February 24, 2020

Monday - Rainy and gloomy

We slept in quite late today as it was a holiday. Somewhere around 10:30, F got up and took his mother out to the onsen. I stayed here and took care of a couple of personal things, no big whoop.

When F and K came back, he made some lunch for her and a little for himself. Then, around 1:00pm, the two of us headed over to his car dealership. Today was the dreaded Shakken.  As always when we spend time in the car place, they offer us a nice beverage and we are put at a nice table where we can view the car. We told them that we were going to go and have lunch, and a few minutes later we were able to leave.

We went to Cocos which is just across the parking lot. I had a fairly decent meal, I had the beef and avocado jambalaya, F had the keisen-don which he complained about. Honestly, you shouldn’t expect the best fish at a family restaurant. I don’t know what he was thinking. He does it all the time though! Not that I needed it, but I found a coupon on my app for a birthday dessert this month and decided to use it.  I requested it from the waitress. I thought it would be something small like a scoop of ice cream but, it wasn’t! It was a chocolate parfait with brownies, chocolate pudding, cream, chocolate and vanilla ice cream and granola in the middle. It was quite good!

After lunch F and I went back to the car dealership. He paid most of the Shakken fee. We then ran a couple of errands. We booked dinner for K and myself on Friday, then bought me some new shoelaces. That was more difficult than you’d think. 

We went for a drink to Komeda coffee and as usual were there for quite a while. I had an iced soy latte, F had a blend coffee. 

We picked up a few groceries from the store. I suggested doing dinner at home, we still had that chicken, but we could also pick up a few things to supplement it. F agreed and that’s what we did. I also got a couple of things for my lunches this week. 

We came back to the house and I heated up some of the food, sliced some chicken, and helped set the table. F helped a bit, he checked through the blackberries and put them in bowls.  We had quite a nice little meal and I think we all enjoyed it. The blackberries were great. 

As F and I did the dishes I asked him what he wanted to do tonight and the answer was what I expected, nothing. So, we had a quiet night in. I watched some TV, F watched YouTube and made a whole lot of noise.  I spent most of Bake-Off making a new ball of yarn to continue working on my shawl. I’ll need more yarn, but for now, I’ll be good. 

And so that was my day. It’s actually been a pretty good weekend. F and I didn’t have any major fights and we ate at the house quite a bit, so his mother had company. I got to go to Costco, so even though I didn’t get all that I wanted to buy there, I got enough. 

Come back tomorrow if you dare and see how things go. I’m planning to make pancakes for dinner tomorrow night. It is Pancake Day after all.  Until tomorrow….