Saturday - Rainy and humid
I woke up this morning a little bit before my alarm. I went downstairs and then came back upstairs and got dressed a bit. Then, I went back for a bit of a snooze.
I dragged myself out of bed and finished getting dressed. I grabbed all my stuff and then went downstairs. I met up with F and asked if he was ready to go. He said he was, but he wasn’t wearing socks! I suggested he get some. He didn’t want to until I reminded him we were off to the doctor’s office.
We left the house just after 11 and drove to the doctor’s office. We got there early for our 11:30 appointments. We’re NEVER early! We still had to wait almost an hour to see the doctor, but that’s usual for us. We also made appointments to get our COVID and Flu shots on the next visit. We have to wait a while, but it was either next visit or today and we have a busy weekend, so….
We picked up our medicine after and then F actually suggested a place to eat today. He wanted to go to Takitaro, a fish restaurant near the mall in Tsuruoka. We went and it wasn’t too busy.
We both had the same meal today, it was their special. Today it was fried salmon in a bread crust with tartar sauce, rice, sashimi, some veggies and the two types of Yamagata imoni. There was the local Shonai one with miso soup and pork and the Yamagata city version with beef and a soy sauce soup. I was really surprised that today I liked the Yamagata City Imoni better. F liked the Shonai one!
After lunch, we came back to the house. F wasn’t feeling well. Sigh. That was the motif of the day.
We relaxed for a while, F took a nap and then I took a nap for a while later. I had suggested going to a movie in Tsuruoka tonight. It’s one that I think is interesting, but as F was still not feeling that well, he begged off. I told him that it was okay, but I’d likely go downtown to see it during the week.
F welcomed his mother back and then made her some dinner. I wasn’t too hungry. Around 8pm I suggested that we go out. I tried to think about where we could go for F to have an okay dinner. I know he doesn’t like it, but I suggested going to Gusto. He said it was okay.
We drove over to the far-away restaurant and were able to get a table right away. We looked at the menu and I decided quickly what to have. I had chicken with an autumn sauce. It was a mushroom sauce with mushrooms and spinach on the side. That’s quite unusual for this restaurant. I also had a small order of fries. F had curry and rice. I was a tad surprised about that, but he said it was good. He did complain about the cost of the extra rice he ordered. I just rolled my eyes at that. I pointed out that there is a note on the restaurant’s door about the rising rice prices, the menu had a note, and when I put the order into the tablet I told him that the bigger rice would cost more.
Anyway, the food was fine, mine was quite good, and then we were ready to leave. F paid and used the machine at the door to pay. He used points to pay for dinner so it didn’t cost him anything! I can’t believe that he spent so much time complaining about a 50 yen charge for rice when he didn’t pay any money for dinner!
We came back to the house via a convenience store. We each bought a snack for ourselves and then came to the house. I watched CSI: Las Vegas and enjoyed it. F went to bed and seemed to fall asleep fairly early.
That’s about it for today. Tomorrow we are taking K out for lunch. Her birthday is on Monday so we’re taking her for a nice meal on Sunday. K’s care-worker is coming in the late afternoon to talk about her care I guess. I’m really hoping that things go well and that F (or I) don’t get upset with the other person.
As usual, come back later if you like and hear all about my Sunday. Until tomorrow….
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