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…. 

August 1, 2026

 Saturday - Cloudy & Rainy

Today was a bit better of a day than I expected, and yet, some of it was rather frustrating too. 

I woke up this morning around 9am. I try to wait until F leaves with K for her Day Service. I went downstairs and then came back up to the room. A few minutes later I went back to bed for a longer snooze. 

I finally got up and dressed. We had doctor appointments this morning so we drove over to the clinic and went in. I had asked F to help me fill in the paper last night saying that I knew about the side effects of the vaccination and that I wasn’t pregnant or breastfeeding. I’m a bit too old for that! Unfortunately, F hadn’t filled in HIS form, maybe because he didn’t know about it? So, I could get the shot and F couldn’t. Of course, mine was the one we had to pay for. 

I got my shot, we picked up our medicines, and then it was a very late lunch time. It was almost 1pm by the time we finished. 

F had suggested a place he went to recently for lunch. They serve Omu-rice. I was worried that it would have tomato in the rice, but they didn’t. It was more of a chahan than a rice filling he said. Okay then. 

We drove to the restaurant and it was really lined up. F went and put his name on the list and we were 4 groups back, so it would be a while. Luckily it wasn’t sunny as we waited outside for a while. At one point I did remind F that I hadn’t eaten yet today, so as it got close to 2 pm and then later he was annoyed with me and said we could give up and go back to the house (where there was no food that I would want to eat….)

We finally got in and F ordered for us. It took a while to arrive but when it did, it was rather nice. It was quite big…and we ordered a small one each!

After lunch we came back to Tsuruoka and F went to a grocery store. I stayed in the car as I was a tad tired and didn’t want to go out. Then, we came back to the house.

F bopped around between upstairs and downstairs, I was upstairs for most of the time. He came up for a nap after his mother got back. I decided I’d take one too. I took a couple of 20 minutes of snoozes. I did try to suggest F go downstairs and make his mother’s dinner, but he kept putting it off. Finally around 6:30 he went downstairs to cook for her.

I got redressed and waited for F to finish. We finally left around 7:10 and we still had to eat. We set off, and then F tried to go to the wrong restaurant so we had to turn around. We finally got to the gyudon shop. I had curry with a caesar salad and miso soup, F ordered his usual gyudon with an egg and miso soup and pickles. We did have to call the waiter over a couple of times. They forgot my salad dressing and they didn’t give us the free tea they give everyone. I ate all of mine, F stopped halfway and said he couldn’t eat anymore. 

We left. F swore that we could get to the cinema in time. We sort of did. I had told F the movie started at 8pm but it really started at 8:20.  We arrived at the mall after 8. We went into the mall, up to the cinema. We tried to buy our tickets but the point cards didn’t work. We had to buy the tickets without them. F was absolutely useless at telling me what was on the screen when it had a message about the cards. We got the tickets, then went to the popcorn ordering station. F hung way back and then got mad when someone else took “his” turn. ACK. Finally we got our snacks and went into the cinema. There were washroom runs for both of us.

We went to see Spiderman: Brand New Day and it was great. I’ve always been a huge fan of Spiderman and Tom Holland too, so I was predisposed to like it. It was funny, bittersweet and also quite good. The character has been changing a bit and I’m there for it. 

After the movie, we left the cinema and drove back to Tsuruoka. It was about 11:30 when we got back. F went to sleep soon after, I’m up late as usual. 

My arm hurts a bit, but so far that’s all the bad side effect that I’ve had. I’m hoping that I’ll be okay. It was my second shingles shot if you were wondering. 

Anyway, that’s about it for me for tonight. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow, it’ll probably include grocery shopping, but we’ll see. Come back later if you like and hear all about my Sunday. Until tomorrow….

July 31, 2026

Friday - Rainy, cloudy and humid

I woke up before my alarm this morning. I did my usual trip downstairs and then came back to the room. I went back to bed for a bit, but I didn’t go to sleep again. I tried to nap, but it wasn’t happening. 

I got up, dressed for going out, watched a review of a couple of movies and then made my break! I left the house and walked to the bus stop. I left the house at 10:30 and made it to the bus stop just before the bus time. Surprisingly, the bus was only 2 minutes late and I was the only passenger at first. 

Now, when I got off the bus near the cinema, there were a few other passengers. One was a lady who had some trouble getting on. She had a cane and sat near the door. When I left, I had to ask her to move her feet so I could get by. I might have forgotten to swipe my card, I’m not sure. As I was getting off the bus, I saw the lady’s hat on the step, so I got off and then handed it back to her. 

I walked from the bus stop to the big drugstore. I grabbed myself a bottle of rooibos, then also picked up a few things for a mini lunch and a walked back to the cinema. 

I went in, paid my money and then went to see a documentary about Twiggy. It was called Twiggy.

I really enjoyed it. I used to have a record of Twiggy’s and I liked it very much. I also was over the moon to catch a glimpse of my favourite British rock singer, David Essex. Twiggy came over as very nice, unspoiled and a real person. It’s quite interesting just how many walks of life she was able to enter. She was one of the first supermodels, she sang, she danced, she did movies, TV, and albums. 

After the film, I used the outside of the lobby to have a seat and eat some of the food I bought earlier. After that, I walked over to the bus stop.

I caught a city bus to the mall and did a little shopping. I didn’t get anything of note, just a few things for myself. I debated with myself whether to get an ice cream or go to Doutor for an iced coffee. Doutor won. I went in and had a sandwich and a decaf iced coffee. The coffee was strong, but just what I wanted!

I decided to catch the 15:15 bus back to the house. I waited for the bus and then got on. I had an enjoyable ride back to my stop. It was rainy outside but it was cool and dry in the bus. However, when I got off the bus and tried to swipe my card, it didn’t work. The bus driver did some magic with the card reader however and it worked. Whew!

I came into the house and went upstairs. I turned on the AC and stripped most of my clothes off! I hung up my clothes to dry and enjoyed the cool air. I had some tea and then F called me around 5:30. 

I went downstairs to start dinner and a little later F came in. He was soaked from just walking back from the car. He had done some shopping and put it away, then went upstairs. A few minutes later I got a text that said he couldn’t eat again tonight. Sigh. I asked him if he wanted me to make him a plate and he said he did. 

So, K and I had dinner together again. It was fine. When she went off to the washroom, I turned the TV so that the news would be in English. She can’t hear it anyway, and there are subtitles so she can follow along if she wants. Dinner was okay. She got some mini-tomatoes and we had garlic butter pasta with sliced chicken breast and salad. It was good. 

I did the dishes afterwards and then said goodnight to K. F had come downstairs so there was a line up for the washroom!

I took a shower before 10 pm tonight and then thought I’d watch a movie on the DVR. I started Monkey Man. I liked what I saw but then decided not to watch it tonight. It’s not all in English and it was quite violent and I wasn’t in the mood for that kind of thing. Instead I watched another episode of Ride or Die. It was fun actually. That’s what I was looking for. 

And honestly, that was about it for my day. Tomorrow we have a busy day. I’m hoping to be okay to go and see the new Spiderman because I love Spiderman, but we’ll have to see if it happens!

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

July 30, 2026

Thursday - Rainy, cloudy and humid

Today was quite a day. I’m not really sure what happened. It wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t great either.

My day started as it has recently. Woke up with my alarm, went downstairs, went back to bed for a bit. Got up later and dressed. I went downstairs and checked mail (none) and then I set up the meat for tonight’s dinner. I marinated it in some garlic and olive oil. I stuck it in the fridge and left it.

I went upstairs, ate breakfast and then relaxed for a bit. I decided to work on my pyjama bottom again and I think I finished it! Yay me. It’s about time. 

I went downstairs to get my lunch and then brought it back upstairs to eat. Today I decided to watch an episode of Departure. It was the last one of the second season. It must have been around the time of Christopher Plummer’s death as they had dedicated the episode to him. 

I relaxed until F called to say he was on the way back. I did read on FB that Glen Hansard died yesterday in a motorcycle accident. He was an actor/musician. He wrote the song Falling Slowly from the movie Once with his partner at the time Markéta Irglová. They won the Academy Award for best song for it. It’s a lovely song. 

I went downstairs and went to the kitchen. I didn’t turn on the AC at first, and when I decided to do it, F arrived at the same time. For some reason, F started fooling around with the AC and it didn’t work anymore. I was trapped in the kitchen getting hotter and hotter and wasn’t too happy about it. Honestly, I’m really upset about the whole thing. 

Tonight’s dinner was good, even though I was so hot. I’d asked F to bring some pilaf or frozen rice from the store since he didn’t feel like making any last night. We had shrimp pilaf, salad, butter soy sauce mushrooms, eggy tofu and coro-coro steak. I think things were nice, but I was so sweaty afterwards that my towel was soaked. 

At one point, I went out of the kitchen to use the washroom and it was cooler out of the kitchen/living room than in it. I told F it was and then I closed the door to the living room and opened the kitchen window. It was still hot, but slightly better. 

I went upstairs to change my clothes to go to the grocery store and basically had to change almost all of my clothes. Yuck. 

F drove me over to the grocery store and then I went in. I bought some food for dinner tomorrow night, food for breakfasts and a sandwich for my breakfast too. 

We came back to the house and I put away the groceries. I went upstairs to relax and use the AC. It was so nice in the grocery store that I didn’t want to leave it! I watched some YouTube and then I watched The Rookie. It was one with some “zombies”. They weren’t really, just people who had been exposed to some kind of toxin that made them act strangely. 

After the show, I turned off the TV and then I started watching some YouTube. F is currently up, but he was sleeping earlier. 

Just so I don’t blame F for no reason about the AC, he thinks that the outside unit wasn’t working tonight. I’m hoping that we can get it working again or I might run away until Autumn!

Tomorrow I’m planning to go out in the morning to go over to Machi-ne Kinema to see a movie. I hope that I can wake up to go! Come back later if you like and find out if I survive cooking dinner tomorrow night! Until tomorrow….

July 29, 2026

Wednesday - Rainy, cloudy & cooler

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. Actually, I think I might have woke up earlier, but I fell back asleep again. Yay. I went downstairs and then came back to the room and sorted out my laundry. F had turned on the AC when he left this morning. It was sweet of him, but I didn’t think it really was making a difference. I set it to turn itself off again and then went back to bed. 

I snoozed and then when I finally woke up, dressed and went downstairs with my laundry. I went to the washroom and then started the machine. When I came out of the bathroom, I heard the front door open. F was back. He had a bit of a break and he brought me some ice cream, so he was doubly welcome! I also grabbed my breakfast and then we went upstairs. F relaxed for a while and I had some tea and I even gave him some too. 

I had a quiet afternoon after F left. I ended up going down a little late for my lunch. I brought lunch up to the room and I watched an episode of Elsbeth that was fun. It was about nuns!

After 5:30 F phoned me and said he was on his way back to the house. I got ready to go downstairs and then when F arrived I was most of the way through the dishes. Tonight I had an easy night. I did pre-made burgers from the store, fries in the air fryer, salad, cucumber pickle and potato salad. It turned out quite well. 

Dinner was in front of the TV as usual and it was all about the earthquake in Kumamoto. I know it is reasonable in a way, but Japan has this thing where they go over and over the same thing on the news. Ain’t nobody need one hour of repetition about the earthquake. When they were talking all about the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 it drove me crazy. I got to the point where I couldn’t watch Japanese news at all.

I did the dishes and put everything away. F was yelling at his mother about something. It turns out that she’s coughing into tissues and then rubbing the table with them to “clean” it. Sigh. F jumped into action and cleaned the table properly and then wanted to wash the placemats. That was fine except I was planning to do the garbage in the kitchen. He cleaned, I did the garbage up in the downstairs except for the stuff in the sink. F said he’d do it so I left him to it. 

I went upstairs and watched some YouTube and then F came upstairs. I went downstairs to take my shower. K was bopping around downstairs but she disappeared finally. I showered and when I finished, I went into the kitchen and made myself some popcorn. I haven’t had any in ages and it was great. 

I came back upstairs and watched the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy for season 22 I think. It was  good. They picked up right from last season. It is getting to be such a silly show though!

I turned off the TV when the show finished and then went back to YouTube. F is in bed, but I’m not sure if he is sleeping or not. I hope so, for his sake. 

Tomorrow I have to prepare the meat for dinner. F didn’t make rice so I’m not sure that there will be enough food for us all. I hope so! I thought I might ask him to pick up some frozen pilaf or fried rice on the way back to the house. We’ll see what he says.

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