August 26, 2020

Wednesday - Hot and Sunny

I got up this morning and discovered that the DVR hadn’t recorded the news for me. Wah! There was a message but I have no idea what it said. I hope it works tomorrow morning. 

I had a fairly quiet morning. I had breakfast and then I undid the hanks of yarn I had washed and I balled it into centre pull balls. I watched a little YouTube while I did that.

It was so hot today that I turned on the AC around noon. It was already 30 degrees in my part of the room, so almost a necessity. The news has said that approximately 12,000 people have gone to the hospital with heatstroke. I don’t want to make it 12,001. I didn’t see much of K in the morning so I worried about her a little. I did see her later though. 

In the afternoon, I went downstairs around 2 to make lunch, but also to make a bean salad from a blog I follow. I think it might be the first recipe I have made of theirs. I could get most of the ingredients so that was rather nice! While I was down there, I got a text from F, then something was delivered, then I texted F, then F’s sister came over for a quick visit to her mother, and I just kept getting interrupted!  Still, the Mediterranean Bean salad was easy to make and I just put it in the fridge to chill and for the dressing to soak in. I grabbed my lunch and went upstairs. 

I ended up watching a bit of Lord of The Rings today, but not too intensely. I’ve seen them before of course and I knew I had to leave again in the middle. I watched the news at 4 and went down to get dinner sorted around 5:30. F called me when I was starting putting things together and said he’d be back soon. He was!

While I was preparing stuff, he was opening the box and checking things out. He’d bought a mini cooling box for me to use in the kitchen. There’s no AC in there and K doesn’t like to use the one in the living room, so I have been a sweaty mess during/after dinner prep. It works a bit, but what was the nicest thing was that I didn’t ask him to buy it for me. He thought of me and got it for the house!  He wasn’t half getting in my way while I was preparing though. If I needed to get a plate, he was in front of the cupboard. If I needed into the fridge, he was rummaging around in it for something! Ack.

Dinner, when I got it done was quite nice. We had lemon-pepper chicken again, plus the bean salad, plus a lettuce salad with green onions and cucumber. I had couscous and F and K had rice. Everyone seemed to enjoy dinner and the biggest surprise of the night was that F washed the dishes for me! It was wonderful!

I dried them and cleaned the stove. I made some more tea for tomorrow. We’re going through mugi-cha like crazy because of the heat. Actually, I’m trying to make sure that K is drinking. She’s in her 80’s and has had heatstroke before. She’s too stubborn about using the AC so could be a prime candidate to get it again. Hence, I give her mugi-cha every time I see her!

After I finished sorting out the kitchen I went upstairs for a bit. F and I chatted and decided what to have for dinner on Friday. He’s got a party and won’t be here. He’s planning to order some food delivered for us. Yay!

I did the garbage up for F to take out tomorrow morning. Lots of stuff today. Hurray. 

That’s about it for today. I watched Grey’s Anatomy and then turned off the TV. I did a little YouTube too. 

Tomorrow night’s dinner is something I’m calling Izakaya dinner, so we’ll see how that goes. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….