December 31, 2023

Sunday - Cool and a bit rainy

I can’t say that I got up this morning because I didn’t. I woke up in the morning, but I didn’t get up to stay until the afternoon. Oops. I learned a bit from yesterday and didn’t just stay upstairs and pout. I grabbed my very late breakfast and ate it upstairs.

I also popped into the living room to see what F was doing (not much) and then went back upstairs too. I finally texted F a couple of hours later to see if he was ready to go out or not. He hadn’t been thinking about going out but was fine and then we did.

We went to Cocos and had a late lunch. I quite enjoyed mine. I had a burger with some cut steak. It was so much better than yesterday’s. F had a burger too and we shared some dessert. They had a sweet potato dessert that we tried and enjoyed.

After our lunch, we went shopping. We got something to drink at Yamaya and then hit up the grocery store. F bought his stuff and then was ready to leave. I made him go over to the Deli section and we picked up a couple of things. We got a tray of starters and some tempura.

After our shopping, F picked up some kerosene and filled up the car at the gas station. Then we came back to the house. F disappeared into the washroom so I unpacked most of the groceries and then went upstairs. 

I came back downstairs an hour or so later and was surprised to see the table set and a big bowl of soba at my place. None of the stuff that we bought was on the table and neither were the drinks, my chopsticks,  or any food that I wanted to eat.

I offered to heat up the tempura that we had bought so I used my air fryer. It took a little while, but was nice. I got out drinks and my chopsticks too. I gave F a bit of the soba back because as usual, he gave me too much. I don’t like his version of soba and as usual, this was not good. He gave me some saké, even though I told him twice that I didn’t want any. 

We ate and I didn’t like the soba. The soup was lukewarm and the soba was sticky. The tempura was good. When I finished eating, I took my plates to the kitchen and I washed them. I set up another jug of mugi-cha, washed a few more dishes, dried them all and put them away. Then I went upstairs. I figured that I helped F a lot more than he ever helps me so that’s enough. 

I was upstairs for a few hours and then I needed to go downstairs. I did go in and see how F was. He was in the living room watching TV and using his phone. He complained about having a headache.

I came back upstairs and decided that I’d watch something off the Fire Stick, so I watched another episode of Deadloch. It’s getting quite good and I enjoyed it. F came back upstairs while it was on and brought me a cake and then chatted a bit. He’s now in bed. 

At midnight we said Happy New Year and a little bit later, F went to bed. He’s sleeping now. 

So, our year ended with a whimper. The weather was bad around midnight and F’s knees are paining him so there was no Hatsumode tonight. We might go tomorrow if he’s feeling better. We don’t have a lot planned for tomorrow. We have booked sushi for lunch and I have the big platter to go with it. I had told F that I’d like to go out and go to the mall tomorrow. I’d like to see if I can get any lucky bags or perhaps more yarn! They often have yarn sales in the first few days of the year. I don’t know if they have any this year, but I’d like to see for myself.

Anyway, that’s it for me for today, and this year!  I’d like to wish my readers a very happy new year. I hope that 2024 is a wonderful year for you all. 

Until tomorrow….