Wednesday - Too hot and sunny, humid
I woke up this morning and the room was hot. F had left the door open for me, which was nice, but honestly, it was so hot that I already needed the AC on. I turned it on, went downstairs and then came back to the room. I did a bit of reading and watching of videos and then I had a short nap. I did sleep a little longer today, but no harm done.
I went downstairs and grabbed my breakfast. I brought it back up to the room and ate. I noticed that there was a movie coming on my cable channel today that sounded interesting. I decided that I’d try and watch it. It started later than I thought, but I did watch it all. It was called Polite Society and it was about two sisters of Indian heritage living in the UK. One of them had dropped out of art school and the other one, the heroine was hoping to become a stunt woman. It was a really neat movie and I quite enjoyed it. The only cast member I recognized was in Murderbot. I liked it!
F called in the middle of the movie and we had a bit of an argument. He wanted to book things for my nephew’s visit but he keeps trying to book “really” Japanese places for my nephew to eat. He’s barely out of his teens and he isn’t used to eating Japanese food. I don’t understand why F wants him to eat full on Japanese food. He might hate it and refuse to eat. If we were going to a place where he could order what HE wants, no problem, but a place where it is a set menu….ooh. His mother doesn’t eat fish at all, so I’m not sure how much fish he’s used to eating! And then, the one place that I do want F to make a reservation for…he’s dragging his feet. Just so annoying. I told him my reasons and he isn’t listening. I want my nephew to come back in a few years…if we give him a bad time, he won’t ever come back. (And my sister might be mad at ME and that is a scary thing!)
After the movie, I went downstairs and made my lunch. I brought it back up to the room to eat. I watched an episode of Major Crimes and enjoyed that. After that, I watched the news and cringed at parts.
F called around 5:30 and then I went downstairs a bit later to start dinner. It was so hot. Today I was a bit busy. I made roasted okra and zucchini, and cooked chicken in the air fryer. Unfortunately, with the air conditioner on downstairs and upstairs, and the toaster oven and the air fryer…the breaker went off. I managed to finish cooking by leaving off the air conditioner in the living room. It was only for 10 minutes and the room was already cool so we managed.
Dinner was pretty good. The chicken in the air fryer was nicer than in the usual toaster oven. The roasted veggies were nice, but there weren’t enough of them. We also had some cucumber pickle, rice and a salad.
After dinner I did the dishes. I also had to do up the garbage when I was done. I was so sweaty when I was done. I went upstairs and then I had to change all of my clothes. It was horrible.
And then, I waited. After 10 minutes I texted F to ask him when he was going to go out. A few minutes later he texted back to say he needed to wait for 2 more points. He was watching sports. I was rather perturbed. He came upstairs around 9:30 and got ready to go.
We both got ready to go out. Unfortunately it was too late really to go to the local grocery store, so we had to go to the big 24 hour place. And, to make things better, F came in with me. I really wish he wouldn’t!
We came back to the house after we finished shopping. I put away the groceries and then headed upstairs.
I ended up watching Grey’s Anatomy tonight. It was an odd episode, with a helicopter in it. I turned it off after it finished.
And that’s about it. Tomorrow I have to make dinner and I might do some laundry if I have time. I’m off. I have to get some sleep soon.
Until tomorrow….
3 comments:
I wonder if your hubby is trying to treat your nephew the way he would a Japanese guest, by trying to show hospitality by making all arrangements and decisions ahead of time so the guest can just relax. He doesn't seem to know that we westerners like to make our own choices and decisions and that hospitality to us means giving us choices that we can pick from. (That was always my dilemma in Japan when I went out with Japanese. They thought that by doing things the way F is, they were being good hosts-- but it was more frustrating for me because I felt like they were treating me like a child and/or just not listening to me! )
You know, that is a really good point. I hadn't thought of it like that. He couldn't do that when my sister was here as we knew darn well that she would refuse to eat at a fish restaurant. My nephew isn't a known quantity yet.
I'm also not a huge fan of the restaurant that he wants to go to, we are hoping to go to the aquarium in the morning so might be rushed getting back to the restaurant in time for a reservation, so there are other reasons too. He's young, it might be fun for him to go to McDonalds for example and just see the difference in the food availability (and quality!)
Thanks for the perspective because it really helps!!
Oh good! Hopefully you can convince F that it will be fun for your nephew just to go through a convenience store or 100 yen shop and look at all the japanese candy or to go out for kaiten sushi! (Those were things that amazed me when I first got to Japan lol) Maybe do that Japanese wife thing where you compliment F and shower him with over the top praise for his efforts to take care of your nephew-- but then tell him to stick to trips to McDonald's and Lawsons! Lol! Good luck!
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