Saturday - Sunny but not that warm
I woke up this morning and F was playing on his computer beside me. I suggested that he get up and get his mother up and get her ready for her day care thing. He did get up, and so did I for a washroom run.
I went back to sleep and didn’t wake up until Lizzo started singing on my phone! F was in the room at the same time and he said something to me so I stopped my alarm and then F said something else that I didn’t hear and then left. I was worried he was angry at me, so I went downstairs and found out that he had actually left….the car was gone.
I went back upstairs and got dressed and a little while later F came back. I went downstairs to talk to him and discuss lunch. I gave him an idea for today and also tomorrow. Today, we decided to go for Indian food to the new restaurant.
We were able to go in and get a table. They had a good number of lunch specials. F had the chicken curry and I had the keema curry which was in a saag sauce. It was really nice. We both had the hot level of spiciness and it was perfect for me.
After our meal, F wanted to go home but it wasn’t even 2 pm yet and I was not ready. We ended up going to Hachimonjiya, the book and stationary shop. I needed to buy some cards to send to friends and former students to say please don’t send me New Year Cards. In Japan, the tradition is that if a family member dies, you can’t send or receive New Year Cards. The cards we were looking at were pre-printed and the messages were in Japanese of course. I wanted F to help me with them in case there was some nuance that Google Translate didn’t get right.
I’ve been talking about getting these cards for weeks and I was finally getting them. F looks at me and asked me,“ Who died?” I was aghast. I felt like bursting into tears and said,”My brother.” Just then he had to go to the washroom so he left me alone. I’m guessing he was having a brain freeze, but it was really hurtful that he couldn’t even remember that. I picked a few packets of cards and then we paid and left.
We went back to the house and relaxed. F was downstairs for a while before he came upstairs and went to bed. He got up and went downstairs a bit before his mother came back.
I didn’t really see F again until almost 7 pm. He made dinner for his mother and then came to see what I wanted to do for dinner. I suggested going to the Chinese restaurant on the other side of the park. We drove over and were able to get in. They were fairly busy, so we had to take a tatami room. I wasn’t too happy about it, but it was fairly comfortable as there was a place for our feet under the table.
We had a nice meal. We shared some yakisoba, mapo-han and kara-age. We ate and then paid and left. I suggested going for coffee afterwards and F agreed after a few minutes. We drove over to Komeda Coffee and each had a hot decaf coffee. We spent a nice hour or so there.
After our coffee, I asked F if he needed to get anything for his mother’s breakfast, so we did a quick trip around MaxValu. I didn’t get anything, F bought a few things.
We came back to the house and F put away the groceries. Yay for me not having to do it!
I had a quiet evening. I did have a shower and then came upstairs and watched CSI: Las Vegas. It was fine.
That’s about it for today. I’m not sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. We might go to Sakata for lunch, but it depends how F is. He said he wasn’t feeling well so I hope this doesn’t continue.
Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
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