Sunday - Hot and Sunny
I went to bed so very, terribly late last night that I didn’t even bother to set my alarm clock. F got up and made a lot of noise and that did wake me up a bit. I made a trip downstairs and then came back to bed and slept a bit longer. F came back upstairs and invited me to go for lunch to a new place. I didn’t really regain consciousness until later but I did try!
We did go out around 12 and drove to the restaurant in Haguro town. It was down a country road, and then a narrow dirt road. I was beginning to wonder where we were going! Finally, we arrived and F parked the car. We had a disagreement about which direction to go but worked it out (I was right!). We went to Oven and it was quite nice. It was fairly simple Japanese food. F had fish, I had chicken cutlet. It was nice, but perhaps slightly overdone? Anyway, it was nice to be in a new place. This was light and airy and had a lot of art around the room.
There was an art gallery in the same area and we went there after lunch. I wouldn’t say the art was terrific or anything, but it was okay. There were quite a lot of collections of tchotchkes that were interesting. We did have a good time looking at the stuff.
F wanted to know what to do next and suggested the Aquarium. I was okay with that. I checked my card and discovered that today was the day it expired! We got to the aquarium, it was a little busy. When we went in, we were gifted some extra time on our memberships because of the closure for our not so favourite virus. Very nice of them really. We had a nice walk-through. The museum was marked off in 2-meter blocks, but some of the younger people were just ignoring the tape and getting too close. Yes, they were wearing masks, but they were being rude!
We left the aquarium around 4:45 or so and drove back to Tsuruoka. F wanted to know what to do next, so I suggested getting a bento for his mother and then going to the mall. I had asked him last night to take me shopping. I needed to get something for my niece. Her birthday is coming up soon and I don’t know how long the mail will take (or if I can mail it, to be honest.)
We did what I suggested. We got K a nice bento and the good bento shop, delivered it and then got back in the car and drove out to the mall. We parked near the cinema end and walked down the mall and went to the clothing area. We had quite good luck tonight and ended up getting a couple of nice things. F was very helpful for a change and found two of the things so I was pleased. We paid and then went to the hundred yen shop. I bought a little more fabric there and even got F to pick out one. I’m going to try and make him a mask! I’ll have to get another colour of thread though. I don’t want to make it with white or black, the material is brown.
We had dinner in the pasta restaurant. I’ve now had pasta for dinner for the last three nights. I’m not complaining really…oh, Saturday was for a late lunch so maybe okay? Snort. At least I had a different kind tonight. I had cold carbonara. I really liked it. F had mentaiko and didn’t like his. He was complaining about the cost, but honestly, it wasn’t that bad. Both dishes were under a thousand yen and I had a full stamp card to take off an additional 500 yen. Poor me though, I had to use my card for him, instead of for myself.
We went upstairs after dinner and bought our tickets for the movie. Although I had plumped for Casablanca, F chose Guardians of the Galaxy. It was my second choice so I wasn’t too disappointed!
We had a great time at the film, we were the only people in the cinema! I think F enjoyed seeing it again, I know that I did.
After the movie, we came back to Tsuruoka. We stopped in a convenience store on the way back. I haven’t been able to replace my caffeine-free diet cola yet and I’m a tad ticked off! I guess I’ll have to go to the drugstore to get it, although the one we tried yesterday didn’t have it.
And that’s it for the day. Tomorrow it might be Doctor day. We’re going to try and go tomorrow since F might be working on our regular day. F is also thinking about taking his mother to her doctor as well. We’ll see how it goes.
Come back later if you like and find out how our day goes. Until tomorrow….
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