Monday - Hot and sunny, but cooler than this weekend
I woke up this morning when F left I think. I think I remember him leaving! I fell back asleep again and stayed that way until my alarm went off. I dozed a little late and then I got up and went downstairs. I came back upstairs and dozed a little bit late. I got up finally and went downstairs and grabbed breakfast.
I ate and watched the news at 12:30. When it was over, I went downstairs and got started on dinner! I steamed a chicken breast. It took a few minutes, but smelled really nice when I was finished. I had put some peppercorns and some herbs de province into the water. I put it in the fridge to cool down, then I made my lunch.
I took my lunch upstairs and then ate while I watched another episode of The Closer. It was a really good one, the second part of the last one I watched.
F called around 5:30 to say he was on his way back so I went downstairs again and got working on the rest of dinner. Today it was fairly simple. It was just chicken salad, cucumbers, salad and French bread. The bread was a soft, Japanese version. I don’t know if K would be able to eat a more traditional version. In the kitchen, I cut the bread and made up a few sandwiches. I made a few with cucumbers and then chicken salad on top of them, then a few with cream cheese and cucumber. I also put slices of bread on a plate so we could make our own sandwiches.
Dinner was a success! It was all really nice. K ate a few sandwiches, and so did F. It was lovely not to have to “cook” in the evening too. We have a little bit of the chicken salad left and about half of the bread. I’m happy with that.
I did the dishes and it didn’t take too long. That was nice. I did up the plastic bottle garbage and put it in the genkan for F to take out in the morning.
I came upstairs with a can of root beer and some ice. I enjoyed the root beer so much and relaxed a bit. Closer to 11 than I wanted, I went downstairs and took a shower.
When I came upstairs I asked F about maybe putting more bars on the bath in the bathroom for K to be able to take a bath easily. I also mentioned to him that maybe the bath cover (metal and plastic) might be too heavy for K to move by herself. He is meeting with K’s social worker/care worker later this week so I thought he could talk to her about it. There might even be money from the government to do it. I thought he was agreeing with me and thinking about it, but all of a sudden he started talking about how having bars in a bathroom the size of ours could be dangerous and then he started spouting the nonsense about putting handrails on the steep stairs up to our room being more dangerous than not having any handrails. I asked him not to go down that path anymore because it never ends up well, but he just wouldn’t shut up. He is stupidly convinced that having handrails would make the stairs more dangerous instead of safer for both of us who have mobility issues. He told me that I shouldn’t live up here anymore and I said that I knew that. I have been thinking about moving downstairs, but since K’s stuff is in every room there, I won’t be able to for a while. I don’t think he was too happy to hear that I have considered it. He was going on and on so I put my headphones on and some YouTube so I couldn’t hear him anymore.
What is with him lately? He’s turned into a nasty ojisan and I really don’t enjoy spending time with him when he’s in a mood. He’s always in a mood these days.
I’m planning on going to Mikawa tomorrow to see a movie and do a little shopping. I was thinking I’d ask F to pick me up after he finishes work, but I don’t know if he will now. I might have to just come back on my own. Wish me luck!
Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
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