July 18, 2020

Saturday - Hot, Muggy, Humid then Thunderstorms and Rain

Today was a good day. I overslept a bit, but so did F, so it didn’t matter much. We had planned to be on the road to Yamagata by 12…it somehow segued into 1:30 or so. Still, we got on the road and had a good trip. I did snooze a little on the way, but F didn’t seem to mind. The music was good too!

We stopped at Sagae for a quick washroom break/bite and then drove into Yamagata City. I’d asked if we could go to my tea shop, so F obligingly took me there. I bought a lot! I do drink a lot of tea so I don’t mind too much. I got one replacement tea as I’d nearly finished the last packet, the rest were interesting. Some are for summer to make iced tea, some are just for me!

We headed out to Costco and did a lot of shopping there. We managed fairly well and didn’t fight today, which is supremely excellent! We packed all the groceries at the side of the car, so just threw them all in the buggy again as they came down from the register. We got some snacks, some couscous, some sausages that we can’t get around here, some avocados, some hazelnut spread…all kinds of stuff. And muffins!

We had a quick dinner at the food court after everything was safely in the car. I had a cheeseburger that was okay but not great, F had his usual hot dog. I had a drink too, and we both had ice cream. Yum.

We went over to the mall next back in Yamagata City. F got himself a couple of t-shirts and I got a couple of pairs of socks. We also went to the import food store where I got more of the rooibos tea that I love and a few things for the kitchen that are hard to get in Tsuruoka. We didn’t spend a lot there today.

We drove back to Tsuruoka but did stop for a proper dinner on the way. We went to a Tonkatsu place. I had a tonkatsu/chicken cutlet meal, F had tonkatsu. He also ordered some pork takoyaki!  I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t have my last takoyaki…I ended up leaving a piece of chicken uneaten. F grabbed it though!  It was nice but I was uncomfortably full. Still am actually.

The rain came when we were in the restaurant and just getting out to the car made us soaked. F was nice and drove close to the restaurant for me, but I was very wet, I imagine he had it worse than I did.

The rain was quite bad so F drove on the highway for part of the way back. He didn’t plan to, but the non-highway roads were very dark and sometimes drivers aren’t very careful and there are pedestrians to worry about too. The highway was good I think.

So that was it. It was a really nice day out together. I hope that tomorrow will be good too. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about Sunday. Until tomorrow….