Living La Vida Loca In Japan: November 14, 2020

Saturday - Sunny and warm

It was so late this morning when I went to bed that I didn’t wake up at all until my 10 am alarm. It wasn’t a big deal as we didn’t have any plans today. I got up, got dressed and around 11 F asked me where I’d like to go. Of course, we didn’t leave here until1 but it was early enough that we had choices of places to eat. I suggested the new Indian place again. It wasn’t the greatest idea.

We got to the restaurant and were seated right away. Unfortunately, it took a long time to get served, and then the food was good, but trying to get a waiter or waitress to pay attention to us was pretty hard! I did enjoy it though. I had the chicken curry and F had the pork. We went for Hot today but I think I’ll go back to Medium. It was good, but just a tiny bit hotter than I like.

After lunch, we took a drive out to Mt. Haguro. I told F that I wasn’t going to be able to climb down to see the pagoda or anything like that. I have a bit of a bum knee at the moment and that many steps would not be good for it. We drove out there and I fell asleep on the way. I felt sorry for F but I don’t think he minded.

On the way back to Tsuruoka we went to a hardware store. F wanted to get some bamboo for his garden, I wanted some bath cleaner. I got mine easily, F didn’t. I suggested a drink, but F drove out to Kushibiki to see if they had it there.

Once we got to Kushibiki, F was able to get his bamboo, but it was too long for the car. He “borrowed” a truck from the store and drove it to his house. I elected to stay in the store and look around. Win-Win I’d say. I had a good snoop around and decided to ask F to buy me a saucepan. He still owed me from our old apartment, but I didn’t mention that!

He surprised me when he got back, I showed him the saucepan and he agreed to get it for me. We went back to Tsuruoka and the house.

We spent a couple of hours upstairs relaxing. We were still quite full from lunch so didn’t need to eat for a while. K went to bed finally. I felt sorry when I saw that.

Around 7:30 F asked if I’d like to go to a restaurant, but I said we’d have to leave right away to get in. We did. We drove by but it was already closed. Sigh. I suggested going to Foodever near the station instead and F said okay.

We went there and the only place open was the meat restaurant. I was okay, I actually had pasta with salmon and spinach. Tonight they also had fish on offer, so F had that. I was pleased with my pasta, F wasn’t happy with his meal. He thought it was too expensive. It was a bit, but it looked really nice. He only wants cheap food and prefers ramen above all.

After our meal, we came back to the house. F has been on the phone a lot with his sister and his uncle. It sounds like his grandmother is nearing the end. Tomorrow if it is possible, K will go and see her mother in the hospital and her brother will take her there. I do hope that K gets to see her mother one last time if it is safe for them both.

I watched a bit of TV tonight, and a little YouTube. Now I’m watching and listening to some music. I admit to fast-forwarding through some of the songs with crude lyrics though. I also started another crochet Christmas ornament project to try out. It’s cute, but with it being darker in colour it is hard to see at night, so I stopped for now.