Sunday - Cold, windy and snowy
I slept quite late this morning, but then again, F didn’t. He woke up early, but stayed in bed! I finally roused myself, went downstairs, then came back to the room and got dressed. F wanted to go to our usual Japanese place for lunch, but I begged off. He wasn’t too happy with me, but I suggested trying Naa, the farmer’s restaurant. He actually liked the idea and I made him call to check if they were open and if we could go there today. He did and we could. Woot.
The two of us got ready to go out. F warmed up the car and then while he was doing something inside, I went outside and cleared a bit of snow from the front steps. After that, we headed out.
We had a nice lunch at Naa. We both had the same kind of pork, a sesame flavoured one, then different fish. I had cod and F had salmon. He doesn’t like cod except for the insides in horrible soup in January! We did have a happening while we were there, the power went out! It was probably a case of too many heaters and air conditioners going at once. In any case, a couple of minutes later, the lights were back on!
We left and I suggested going out to Mikawa to get Christmas presents for each other and maybe to see about a new quilt for F. He’s been using a summer weight quilt and it isn’t warm enough for him, he says, so he also uses a blanket and a towelket.
We drove off towards the mall I thought except F didn’t turn when he should. Then, he started to reach down near his feet. He’d dropped his glasses while he was driving down an icy road. Yikes. He turned into a shop’s parking lot, stopped, grabbed his glasses and then we turned back and went towards the mall. On way to the mall, F suddenly turned down another road. I asked him what he was doing! It turned out that he’d gone into autopilot and turned like he was going to work! We ended up doing a turnaround and finally we got to the mall!
F found a good parking place and we went in and started shopping. We looked at quilts first. We didn’t make up our mind but did look at them. After that, we separated and went looking for possible presents for each other. I had picked up a few things and then F was next to me asking if I’d come and try on a few things for him! I was going to pay for my stuff, but there was a long line, so I put it in a basket and went to the large size area. F was there and he showed me a few things, that were actually good. One thing he suggested was something I’d tried on in Tendo last weekend, but everything else as interesting. I tried on a few things. I decided to buy myself one of them, and the other good things, F got for me! I think, he hasn’t given them to me yet!
After that, I sent him off again and I went looking for something for him. I didn’t get exactly what I wanted, but I cobbled a couple of things together and hopefully they’ll do. I went down to the grocery store and picked up some other things too. Some of them are for F, some are for me!!
After that, I called myself done and I texted F to see where he was. He was waiting for me outside Doutor. We went in and had a cup of something nice and then called our Christmas shopping done. On the way towards the door, I asked F if he’d decided about the quilt or not. He said he hadn’t and then he said he would buy one after all. He got a double-sized quilt and then we left the mall.
We drove back to Tsuruoka and then got even busier! We went to the drugstore and bought a few things, then went back to the grocery store. I got a few things for dinner tomorrow and Tuesday night AND Wednesday night too. I do have to go back on Tuesday and get something else too.
We came back to the house via the gas station to get more kerosene. With the sudden change in weather, we are going through a lot of kerosene.
We got back to the house. I brought the shopping in the house, F did the kerosene. We put things away and then I came upstairs for a while. F told me that he was eating with his mother in the living room, so I went downstairs and had my bento (a bibinba). He knew that I had an area Zoom meeting so when I said I was done he offered to wash my bowl for me. Woot! I went upstairs and managed to join my meeting.
I chatted with 4 other ladies from my area and it was lovely. Some people had been on for ages already, so left and around 9 pm we called an end to the meet-up.
I had a mostly quiet evening. F and I chatted, we put the new quilt on his side of the bed, I watched the end of my top film this year (Motherless Brooklyn) and then turned off the TV. I had a quiet little evening.
We did have a small earthquake a few minutes ago, but it was small here. It was a low five in the area where it hit, but the affected area was quite a bit of Japan. I don’t think it was a bad one. I hope it was a delayed aftershock rather than a harbinger of things to come. Fingers crossed.
So that was my day. It was a jam-packed good’un and I almost need a holiday to recover from my busy day! Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
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