January 16, 2012

Monday - Warmish and cloudy.

A good day.

F got up this morning and took out the garbage. Hurray for him! He came back in and sat on the chesterfield in his coat. He thought he turned on the heater, but it was one of those weird situations where he hit the button, but just turned it off instead of starting it. I got up a few minutes later when my alarm went off. I checked email and then got sleepy.

I went back to bed and after a few minutes so did F. We both fell asleep for a couple of hours. I got up around 12 and stayed up for a bit, before going in and waking F up an hour later.

We went out for lunch to Kappa Sushi. F thought the sushi was on sale during the day, but it wasn’t. We had a nice lunch and then went over to my school. I set the heater for tomorrow and then looked for some nylon socks. F wanted to take me shoe shopping. I have been after him to help me order from the catalogue so that I can find shoes in the right width for me, but he has really been resisting. I told him today that I have a hard time finding shoes in Canada, so it is almost impossible here. And, it was. We went to two different shoe stores. One had a pair that would almost do, but it had a strap over the instep and it made my feet look puffy. Finally, he agreed to catalogue shopping!

We went to the main post office to mail off some postcards and then I suggested going to karaoke, so that’s what we did. We went to the place near our grocery store and had a couple of hours of fun singing. I did quite a lot of good stuff and I really enjoyed myself. I haven’t gone to karaoke in ages.

After we finished it was dinner time, so F suggested The Grand El Son. I was worried about cost, but F said it was okay. We got there and were seated right away. The pasta set had tomato sauce so I couldn’t have it, and F didn’t want the special menu. We decided to have the meat dish and the fish dish. I thought that they probably didn’t have anything with them, but F said that they would. He ordered them, and ordered bread for me but the waiter told him that bread didn’t come with the meals, we’d have to order it separately, ditto the rice for him. So, we thought a little and F had Shonai Pork with rice on the side and I had fish with bread and soup. It was very nice, but frankly, a little small!

We came home via the grocery store. I needed stuff for brunch tomorrow and F is going to make a nabe tomorrow night. We got all the ingredients so it is just a question of throwing them into the nabe pan.

We had a fairly quiet evening in. We watched a bit of American Idol, then I watched the end of CSI: Miami before Harriet’s Law came on. I like Kathy Bates, so I’m hopeful about this show.

Oh, and the best thing? F finally did help me order shoes from the catalogue. I have 3 pairs coming. I’ll send the pairs that I don’t want back as they have a good return policy. Woot! If this works out, I might be able to talk him into ordering me more clothes when I need them! We’ll see.

Anyway, that was it for me tonight. It was a pretty good day. Tomorrow I’m back at work. I have to leave here early and shovel snow for a bit at my school. I’m so very excited! Not. Night!