Friday - Hot and Sunny
Had a great couple of days. Thursday was hot and I had to run the AC here at the house. When F came back from work we took his mother out for dinner and then a little grocery shopping. We brought her back to the house and then after a little bit, we left.
We made good time to Niigata, but we didn’t arrive until almost 11pm. My hip was killing me by the time we arrived. I don’t like forced sitting.
The hotel was fine. I didn’t get asked to provide ID, which was a great first. The room was big enough for both of us and this morning breakfast was really nice.
F and I went to bed around 2 last night I think.
This morning we got up early-ish. I thought that I would be up before F, but he woke up early and took a shower. I took one before we went for breakfast.
We checked out of the hotel around 10 am and drove to the mall. We were about 5 minutes late meeting our friend and her family, but no worries as the restaurant hadn’t even opened yet. We went to a buffet place and had a lot of okay food! As we were with 3 boys it was a good choice as there was something for everyone. The adults had a decent meal and the kids had fun getting their own soft ice cream and cotton candy. We walked around the mall a little when we were done, but sadly jet lag overcame our friends and they had to leave. It was lovely to see them and to catch up.
F and I spent a bit of time in the mall. The movie I wanted to see had already started, so not today, but we went up to Tower Records and I bought 3 different compilation sets…that’s a lot of music. We really didn’t shop that much.
We left the mall around 4 pm and went to the Musashi Superstore. We looked around there, on both floors. We didn’t buy anything there. To be honest, F visited the pet area and it really upset me. I wish he wouldn’t. There was a young border collie puppy that had been marked down. He was really too big for the cage/kennel that he was in. That bothered me. Also, they had a hawk and a couple of owls on sale too. It just seems wrong to me to have wild birds in cages.
We had drinks at the McDonalds and then headed out. As it was now 6 pm I suggested dinner. On our way back from the mall, we’d passed a sushi place. I suggested going there. F did a google searched and found an address. I assumed he’d pick the closest one, but we drove for miles to find the right place. Our meal was fine, but I was surprised about where we had dinner.
We drove back to Tsuruoka. We had a fairly good trip back. F had a bit of a heavy foot though and I was asking him to slow down. He did for a while.
Back at the house, K had already gone to bed. We haven’t seen her yet.
It’s crazy stupid late now and I have to get at least some sleep or I’ll never wake up tomorrow. Come back later if you dare and see what happens. Until tomorrow….
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