May 19, 2009 - Tuesday

Hot and sunny.

Today was a better day. I got up this morning, showered and then got to work on dinner! Yes, I was busy compared to usual. I prepared a pork roast in my slow cooker for tonight. I had a recipe in my low-carb cookbook for Pork Roast with Cabbage that I had nearly all the ingredients for. The ingredients that I didn't have I could either substitute things for (tinned onion soup for dry onion soup mix plus water) or leave out (celery). I put everything together and then prepared the cabbage for later. I left Fumihiko a big note asking him to put the cabbage in at 7:00 pm.

I ate my lunch and then went off to work. I made good time and did a spot of cleaning in the school before teaching. My first lesson went quite well, and we had fun. I taught the student how to play hangman.

I had a big break in the middle of my classes so decided to go out and get a snack for later. I rode off and went to the 7-11. I got some stick veggies and a burrito, then visited the drugstore before going back to the school. I read newspapers and then a bit of my book before my next two classes. I was really happy tonight that the person I scheduled for 6 pm could come tonight. We had an enjoyable class, and she'll come again this week for good measure.

My last class of the day went well too. We finished the lesson we were on and had time for some chatting as well.

I had sent Fumihiko a message earlier in the day that I wanted him to call me when he was done work. He called just after his quitting time, and I gave him instructions about the crockpot. I wanted him to put the cabbage in the crockpot. He said he would. He did! Yay.

When I got home tonight, I had to get busy again. I washed the new potatoes that we got last night, and I cooked them, I made coffee, set the table and also made gravy in the slow cooker. When we ate, everything was very good. The meat was really tender, the sauce was nice and the veggies were perfect. The cabbage kept a bit of its crunch, and the carrots and mushrooms were nice. Yay me.

Fumihiko did the dishes which was very nice of him. I can't really watch him when he does them though because we have very different styles. I use the hottest water I can handle, and start with cleanest dishes first. He uses lukewarm water and throws everything in the basin, even the sharp knives which gives me the shivers.

We settled in to watch American Idol at 11. It was the who made it to the top 12 and then the wild card show. It was rather fun. Glad I'm not a judge on the show.

Fumihiko went to bed a bit later. He seemed in an odd mood. He was grumpy but kept saying he wasn't. Hope he's okay. His neck is bothering him a bit now. The weather is so changeable that it affects him.

Anyway, I'm off work tomorrow. I have a Kenneth Branagh detective show to watch that I'm looking forward to, and then maybe I'll do something that's fun? Maybe. Got to go. Night.