June 26, 2022

Sunday - Hot, sunny and muggy. Rainy at night.

This may be a little controversial so feel free to stop following me if you don’t think the same way as I do. Don’t bother saying goodbye either. 

I’ve spent the last few minutes reading Twitter and tearing up at some of the stories of women who had to have abortions due to medical complications. There are so many reasons why a person may have to end a pregnancy and the recent US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe Vs. Wade is scary. People will die. 

I am a Canadian and at a stage in my life where I don’t need to worry about getting pregnant, but I have family and friends who are in the stages of their lives where they might. Some of them are US citizens. I am furious and frightened on their behalf.

Now, on with my regular update.

I got up this morning when F came back into the room. He turned on the air conditioner as it was really hot in our room. I was half asleep and couldn’t understand why my shoulders were getting cold all of a sudden!

I got up and got dressed and after a bit F and I went out for lunch. I suggested a few places and we were going to go to one. I noticed that we were close to a Japanese restaurant I like, so suggested we go there for lunch instead. F was okay with that so we had soba for lunch. It was nice.

After lunch, F and I went to Musashi to buy some beverages for K and F. We got a few things and then left. We went and had a drink at Cafe Studio Cinq. It was really nice. We also had a cream puff with it. They’ve gone to a new system now, we have to order online to get our food and drinks. That makes it a bit tricky for me!

While we were at the Cafe, we realized that we didn’t get a couple of things at the hardware shop, so we went back! This time we picked up some masks for wearing with our glasses on.  F got a saw for cutting branches off a tree. After that, we were doing the grocery shop. 

We went to Yamaya first and picked up a few more foreign foods and a few snacks. After that, we came back to the house to clear out the car. There was so much stuff in the car that we couldn’t get anything else!

I put away some of the stuff and a few minutes later went back out to the car to wait for F. However, he wasn’t in the car, he was up a ladder cutting down branches from a tree. I was a bit afraid since he’s on crutches most of the time and here he was up a ladder and kept going UP the ladder. I was rather freaked out for him, but he got down safely.

We went off to the grocery store and picked up some food for the next couple of days. I’m going to do chicken wings tomorrow and then gapao rice on Tuesday. That’s the plan at the moment anyway.

We came back to the house and I unpacked the groceries. I went upstairs for a while when we were done. F had suggested going to Kushibiki to the Chinese style restaurant there, so we decided to leave before 7 pm tonight. I had enough time to have a cup of decaf and then we left. 

The restaurant was fairly busy so we couldn’t get a table at first, but a nice couple offered to move to a smaller table so the three of us (K was with us) could have a table. It was very nice of them and F thanked them profusely.

F and K both had ramen, F’s was mapo-ramen. I had a set menu of the egg/pork/fungus dish that I like. It was good. After the meal, we brought K back to the house.

We had forgotten to get a couple of necessities at the grocery store earlier, so we picked them up later. We went to Mina and I got the eggs and mayonnaise that I needed. F got a bunch of stuff that we didn’t really need, but oh well. 

We came back to the house and relaxed. It was so hot in our room that F turned on the air conditioner again. It was nice. I watched a couple of shows off the Fire Stick, The Mentalist and The Tick. I finished my basket during The Mentalist. Woot! It looks great. I’ll try and get pictures of it tomorrow for you!

At 11pm I watched Project Runway. It was the second episode where one of the designers left and I’m not really sure why. There was a lot of stuff going on that I didn’t understand. I don’t know if they didn’t film things or if I just didn’t get the cultural references. I’ve found sometimes with those reality shows that they blow events up out of proportion or make them worse than they seem for ratings. Or, maybe I just didn’t get it. 

The TV went off after that and F and I have been up and chilling for a while. He’s not having much luck sleeping so I’ll have to end this soon and get to bed. I don’t want him to blame me for his not sleeping. 

We’re in the midst of a huge thunderstorm at the moment. It’s shaking the house something fierce. Scary!

Not sure what I’ll get up to, so you’ll just have to come back later and see. Until tomorrow….