream for us and stuff for her dinner. We went back to the house.

At the house, we had our ice cream and also some canned coffee that we bought a couple of months ago at Muji. It was nice to spend the time together. 

I went upstairs and F stayed downstairs to welcome his mother back. Upstairs, F joined me around 6 having made his mother’s dinner already. Of course he wanted me to name the dinner place again. I was rather annoyed. He just won’t think of places because he says I always say no to them. Not quite true. I say no to ramen shops and he knows that. 

Finally I suggested going to Gusto but hitting up Yamaya first to get some rooibos tea and whatever we needed. After dinner I suggested going to a drugstore to get his mother some tissues. 

We almost did that!

When we were driving, I noticed we were down very low in the gas tank. It was around 35 km left to drive. Insane! Why does he do that? We did go to Yamaya and I got some tea, but not quite what I wanted. We picked up some tissues there for K and also some brownies that are expiring soon. 

Then, we went over to Gusto. I had the Gusto Smash Burger which was pretty good, F had the mixed grill and complained about the size of the piece of chicken! It was too small for him. 

After dinner, we came back to the house, but F decided on the way that he needed more stuff from the grocery store. We stopped in at the Mihara branch of the grocery store (quite close to the house) and he got some fish and a daikon. 

Back at the house, he stayed downstairs to watch a bit of TV and I went upstairs. I ended up watching an odd Apple TV show called Calls. This was the second one and it was a bit freaky. It’s the second one I’ve listened/watched and it was good. 

At 11 pm I watched FBI and it was good. It was about a serial killer first and then about a terrorist plot in New York. It’s a two-parter so more next week I think. 

And that’s about it. I’ve been doing my end of day things and blogging, getting ready to go to bed soon. I’m not sure what I’ll get up to tomorrow, I’ll probably have to buy proper groceries for the next few days and try to have a good time with my husband. At least I hope to!

My arm is a bit sore from the shot, but it hasn’t been too bad yet. F doesn’t have any pain on his injection site at all. 

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

May 29, 2026

Friday - Sunny but Cooler. Gorgeous day!

I woke up somewhere around 9:30 because F was demanding paper from me. I went downstairs. I came back up to the room and gave him some scrap paper which he still hasn’t returned. He had to call City Hall and then found out later that he really didn’t need to after all!

I wasn’t going to get any rest after a while so I got up and dressed myself. F wanted to leave right away and of course changed his preferred lunch place from yesterday’s. 

We drove over to the restaurant, but all the parking spaces were taken so we couldn’t go there. We went back to F’s original choice, the fish restaurant we like. We had their weekly lunch each, it was sashimi and deep fried oysters set meal. It came with rice, miso soup and some veggies and pickles. It was quite nice to be honest.

After lunch, we went for coffee to Doutor. F gave me some money to charge up my app and then I got us two coffees. He got regular, I had a decaf iced latte that was lovely.

When we finished our drink, we went to Gyomu Supa and I picked up a bunch of things that we needed or wanted. We got potato salad, kimchi, bagels, tortillas, frozen veggies, cereal, mini-cheeses, just a bunch of stuff. F picked up some noodles because of course he did. 

After we finished there, we came back to the house and I put the groceries away. F had suggested ice cream for dinner’s dessert and also this afternoon…I insisted we get his mother some too. It was nice.

I went upstairs and chilled. I even watched the news at 4 pm. F wanted to know what we were going to do about dinner so I told him I was cooking.

I went downstairs around 6pm and tidied up the kitchen. I put together dinner tonight. We had lemon pasta, salad and lemon and herb sausages with milk tea ice cream for dessert. Dinner was good, but as usual, F didn’t eat much. 

I had asked F to help me with dinner tonight either before or after and he didn’t. That was rather annoying since he didn’t work today so there was no reason he couldn’t. Also, while I was doing dishes K apparently wanted more strawberries so F tried to use the kitchen sink to do that in. Umm. No. I was doing the dishes. I honestly don’t know why she can’t wait a minute. Also, no one even asked me if I’d like a strawberry. I usually don’t eat them as I have a slight allergy to them, but they could have offered me some. Or one. 

After I finished in the kitchen I went upstairs. I just left the kitchen and turned off the lights. I was royally annoyed!

I watched some YouTube and filled out a form for the doctor tomorrow. Google Translate is a help. When F came upstairs I asked him to help me with the rest of the form and things were fine. 

I took a shower around 10:30, just a quick one as I had one yesterday. I came back up to the room and watched The Boys. That show…..I think I have two more episodes to go. 

So, tomorrow K is off to her Day Service, and F and I are off to the doctor’s office. We have our first Shingles vaccine scheduled. F gets it for free, we have to pay for mine. 

Anyway, come back later if you like and hear about my day. If the vaccine affects me badly I might skip, but otherwise, I’ll talk to you soon. Until tomorrow….

May 28, 2026

Thursday - Hot and sunny, then rainy and muggy later on

Last night before I went to bed, F was tossing and turning, getting up and going back to bed. It was unsettling. I pick up bad vibes from that kind of behaviour and I really didn’t want to go to bed. 

This morning F got up and even though I wasn’t really awake I talked to him. He accused me of waking him up when I came to bed, but I told him he was awake when I came to bed. Which he was. 

I fell back asleep and he went off to work.

I had a pretty quiet morning and afternoon. F texted me to tell me that his aunt was going to/had dropped off some strawberries and would I bring them into the house. Sure, no prob. Before my lunch, I brought the boxes in to the house. K was very happy to see them.

F also texted me to say that his party was tonight so he wouldn’t be eating with me and K. Okay, that was fine. 

I had a decent lunch. I watched an episode of Matlock during lunch and enjoyed it, but this double-cross stuff is annoying. 

Oh, and before lunch I sent in my column. Done and dusted, hopefully!

Around 5:45 I went downstairs and got started on dinner. F called to say that he would stop by the house to change his clothes and then leave. Okay. He did and then left.

I scrubbed some new potatoes, plated some kabocha salad, and made some tandori flavoured chicken in the toaster oven. I set the table for two people. Then, I got a phone call from F. His party was next Thursday. He showed up at the venue and there was no party! 

I invited him to come back for dinner which he did. I set a third plate and told K that he was coming back. K and I went ahead and ate together and were nearly done when F got back. F had a very small plate of food and wouldn’t take more when I tried to give it to him. 

I cleared the table and was just about to start the dishes when F came into the kitchen to wash some of the strawberries for him and his mother. That was lovely. I don’t generally eat strawberries, but it would have been nice to be asked. F kept getting in my way and was angry at me because he felt I was in his way. Okay. 

I did the dishes when he finished. When I finished, F was in the washroom so I just went upstairs and turned off the kitchen light. F can darn well clean up his crap from the living room. Why should I do it?

I took a shower and then came back upstairs and watched The Rookie. It’s on the Eighth season now! Wow. 

I turned off the TV and started doing my end of day things. I’m not sure what F and I will get up to tomorrow. He is taking the day off. I wish that he had waited but he’s an adult, he’s allowed to do what he wants. 

Anyway, that’s it for me for today. Come back later if you like and read all about my Friday. Until tomorrow….

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….