Sunday - Cloudy and then rainy
Well, I did it folks. I got up before 8:00am this morning ( a SUNDAY!) I got dressed, and had a quick breakfast. After that, F and I left the house, very close to our scheduled time of 9:00 am. We did make a quick stop at a convenience store to get drinks and something else to eat. We both got an onigiri.
Then, we were off! We drove to Tendo and made really good time. We stopped on the way near Tendo and then got to the mall. We parked outside Aeon and then walked through the mall. I had wanted to have steak at Pepper Lunch and F said it sounded good. Of course, the restaurant was in the Food Court which was at the far end of the mall from Aeon! We both had the same main dish, but I added on a salad and a drink, F added on rice and a drink. The steak wasn’t fabulous, but it was decent and the price was right so that was good!
Then, it was time for F to leave the mall. I walked him back to Aeon and said goodbye at the door. Then, I went shopping. I went over to the Kaldi to look for my Christmas Pudding and mincemeat tarts but I didn’t find any. I bought some cookies, tea and an orange cake.
I headed into Aeon and went shopping. I looked for things for F and I found a couple of things. I bought them later. I picked out some socks for myself and then went over to the ladies clothing. I looked at stuff for myself and even tried some on. I decided to get myself a pyjama top. It’s much warmer than any of the ones I have now and it would be nice for me staying up late blogging. They had a couple of tops, I tried them both and decided on the over the head one, as it looked and felt more comfortable.
Then, I went down the mall and did a bit of shopping. I found some half-price Christmas ornaments so I got myself another Saint Nicholas ornament and a couple of cute gnome ornaments. Of course, the next shop had even cuter ornaments, but they also looked more delicate so probably a good thing I didn’t buy them.
I was getting thirsty but Doutor was really busy. I decided that I’d go back to the Aeon area and try Mr. Donuts. I got there and while it was lined up, I could see tables available. I bought a doughnut and ordered a cup of decaf cafe latte. I took a seat and ate and drank and saved my poor feet!
F called me all of a sudden to say that he was finished so I told him where I was and suggested that he join me. He did, after 20 minutes or so. He didn’t want any food or drink, but sat with me for a few minutes while we made plans.
I strongly suggested to him that he buy me a present for Christmas! We went back into Aeon and looked at the ladies clothing. I found a couple of things that I liked so I tried them on. One wasn’t great, but two things worked well, so F got them for me. I won’t “get” them until Christmas so that’s good.
After that, we headed out of the city. We did stop at Nishikawa for a restroom break and a little bit of leg stretching. We listened to some good tunes on my iPod and when we were getting near Tsuruoka we talked about dinner ideas. I came up with a few and I told F to pick the one he wanted.
We ended up at the Udon chain restaurant, the one that does Tempura on the side. I never can remember the name of it! I had their new special, a duck/negi onion bowl. F had his usual plainish one. We both added on some tempura. I had a chicken tender and a piece of kabocha, F had a mixed veggie and a pork cutlet tempura. We enjoyed our meal.
We came back to the house and it was dark! We brought in the shopping, F woke his mother up and made sure she had eaten in the day. I went upstairs and turned on our heater.
We had a quiet evening in. I decided to fill up the heater’s tank with kerosene, but F nicely volunteered to do it. Unfortunately, the pump didn’t stop when it was supposed to and some of the kerosene spilled on the floor. F cleaned most of it up. I gave him some paper towels. Kerosene isn’t something that you want to wash in your machine. I took the tank upstairs and discovered that the kerosene was all over the tank. I wiped it off as best as I could and then went back downstairs to dispose of the tissues and to wash my hands.
When I came back upstairs I decided to watch a movie or something. At first, I decided on A Quiet Place: Day One, but then F said he’d like to watch it sometime, but not tonight. Okay then.
I put on the first episode of Lie to Me and enjoyed it. I’ve never seen it before. Then, I followed that up with Apple TV’s The Big Door Prize. It was a good episode and I enjoyed it.
F went to bed fairly early tonight. He was up earlier than me today and he couldn’t snooze in the car. He also has to go to work tomorrow.
I’m going to go to bed in a bit. It was a good day and it was really nice to get out of Tsuruoka for a few hours. I like my city, but I like travelling more. F and I didn’t fight and we enjoyed our time together and apart, so that made it an enjoyable day.
So, that’s it for me. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
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