August 31, 2025

Sunday - Hot and muggy

I woke up this morning a bit later than I usually do, so that was nice. It was so hot in the room and I was sweating, that’s probably why I woke up. I went downstairs and then came back to bed. 

I stayed in bed for a little longer, then got dressed and went downstairs. I grabbed the food that I bought last night and heated up some of it. I took it upstairs to eat. F was bopping around. I’m not sure what he was doing. The lady who is K’s care manager was coming today at 1 pm so I went downstairs at 12:45 or so. I was trying to talk to F and suggest that he get his mother up so she would have time to go to the toilet and get dressed…but I couldn’t find him. He wasn’t in the toilet which is where I assumed he was. I cleared a bit off the table and then I looked at the door and saw a shadow outside the door. It was the care manager! 

I invited her into the living room and sent F a text. She wanted to know where K was, well, she was asleep in the next room. I was going to wake her up, but the Care Manager said not to! I tried calling F but he didn’t answer. I was a bit annoyed and frustrated with him. 

She wanted me to sign some paper for her, but to be honest, I wasn’t comfortable about that. A few minutes later, F came in and was surprised that she was there. 

Apparently he had gone to the store to get something for us all to drink, despite me telling him earlier that there were still some bottles in the fridge. He didn’t even think to tell me that he was going out. He said he went to a nearby drugstore and got stuck in line behind an elderly woman who talked a lot. He didn’t notice my text or my call. 

He signed K’s papers and we arranged for her next visit. It’s next weekend. She did suggest the weekend after that, but it’s our anniversary weekend so I said no! F was going to give her some drinks in the kitchen but the care manager said that she had to go and it was okay. She left and I jumped on F (in a nice, not too angry way!) What the heck was he thinking?

F and I decided to go out for lunch. I suggested the  Indian restaurant because it is cheap and pretty good. He said okay, so I quickly changed my shirt and off we went. 

We had a nice if big meal at the Indian restaurant. I had the chicken curry, F had the pork and we shared an order of pakora. I saw them in the menu and told F that my friend had made them for us sometimes. The restaurant’s ones were quite a bit different and not as good, but honestly they were okay. 

I asked F what he wanted to do next. He was taking his car to the dealer later on. He said he wanted a nap, so we drove back to the house and took one! I had changed out of my clothes because the room was so hot. 

We headed over to the car dealership and had the oil changed. We also told them about a recent problem that F’s key fob unlocks his door, but doesn’t unlock mine. Then, when I want to get into the car I have to make him unlock my door again. It’s a pain. I had suggested to him that he Google the problem, but he didn’t. I did and there are a couple of things it could be. Since it does work sometimes,  I think it could be a loose connection but we’ll see if the experts can figure it out. We asked the guy, but he didn’t see the problem, until we got the car back and F could open his door and I couldn’t! I think they’ll lend him a car while they try to fix the problem, that’s in a couple of weeks.

When we left the dealership, we went across the street and went shopping. We first up went to the drugstore to pick up a couple of necessary things. I got myself a bottle of water and F got himself a soda. We sat in the car and drank for a minute. 

F didn’t want to do the grocery shopping with me (Hurray!!!) so he gave me some money and I went in. I bought a lot of things that I think we needed and when I paid, it came to 24 yen more than F had given me. I paid the extra of course and went out to the car.

I gave F the receipt and told him there wasn’t any change. I told him I got his mother a bento for his dinner and he asked me if I got something for us. No, was the answer. That would have been even more expensive.  He was quite annoyed in a way, but he hadn’t said anything before I went into the store. I would also have needed more money as bentos aren’t cheap.

We went back to the house and I put away the groceries. I headed upstairs afterwards. We relaxed upstairs for a bit and then we talked about going out. I suggested going to Gusto again as I was really looking forward to the drink bar.

F was okay although he threw a bit of a fit when I asked where he wanted to go. He told me that I hated everywhere that he would suggest. Not always true, but if it’s ramen he wanted, then yes. 

We drove over to Gusto and went in. We both had the same thing with different sides. We had the spicy chicken. I had mine with a baguette, F had his with rice and we shared some fries. The fries were pretty good.

After dinner, we came back to the house. F set up the rice cooker for me for tomorrow and then joined me upstairs. He went to bed almost right away, I decided to watch some TV. I watched the last episode of Good Omens, the second season. I hope the rest of it shows up soon. 

Since the time that I finished the show I have been working on my computer and getting my end of day things done. Tomorrow I have to polish my column and sending it in. I also have to cook dinner and do all the weird things I do every day. 

Come back later if you like and read all about my day. Until tomorrow….

August 30, 2025

Saturday - Hot and sunny, humid

I woke up around 9 this morning and went downstairs. I thought that F would be gone but it turns out that his sister came over and she took their mother out to the Day Service. I went downstairs and then headed back to bed. I snoozed a bit and then got up and dressed myself. I waited upstairs to hear what F was up to, but after a bit of computer time I went downstairs and just talked to him. 

We talked about lunch ideas and I suggested either the hotel we went to last week or the restaurant in Fujishima that we go to. F liked the latter idea so he called and made a reservation. We drove out to Fujishima and went in. 

We ended up having the same thing the pork saute, the Japanese set meal. It’s quite nice, a little gingery and the side dishes are nice too. I think we had the restaurant to ourselves, but that could be  because we were a little late when we got there.

After our meal, F wanted to get ice cream and go back to the house. I was a tad sad about that, but whatever. We made a stop at the grocery store, F picked up a few things and we got some ice cream.

Back at the house, F and I ate our ice cream in the living room and then I went upstairs. I spent some time on my computer. F came upstairs a couple of hours later and made to take a nap. I tried to take a nap too, but he was watching stuff on his phone without headphones, I tried putting in my earplugs, but I could still hear it. I ended up getting up a few minutes later.

F went downstairs to make dinner. He invited me to join him so I grudgingly said okay. Tonight he made a stir-fry…it was his infamous “salt stir-fry” and it wasn’t great. He hadn’t used any seasoning besides salt and it was pretty bland. However, it wasn’t as bad as I was worried it would be. He’s just not a great cook in my opinion. This was edible, but all he’d planned for dinner was rice and stir-fry. There wasn’t much stir-fry and he hadn’t cut up the meat so some pieces were huge and hard to eat. I’m complaining, but it was nice to be able to just leave the living room when I was finished eating. I did carry some stuff to the kitchen before I went upstairs!

Upstairs I relaxed and enjoyed myself. F came upstairs a bit and actually talked about going to karaoke tonight. Although I’d love to go, I reminded him that it is expensive at night. I took a chance and let him know that there were a couple of movies in the area that we could just about get to in time. At Mikawa there is the new Karate Kid movie in 40 minutes and at Machi-kinema Once was playing in 30 minutes. I let F know that Once was an old movie but he liked the idea.  Besides, it is much easier to get there in time!

I changed into going out clothes again and we drove over to the cinema. We bought our drinks at the machine and then our tickets. We went to see Once and it was great. I had seen it before on TV but F hadn’t. He’d heard the song a few times of course because I’d sung it at karaoke and played it in the car a few times. After the movie F kept asking me if “Falling Slowly” was used in another movie. I didn’t think so, but I’m not sure really. 

We stopped off at a convenience store on the way back to the house. I got something for tonight and also something for my mini-lunch tomorrow. K’s Care Worker is coming over early so we won’t be able to go for lunch, at least not early!

Back at the house, I watched the last half hour of FBI and then turned off the TV. I’m taping a movie now, who knows when I’ll be able to watch it!

So, today turned out to be a decent day after all. I was worried that we’d fight again, but so far so good. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

August 29, 2025

Friday - Hot and muggy, but cooler in the morning

Well, I went to bed a bit early last night and F didn’t wake up when I went to bed. Yay. However, I woke up at 4:44 and had to make a trip downstairs. It’s pretty rare for me to wake up like that so I wonder if I heard something outside that woke me. I went back to sleep and then woke up when F got up. I pretended to sleep! He turned on the light and made a lot of noise but finally left. I went back to sleep too.

I woke up with my alarm, got up and went downstairs. I decided that I’d get dressed so I did that. I tried to nap a bit more, but ended up getting up a bit earlier than usual. I took my laundry downstairs, turfed my husband’s clothes out of the washing machine and then washed my clothes. When I went downstairs to get them to take upstairs, I put F’s clothes back in the washing machine!

I ate my breakfast and then worked on my column. I think I got it finished too. I have to do some more work on it, probably on Monday before I send it in. 

Surprisingly, I hardly watched any YouTube today until after midnight. I just didn’t do it.

I didn’t think that F would call me tonight when he finished work tonight, but he did. I asked him if he wanted me to cook dinner and I pointed out that I didn’t have fresh ingredients. He asked me what I wanted and I asked for a salad. 

I went downstairs and got started on dinner. I did my usual Friday pasta and prepared some cucumber pickle from F’s sister, and cut up the duck that I had in the fridge. When F came to the house, I boiled the pasta and mixed it with the sauce. Tonight it was a mushroom and some green vegetable. I set the table and called F downstairs.

Dinner was good. K wouldn’t start eating until F came downstairs, I had no such scruples! The pasta was good, the salad F brought was good and the duck was great. So yay.

After dinner, F popped into the kitchen and peeled more nashi. However, he used MY cutting board this time so I had a piece of it. 

I did the dishes and listened to my podcasts. When I finished, I went upstairs and had a nap for about an hour. I really didn’t feel very good and the nap just fixed me up. I got up and went over to my computer for a few minutes then went downstairs and took a shower. I came back upstairs and watched an episode of Moonflower Murders with Lesley Manville. It was great. F came upstairs during it and said he’d been watching Mononoke-Hime downstairs. I reminded him that we have the dvd somewhere!

F went to sleep and I watched some YouTube and did my nightly internet stuff. Around 1:30 I noticed that the ground was shaking. Sure enough, we were having an earthquake. It was across the country so we really didn’t feel much, but it was a level 2 here on the Japanese scale. I think it was a 5 on the other coast. F didn’t wake up!

And that’s it for my day. I have no idea what we’ll get up to tomorrow. Come back later if you like and hear about my day. Until tomorrow….

August 28, 2025

Thursday - Hot and sunny, cooler morning

I woke up with my alarm this morning and went downstairs. It looked like F’s sister was over again, I saw her go outside with a couple of bags of K’s garbage. Hmm. I went upstairs. 

I was going to try and sleep but F texted me about why his sister was over. Okay, fine. A while later he called me and said he was coming back to the house. I asked him why and then he said he wouldn’t come after all. 

I couldn’t really sleep then as I didn’t know if he was coming or not. I got up and dressed and spent a bit of time on my computer before going back to bed and lying down for a bit. He never did come.

I had a quiet afternoon basically. I didn’t write my column today, but I did finish another film for my subject. I didn’t really like it. I’ve been reading other reviews of it and they seem to be split. I had lunch around 3, watched the movie while I ate. I liked the acting, especially the male characters, but wasn’t a fan of the female one.

I heard from F around 5:30 and he said he was on his way back. I apologized for earlier and he seemed fine. 

I went downstairs and got started on dinner. I couldn’t bear to have any more raw cucumbers tonight, so I found a recipe for cooked cucumbers with scrambled eggs so I prepped the ingredients for that. I also prepped the ingredients to make chicken drumsticks. I got them ready and put them in the air fryer, then started putting together the scrambled eggs and cucumbers. Things worked out fairly well and they were both on the table at the right time. We had the above two dishes with a salad and F’s rice and it was okay. 

While I was finishing up the dishes and getting ready to go out for some groceries, F came in the kitchen and started cutting up a couple of nashi. They looked good, but F used his nasty cutting board, the one that is gross and has a lot of black marks on it. He was also right beside me in the sink. I was trying to wash my stir-fry pan and my air fryer and he was right beside me and would not move. It was so annoying. I vowed that I wouldn’t eat any of the nashi because of the cutting board. If he’d asked to borrow one of mine that would have been fine, but not his. 

I went upstairs to change when I finished and F came up and offered me some of the nashi. Of course, I said no thank you and he got mad at me. He announced that he wouldn’t go out to get groceries and even when I got dressed and got ready to go, he refused to go. He told me that I spend too much on groceries. Really? I think he spends too much on unnecessary things. 

So, that was that. I haven’t got anything for his mother’s breakfast, but he said that he’ll make himself something with rice. I hope that he’ll include his mother in that. I have stuff for breakfast but I’m missing some parts of my lunch so I’m rather annoyed. And, I have nothing good for dinner. Oh, I can make something for myself if I have to, but I don’t really see why I should bother with his. I hope that he’ll take care of his mother too. 

I watched The Rookie tonight and it was good, but the new rookies may become problems. Also, there’s a serial killer on the loose. Oh boy. 

That’s about it for me for tonight. Tomorrow I might briefly rewatch another movie for my column or I might just go with what I’ve got. I need to send it in by Monday so I’d really like to get it done.

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

August 27, 2025

Wednesday - Rainy and a little cooler

I woke up with my alarm this morning, but ended up sleeping a bit late anyway. I knew that F’s sister was coming over, so I made a quick trip downstairs and then came back upstairs to the room. I did go back to bed for a while, but got up earlier than I have lately and dressed. Then, I went back to the bed and played on my phone for a bit.

I had a fairly quiet morning and then afternoon. I worked on my column and covered another film. F showed up around 2 pm and relaxed for a bit. I went downstairs around 2:45 or so and made my lunch. F left and I said goodbye. I brought my food up to the room and then decided to watch part of a movie for my column. It was rather adult and I’m glad that F wasn’t here for it!

I watched some of the news afterwards and then did more computer stuff. F called around 5:30 and a few minutes later I went downstairs to put dinner together. 

Tonight’s dinner was a stir-fry with chikuwa, a fish paste sausage thing. It turned out well. We also had okra in the air fryer, salad and potato salad. I couldn’t bear/find time to make anything with cucumbers tonight. I’m getting overwhelmed with them. F’s sister keeps bringing us some and I don’t want anymore! My blender got lost in the move and since it was a very low priority for F, it was never found, so making cucumber soup would be difficult. 

Dinner was quite good. K went to town on the potato salad, the stir-fry was good and F was impressed that I used chikuwa. It was the first time ever…not my thing really. 

I did the dishes after dinner but was really draggy. I’m not sure why I was more tired than usual, but I was. When I finished the dishes, I did up the garbage in the kitchen and happily K had put some of hers out early. 

I went upstairs to relax for a bit after I finished downstairs. Then, I went downstairs and took a shower. I enjoyed that.

When I came back up to the room, F was already asleep, so I turned off his light and went over to my side of the room. I watched tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy and it was fine. 

Since my show ended I’ve been watching YouTube videos and working on my computer. I should get to bed soon if I can. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. How will my Thursday go? Until tomorrow….

August 26, 2025

Tuesday - Hot, sunny & muggy, thunder and rain at night

I woke up after my alarm went off. I went downstairs and came back to the room. I sorted some laundry and then went back to bed for a snooze. I got up later, went downstairs and put my laundry in the machine. I grabbed my breakfast and brought it upstairs to eat. 

I had a quiet afternoon, but I did work on my column today and got another movie written about. Yay me. After getting my lunch I watched another episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. I liked it a lot. 

F called me tonight to say he was on his way back, so that was good. I went downstairs and did my usual thing of doing the dishes and getting ready for making dinner. 

F came back and I got busy. Tonight I did teriyaki chicken in the toaster oven and asparagus roasted in the air fryer. We had those with salad and potato salad, plus some cucumber sticks. People have been “giving” us cucumbers and it’s a bit of an overload if I’m honest!

Dinner was good and a lot of it disappeared. I cleared the table and then washed the dishes. I got to listen to my podcasts so that was nice.

F and I went out to get some groceries. He stayed in the car and I went inside. I picked up most of the stuff I needed. After that, I asked that we go to a drugstore to get some other stuff. I picked up some things for the kitchen, some laundry detergent and some pasta and sauce for it. 

We came back to the house and I put the food away. I came upstairs and watched FBI: International. I didn’t know until afterwards, but it was the last episode of the series. Most of it took place in Japan. It was a bit off, as they usually are. 

And that is about it for my day. It wasn’t an exciting day really, but it was okay. It was very hot today. I’m hoping tomorrow will be cooler. It is supposed to be, because of the rain. Fingers crossed that it is. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

August 25, 2025

Monday - Hot and muggy

I woke up quite early this morning, about an hour before my alarm!  I made a trip downstairs and turned on the AC before I left the room. At 7:30 in the morning it was already 28 degrees. Yikes. I came back to the room and put the AC on a goodnight-timer of an hour.  I ended up falling asleep again and woke up later. The room was still cool, but it was getting hotter, so the AC went back on and stayed on for most of the day.

I got up later and dressed, then I went downstairs. I got my breakfast and brought it up to the room to eat. I spent most of the afternoon in the room. 

I’m afraid that I didn’t work on my column at all, but I did back up my computer as I was planning to update it today. 

I went downstairs to get my lunch and when I was downstairs I decided that I would check to see if we had received a delivery today. F had ordered some sports drink for us for summer. Sure enough, the delivery person had put it in the garage. I carried the two boxes of sports drink to the house and put it away.

I made my lunch and then I brought it upstairs to the room. I decided to watch something new on the Fire Disk and gave School Spirits a try. I watched the first episode and I really enjoyed it. I’m sure I’ll watch more of it. I watched the news after that.

F texted me that he had bought some asparagus at work today, I was happy. I like it, but I didn’t cook it tonight. 

F forgot to phone me to say he was on his way tonight, so I went downstairs and got a start on dinner. I was trying a new to me dish tonight. I had bought a Beef Stroganoff packet this month and I needed to use it up soon. I didn’t know how expensive the beef would be though. I couldn’t afford the full amount needed, so I used extra mushrooms, which was a suggestion from my women’s group’s cooking subgroup. I was a bit late serving dinner, but it was good. Everyone seemed to like it and most of it disappeared. Yay. 

I was a bit late doing the dishes, but there weren’t all that many. I didn’t do a lot of side dishes. When I finished, I told F that I was going upstairs and I did. 

I relaxed with some YouTube and some cocoa and then took a shower around 10:30. When I came back to the room I surfed the Fire Disk and then decided to watch another episode of Mythic Quest. It was an odd one as it was mostly about the son of one of the main characters. It had its moments, but I didn’t really like it!

After midnight I turned back to YouTube and my headphones. I updated my phone, I spent some time on my time-wasting sites. And now, I’m up to date again. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….