Friday - Cooler and a bit hazy
I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and watched the news. F got ready and then he went off to the hospital. I finished watching the news and then did my little napping bit.
F phoned to say he was coming back later and I was snoozing. I got up and waited for him to come back. When F was back, he said that he was okay to go to Yamagata, so we got ready.
First of all, we went to a grocery store and picked up some food for K for the day and also some drinks for us for the road. We dropped off K’s food and then we went for our lunch. F was suggesting Gusto, but I reminded him about his favourite place so that’s where we went. We both had the daily special and it was pretty good. It was a mix fry and sashimi. We had a great lunch and then left the city.
We made good time to Yamagata. I played one of the new CDs I made to check the quality and that the order was correct. It was! We made a brief stop at the Sagae rest stop and then went into Yamagata.
We stopped at the Aeon Mall for a little while. I went to Kaldi and picked up a few things, but not my favourite tea for a change. I got a few things like sriracha mayo and today I picked up some Norwegian crispbreads that were in the bargain bin. They look amazing, so hopefully, I’ll get to enjoy them. I also visited the 3 Coin store, where I bought myself a salad spinner. Technically, I still have one, but I haven’t seen it in 6 years, so I think it is time I got a new one!
After this, we went over to Costco. We had a little fun parking, but it wasn’t busy compared to when we usually go, so that was good. We went in and at first, F wanted to look for something so we did that. He didn’t find what he wanted, so he went off to the food court and I went and toured the store. What did I buy? Mostly the usual stuff. Toilet paper, Havarti, sausages, Kleenex, Bibinba mix, bagels, Brussel Sprouts, blueberries, radishes, potatoes and a few other things. I went through the checkout and F and I took the groceries out to the car. We bagged everything out there. I find it too stressful to do it while the clerk is ringing in stuff. In the past, I had many bags of stuff and the clerks were throwing things in bags that I didn’t want, F was yelling at me about almost hitting people (I wasn’t) and I was trying to keep up. I prefer this way.
We went back into the store and went to the food court. I had a hamburger, an ice cream and a drink. F had already had a hot dog and a drink so he didn’t want anything. We discussed having dinner in Yamagata, but I was quite full and so was F. We decided to wait.
On the way out of Yamagata, we made a stop at Yamaya and I picked up a few little things for the house. I got some new spices because some of mine are rather old. After that, we were back on the road.
I dozed off a little, but I think for the most part, I did stay awake on the trip back. I didn’t really fall deeply asleep like I often do so that was good.
We got back into Tsuruoka and I suggested that if we were hungry we should get some food first. We went to Gusto and had a quick and cheerful meal. F had chicken and so did I! I had chicken with a honey mustard sauce and a side salad, and F had chicken with salad. It was pretty good.
We came back to the house and F helped carry in the food. He even put some of it away. I hope he put it where I wanted it. He went off to the toilet and I packaged up the bagels for the freezer and put the rest of the stuff away. I went upstairs and checked the CDs I made on our DVR. I’d forgotten until today that I can play music CDs on the DVR. Success!
And that was basically my day. It was quite a good one. We had a good trip to Costco and it didn’t cost as much as either of us thought it would. That probably means that I didn’t buy enough!
I’m not sure what we’ll get up to for the rest of the weekend. We could go see a movie, but I’m not sure if we will. There is some exciting news on that front though, Machi-kinema reopens tomorrow! They aren’t as big as they were before and it seems that they are playing a lot of older films. Last year when we went they didn’t have any popcorn or drinks on offer, so I’m not sure if they will do that again or not.
Anyway, that’s it for me. It was a pretty good day. Come back later if you like and find out how my Saturday goes. Until tomorrow….
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