June 27, 2023

Tuesday - Hot, humid and finally rainy

I went to bed a little late last night so it was hard to drag myself out of bed this morning, but I did it! I watched the news and got mostly dressed. I actually fell asleep accidentally while I was watching the other language news and woke up quite late. I did go back for a bit of a snooze.

I’m afraid that I didn’t go out to check my bike today. I found it hard to get motivated at all. I had forgotten that I had arranged with a friend to video chat today, so when she texted to ask for a later time I was surprised! It was fine!

When we were able to connect we had a great chat. In fact, it was so long that I had to go and get my computer cord and plug in my computer as my battery was getting low! We talked about a lot of things. She’s trying to get me to arrange a trip back home for myself…I want to do that, but am not sure when the best time is!

I went downstairs around 6 pm to start dinner. I washed my dishes and then got a start on the meal. Today I did a potato/wiener roast in my air fryer. It turned out very well. I served it with some macaroni salad and some cold beets. We both enjoyed our meal I think. K seemed to really like it and said it was delicious a couple of times. Woot.

I let her know that I was planning to go out tomorrow afternoon. I want to go to the grocery store and pick up a few things like salads. I’m also thinking of getting bentos or something for our dinner tomorrow. I can cook, but it would be nice to not have to worry about being in a hot kitchen again. We’ll see. 

I did the dishes which didn’t take too long, but I was a sweaty mess when I finished. Hot water, hot room and high humidity make it difficult to stay dry in summer. 

K came and said good night to me around the same time I finished so we Oyasumi’ed each other and then I went upstairs. Upstairs, I did something a little unusual for me. I didn’t go to my computer. I watched some Apple TV+ instead. I tried the new Tom Holland show, The Crowded Room which I enjoyed and will probably watch more. Then, I put on an episode of Ted Lasso. Yay me. It was good, if a bit sad in spots. 

At 11 I watched Resident Alien and loved it as usual. There were lots of odd things happening in tonight’s episode. I even watched the first episode of The Handmaid’s Tale tonight. They run two episodes on Tuesday Night. I watched one but didn’t want to watch anymore, or I’d never get to bed!

After dinner, I texted F as I hadn’t heard from him. He did text me back but complained about pain a bit. I was sorry to hear about it. The medical establishment in Japan tends to believe in “gamaning” or enduring things like pain. Sigh. Even if they give F painkillers, he has such a high tolerance for them that they might not work anyway. 

Well, I had better be off. Tomorrow I have to get myself on the road around noon so that I can do a little shopping. I’m debating what to shop for. I mostly need fresh food, but also a few other things would be nice. I need side dishes if I’m honest. Well, main dishes too!

Anyway, that’s it for me. Come back later if you like and find out how my Wednesday goes. Until tomorrow….