Friday - Sunny and warm in the daytime, rainy at night
I had myself an adventure today, which was very nice! I woke up when my alarm went off this morning. I got up, went downstairs and then came back to bed and had a mini-snooze for about 20 minutes. After that, I got up, dressed and had a quick breakfast of a couple of sandwiches. I went downstairs just after 10 am and ended up leaving the house a bit too early! I had to wait at the bus stop for about 10 minutes. I got on the bus and got off at my stop, the one just outside the main post office.
I decided I’d try and make my coin deposit at the post office. I was able to do that…when I went in the post office, there weren’t any customers at the bank section. That done, I went off to Machinaka Kinema.
When I arrived, I bought a bottle of water and then went in and bought a ticket for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. While I was waiting, I checked out the walls and noticed something cool. Last week I had filled out a request for a movie in English and they had posted it, along with a reply in English underneath! Woot. I had used Google Translate last week to read the replies and basically, they just said the same in English as they did in Japanese but that was still cool. I feel seen!!
The movie was fine. The performances were the best part, Jim Broadbent is a great actor and he was well matched with Penelope Wilton. I enjoyed the film a lot.
I left the cinema and caught a bus from the stop where I got off. I went to S-Mall and decided I’d have lunch first. The hotel’s lunch didn’t appeal, so I went upstairs to a Japanese restaurant and had Chicken Namban. It wasn’t great, but it was okay. I was really hungry so a teishoku (set) meal was what I needed.
I did a little shopping in Daiso and the grocery store, then bought myself an ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. It was good, but the store became really busy and it took forever to get my ice cream. I finished the ice cream and then went over to the bus station and a few minutes later, caught my bus.
I was back at the house by 4pm so I watched the news. I sent F a text that I was back. I had told him I might stay at the mall if I missed the bus or was busy shopping. He told me that he had been by the house earlier. I thought he was because the mail I had left for him at the door was gone. These days K doesn’t touch the mail. She used to grab it all for us. It’s sad really.
When F called to say he was on his way, I went downstairs and started on dinner. Tonight’s dinner was a fairly easy one, just pasta with pesto sauce, salad and bacon. I was surprised how much F liked it. He even had seconds of the pasta, and he rarely does.
I did the dishes afterwards and then came upstairs with a can of root beer and some ice. I enjoyed my drink! It just hit the spot tonight. F came upstairs and relaxed.
I took a shower a bit after 10:30 and then came back upstairs. I had decided to watch something on the Fire Disk. It was late, so I went with a half hour comedy rather than an hour drama. I watched Loot and thought it was hilarious.
F has been up and down a bit tonight. He was complaining about his back, then he had a nap, and then he got up for a while. He seems to be sleeping again.
This is a long weekend and I’m not sure what we’ll get up to. I’ve asked F if we can go to a movie at the mall and maybe do some shopping. I need to get some stuff for my friends and my sister for Christmas and birthdays.
Wish us luck!
Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
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