June 18, 2011

Saturday - Cloudy but warm

An okay day.

I woke up this morning and didn’t want to get up. Still, after 2 alarms I did. I showered and then spent a bit of time on my computer before having a quick breakfast. F and I headed out to the dentist just before 11.

I had a good check up, but she wants me to come back again next week. She noticed something and wants to take a better look . No problem for me.

We had a nice lunch at the Daiichi Hotel and then came home for a while. I had a lie down for a while. I had a headache before going to bed last night, and it was raising its head again after lunch. I then packed my overnight bag and finished up with my computer. I shut it down and packed it up.

F drove me to my school, he dropped me off and I got ready to get my school in shape for the evening’s class. Just then, my cellphone got an email from the student I was going to teach tonight. She was sick and cancelled her class.

I called F and he picked me up again. I went back to our apartment, got F to help me send my student a message and did some last minute getting ready for our trip. We got on the road soon afterward.

We got to Yamagata, but it wasn’t pleasant. There was a car driving erratically behind us, so F was stressing about that, and my headache came back, so I wasn’t too happy either. I took some medicine at a rest stop, so I felt better soon. In Yamagata, we checked in and then went out again.

We walked to the yakitori shop that F always wants to go to. It was open this time, but they had run out of everything, so we weren’t able to go in. Gah. After that, we did our usual walking about aimlessly looking for a place to have dinner. F wanted to go to a yakiniku place, I didn’t, but as he took me on a tour of the slightly seamy side of Yamagata I finally said “uncle” and let him go there. It was a good choice surprisingly, and the food was good. It was also expensive!

We walked back to the hotel via a grocery store and then came up to the room. We’ve just watched a few things on regular TV tonight. I’m watching Top Gear now and hopefully will be able to see Heroes soon.

It was a good day. I really could have done without the headaches though. Tomorrow I hope that things will go smoothly…I’ll let you know! Night.