Saturday - Rainy with some hail
We did it! We got up around 7:30 and got dressed. F took out the bread that he had baked overnight and sliced some of it for his mother. He woke his mother up and explained that we were going to Yamagata city and would be back later on. We left her lots of food in the kitchen.
We had a quick and pretty nice breakfast at Gusto, then got on the road. I’m afraid that I did snooze a little, but woke up when F took us into the road stop at Sagae.
We made it to Costco and found parking fairly easily. We went into the store and did a little shopping. Okay, a lot of shopping! We mostly got food, although I did pick up some sponges for the kitchen and a couple of battery packs for our cellphones. We got some Brussel Sprouts, some blackberries, some radishes, avocados, and of course a few things that weren’t so healthy. We went through the checkout and took stuff to the car. We came back in and went to do a little more shopping. F got himself some t-shirts and some snacks. Next up, he wanted to check the pre-paid card so he could buy gasoline and went to that machine. He was taking care of that and I was trying to decide what to have for lunch when I heard my name!
My friend from Sakata was in Costco with her family! It was her first time going there and she just signed up today. We hugged and had a brief little chat and a couple of pictures. She had to go take care of family business and we had to go and have lunch!
We did bump into each other again on the way out. We’d even parked in the same area of the parking garage. It was a crazy coincidence. F and I had originally planned to go to Costco on Sunday but the weather forecast was bad, so switched the day around. Neat hey?
F and I had our lunch. I had the Chicken Caesar Salad and F had the hotdog with soda. I had soda on the side (which was actually oolong tea for me) and we both had the cacao mixed soft ice cream. It was good!
We left Costco finally and filled up the car with gas, then drove off. As we didn’t have to stop anywhere else in Yamagata, we just headed out. F took us rather a crazy way, but since he wanted to do that and it is his car, I didn’t object!
We got back to the house somewhere around 5 pm I think. We unpacked the car and put things in the fridge, freezer and wherever we could.
We had a quick and rather yummy dinner of rotisserie chicken and bagels or toast. I prepped a few radishes for the side of our plates and they all vanished.
F and I did dishes then came upstairs for a bit of recovery. We made the decision not to go to a movie tonight. F had asked me on the way back if I wanted to, and I said that it would depend on how we both felt. I was worried that after sitting in the car for 6 hours, we probably wouldn’t want to sit still for a couple more to watch a film. F didn’t really feel up to a movie tonight and that was fine with me.
We did go out for a bit tonight. We went to Starbucks and had lattes. F had a hot one and I had a cold one. It wasn’t too busy tonight so we could relax for a bit.
We came back to the house and had a quiet evening. I watched a little TV, F watched YouTube and we seemed to enjoy ourselves. Just now, we had a very loud hailstorm. It really made a loud noise outside.
I’m not sure what we’re going to get up to tomorrow. I hope that we get to enjoy ourselves! I do have a couple of errands that I’d like to run and I’ll see if F has something that he needs to do.
Come back later if you like and see what we get up to. Until tomorrow….
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