December 10, 2021

Friday - Clear and Sunny, warmish


I woke up when my alarm went off this morning. First time this week I think! I went downstairs and then came back up. I got partially dressed and then got back into bed to watch the news. I took a bit of a snooze afterwards, but then dragged myself out of bed then.  


I did a load of laundry and brought it upstairs to hang up. I had to decide if I was going to go downtown or try going to the local post office to mail a parcel. I decided to try for the local post office.


I had a slightly early lunch. I had thought to give K some of yesterday’s soup, but she wasn’t around, so I decided not to wake her up.


I left the house a little before 3:00 I think and biked to the post office. I went in and things actually went well this year. Last year I was there for ages and the staff didn’t know what to do with my parcel. Today, the clerk did look up the list to see if I could still send things to Canada…I don’t have a problem with that. I know that things are changing quickly with the world’s situation so I kind of expected that. She figured that I could and then gave me the extra form I have to fill out to make sure that there was nothing dangerous in my package (there wasn’t!) I paid and then I was out of there! Almost painless. Happy day!


I biked up the road to the grocery store area. I went to the hundred yen shop and picked up a few things. One of the main things was a new jug for the kitchen. I broke one of mine yesterday, remember. I got the same kind. They are one-litre jugs and they fit nicely in the fridge door. I picked up a couple of things to hang up my Christmas cards with. I’m trying things differently this year!


I toured the nearby drugstore but didn’t find what I wanted. I got back on my bike and went to the slightly closer-to-the-house drugstore. I got a few things there and then came back to the house. 


I was locking up the garage when F called me. He said that he was going to the doctor to see about his knee, and would be back after that. I went into the house, K was nowhere to be seen and eventually went upstairs.


I had a bit of a relaxing time upstairs, I watched the news from earlier and then F called to say he was on his way.


I went downstairs and got a start on dinner. I was doing pasta tonight and thought I’d reheat the soup from last night too. I also had sausages to cook. What to do. I only have two burners, but I do also have a brand new air fryer! I fried the sausages in the air fryer and cooked the other stuff on the stove.


I had a bit of a time crunch at the end, but finally, I got everything out on the table. We had a cup of soup each, some salad, sausages and Japanese-style pasta. It was really good, but there was so much food that everyone got full before we ate it all!


I did the dishes afterwards and came upstairs.  It was a while before I was ready to go downstairs to take my shower. F and I had a good talk for a while tonight. It was interesting. He asked me what my parents would have thought about him. It was rather difficult to discuss in a way, but good too.


I had a shower and then came back upstairs. I watched a bit of YouTube while I worked on a few things and then started blogging. It’s now very, very late and I really have to get some sleep. 


However, I do have to update the Advent Calendar, so here goes….


Which one is new? Can you tell?
(Right side/2/3 of the way up from the bottom)

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




 

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