July 31, 2022

Sunday - Hot and Sunny. 

I slept in rather late today. I woke up early, went downstairs and then came back to bed and slept more. F had turned the AC on again in the room this morning so I could sleep. I hate waking up already sweaty!

I got up around 11 today, but F stayed in bed longer. He had been up for a while and had fed his mother, so that was good. 

Finally, around 2 we dragged ourselves out of the house. We had lunch at Coco's. F wasn’t happy about the choice, but honestly, it wasn’t terrible. We had coupons for cheap drink bar and I didn’t go overboard ordering side dishes, so lunch wasn’t too extravagant. 

After our lunch, F filled up the car with gas and then we went for a drive. We drove to the Mount Gassan parking lot. It was quite a drive, up a narrow mountain road, with not much warning when cars came towards us. Still, the views were gorgeous and it was something that we haven’t done in a while. 

When we arrived at the top we parked the car and took lots of photos. The views were great, but then a big grey cloud came up. It blocked the sun, but we got a cool effect of the sun through the cloud.

At the 8th stage of Mt. Gassan (in the parking area)

We used the washrooms and donated to the cause (they ask for ¥100 to cover expenses…toilets on the top of a mountain are a big perk so no prob.) We took a few pictures, and we ate some chocolate mushrooms that I had bought on a quick stop we made. After a little more walking, we got back in the car and drove down the mountain. The sun was in our eyes for part of the time so it was rather scary. 

F asked if I wanted to eat when we got back, but I didn’t. What I did want was to get K a bento and get some groceries. We tried to go to a new to us grocery store. We did get her food to eat but didn’t get all the groceries I needed. We brought the food back to the house, put it away and then we went out for our dinner.

F suggested that we go to Togashi, our favourite yakiniku restaurant. I wasn’t sure that he really meant it since he often doesn’t want to eat meat. He said he did. We went and were able to get in right away. We ordered a set and also some vegetable soup, beef tongue set, and some kimchi. Everything was really good and we enjoyed our meals.  We were relaxing after a great feast when I realized we had only 29 minutes left to get our groceries and go to the drugstore. We paid and left. 

We ended up just being able to go to the drugstore. We got some necessary stuff and checked out just before they closed.

I asked F to take me over to MaxValu, the 24 hours grocery store, and he obliged. We went around the store and it was bad. F kept following me when I was trying to get stuff done and I didn’t want him to walk as much as he did. I also couldn’t find salads for myself. That was rather annoying. I like to have a lunch salad every day, but they didn’t have any bagged salad at all. 

We paid and that was an experience too. F thought he might not have enough money. He didn’t. He decided to pay by credit card, but couldn’t make it work. I had money in my hand to give him and I finally said to just pay by cash. I gave him money and then he paid. I had packed the groceries as we had to use the self-checkout tonight. We left and on my way out of the door, my handbag’s strap got caught in my glasses cord. I had to stop and fix it, F just kept on going. I was quite upset. He didn’t even notice I wasn’t there. I had to undo everything with one hand as I was carrying the groceries. 

Back at the house I put away the groceries and then came upstairs to watch Project Runway. It was a good episode tonight and I think the right person won as well. So that was good.

That’s about it for me for tonight. It was mostly a good day, but the shopping part was very frustrating. 

Tomorrow I have to do a final review of my column and get it sent in. I have another idea for a project after that, but we’ll see how things go. 

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