Friday - Hot and Sunny
I slept in this morning. F got himself up as he usually does and made breakfast for himself and his mother. Then, he went off and had a massage. He had asked me last night if I wanted to go out with him and go to the mall for a bit, but I said no. I planned to sleep. And did!
I got up while he was gone and got dressed. I spent a few minutes at my computer and then he was back. We talked about places to go and have lunch and as he often does, he mentioned a bunch of places that I don’t like or have no idea what they are like. He always tells me I’ve been to places, but I’m quite sure that I’ve never been there. Anyhoo, he mentioned a place that sounded horrible, then wanted to go to his eel place again. I suggested calling there to make sure that they were open and that we could get a counter seat. He didn’t want to. He was getting whiny again, so I said I’d go there with him. We arrived on the street and of course they weren’t open. Honestly, calling would have been a good idea.
Since we were in the area, I suggested going to Arpeggio and F was okay with that. We went to their parking lot and parked, and walked over. They were quite busy and the owner told us that we’d have to move from our table at 1:30 when the people that reserved it came in…which we agreed to do. We ordered but it took a long time before our food arrived. F had ordered the Kobachi (?) tray which is ten food items which looked very nice and I had the chicken tender set meal. Mine was big and was very nice.
After our meal we went over to the Chido Museum. I have a membership so the two of us can get in for free anytime. We did go into the newly reopened building and have a little look. I said to F that I wouldn’t go upstairs. Today my knees have really been bothering me and I didn’t want to risk going upstairs when there are a lot of people around. The stairs in this building aren’t even and they are a bit winding as well. Honestly, going up stairs isn’t too bad for me, but coming down I’m really slow and it is quite painful. The museum was busy so I didn’t want to hold people up.
We checked out the main exhibition hall and they had a display of katana again. I told F at the door to take his time and enjoy himself. It’s his “thang” after all. I toured the room and then had a seat for a while to wait.
We finished up our museum visit by checking out the garden and the pond at the back. It was lovely and sunny today and looks as nice as usual.
From the museum, we decided to go for a drink at Komeda Coffee. We drove over and were surprised to be able to get in right away. We got a seat and then ordered. We shared a Ghana cake thing and each had some iced coffee. They’ve also started selling Kakigori again, but it wasn’t quite hot enough today to try it.
We came back to the house to check on K and see if she needed more food. She really didn’t! On the way back to the house, we saw the little yakitori shop was open and busy. Since F and I were having a little problem about picking a dinner place, I suggested ordering yakitori for our dinner. He called them and placed an order and then we drove over to pick it up.
We came back to the house and upstairs. We had quite a bit of yakitori and it was really good. I especially liked the chicken nankotsu as it had a lot of meat on it.
I watched a bit of YouTube and was relaxing for the evening, I thought. Around 8 pm, F asked me if I’d like to go for a drive. I was a tad surprised, but said sure! We tried to go to the ski hill in Kushibiki, but didn’t really find it. There aren’t many lights in that neighbourhood and of course the ski hill is closed this season anyway.
Next up, we tried to find an observation point to see the view of Tsuruoka. We finally found it after a couple of wrong turns. We were the only people there for a while so we got out of the car and took a few pictures. I suggested to F that we make out since it was a good place for that and he was game! I got a nice kiss and a big hug…which was rather sweet. I still don’t think he knows what making out is, but that’s okay. We saw a car on a road near us stop and turn around and I said to F that they were probably looking for the place where we were…sure enough, a couple of minutes later, the car drove into the observation point.
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| The lights of Tsuruoka! |
We decided to leave and let them have the area to themselves. We drove back to Tsuruoka and went to MaxValu to pick up a few groceries. On the way, I said to F that I wanted something with vegetables since our dinner was all meat…well, there were a few bits of negi (long onion) with it. He actually complimented me on my cooking by saying that he is really glad that I always make a lot of vegetables with our meals. Wow! I wasn’t sure that he noticed.
We picked up a few groceries, but not really anything that we could eat right away. F got stuff for breakfast for K and him, and I got a few staples for the kitchen that I needed.
Then, we went to McDonald! F had a burger and fries, I had a bacon potato pie and fries (the app had a coupon) and a small drink. While we were eating the restaurant kept playing the “get out” song and announcing that they were closing soon. The store didn’t close until 11pm and it was barely 10 pm. It did seem strange.
We came back to the house and put away the groceries. I came upstairs, changed into my pajamas and watched a new to me show on Apple TV+, Sugar with Colin Farrell. I really liked it and at the end of it I really wanted to let it play the next episode. However, it was midnight and F was, as he often is these days, complaining about my late nights. I did quite a bit of knitting during the show too, so the ribbing on the hat is very nearly done. Maybe two or three more rows. That should be good. I hope this one fits better!
And that’s it. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow, but today turned out rather well. I hope tomorrow will too. Come back later if you like and find out.
Until tomorrow….
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