Sunday - Cloudy, then clear and sunny
The typhoon passed during the night. In the morning things were cloudy outside, but the sun came out and it was rather warm in the afternoon. As far as I know, there weren’t any problems in this area from the typhoon, not like the people on the other side of the country.
We were supposed to meet a friend today but didn’t know if we’d be able to due to the storm. Since it was over, we were okay to meet up.
We took K out for lunch today. The first place we tried was busy (why doesn’t F phone first? I ask him all the time.) so we drove out to Kushibiki to go to the Chinese style place there. It was fine. I had my usual, F had his (not great) usual, and he ordered a mapo-rice dish for his mother. It wasn’t as spicy as usual so I didn’t like it. I would have preferred something and somewhere else, but honestly, it really was fine!
We dropped K back at the house, grabbed hats and used the washroom, then headed off to meet my friend and her children in Oyama at the nature centre. We arrived a little before them and had a nice chat in the car.
We spent a nice hour or more at the nature centre. We did a bit of walking around and finally, my friend and I were able to have a chat.
The kids got hungry so we drove into Tsuruoka and went to Komeda Coffee for drinks and food. The kids had quite a bit, and we adults had cake and coffee. It was a good time really.
After a while, of course, they had to start going back to their home in the next city over. We said and hugged goodbye and then separated.
F and I went to MaxValu to find a bento for K and ended up getting a couple for us too. We added on some drinks (Ume flavoured Pepsi anyone?) ice cream and salads too.
We came back to the house and had a little feast. It was rather nice to all be together for a bit. F did some of the dishes during the meal and I did some of them afterwards, so they all got done.
We came upstairs for a bit and talked about going out, but couldn’t make up our minds where to go. I was cold so got under the covers on our bed and fell asleep for a bit! I woke up and went to my computer. Around 10:30, F asked if I’d like to go for a drive and I said sure. I wasn’t sure where he’d want to go, but off we went. We ended up going to Sakata! We drove around a bit and went to MosBurger just before their last order time. F realized that he’d forgotten his wallet, but luckily I had my MosBurger prepaid card, and F had put money on it last time we went there! We had a couple of soft drinks and shared an order of fries.
After our snack, we drove back to Tsuruoka but took a couple of detours. We came back to the house and have been relaxing ever since. I watched a little of a Michael Moore film, checked my DVR for tomorrow’s programmes as the holiday always throws things off, and then blogged.
It was a surprisingly good day. I’m hoping that tomorrow will be good too. Fingers crossed! Come back later and see what happens. Until tomorrow….
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