September 18, 2026

Friday - Sunny and warm

I woke up early this morning and went back to sleep. Yay. I woke up again later before my alarm went off. F had already gone to work, but he’d left his breakfast behind. Oh dear. 

I went downstairs and then came back to the room and yes, I went back to bed. It was nice. I watched a couple of videos and snoozed. I dragged myself out of bed later, dressed and went downstairs. I grabbed my breakfast and then came back upstairs to the room. 

I had a quiet morning and afternoon. I watched a lot of videos on Facebook and then went downstairs for my lunch. I brought it back up to the room and while I was eating I watched another episode of Modern Love. This one was with Tina Fey and John Slatterly. It was okay and I understood the point they were trying to make about long marriages!

I watched the news and got mad at parts of it again. I’m Canadian and the news from the US does tend to annoy me at the moment. 

F called me around 5:30 and said that he wasn’t feeling great. He was on his way home but was really tired. I asked him if he wanted dinner and he said that he didn’t. 

I changed and went downstairs around 6pm. Today I did spaghetti carbonara with hamburgers, Korean- style salad, cucumber pickle and mini-tomatoes for K. I got everything on the table a bit after 7pm and K and I ate most of the food. It was quite nice. 

F, when he came back to the house, went upstairs and went to bed. He spent most of the evening in bed. 

I washed the dishes and then said goodnight to K. I went upstairs. I went over to my computer and found an email from my sister. F was sleeping on the bed and didn’t hear me come in. 

F got up after a while and a few minutes later I went downstairs and took a shower. I really needed one as I haven’t had one in a few days.

I came back up to the room and watched an episode of Sugar. It was excellent and so moody tonight. Well, it always is. Colin Farrell is so cool in this show. 

Since midnight I’ve been watching some YouTube and doing my end of day things. We are going into Silver Week here, so F will be off work until Thursday. I’m a bit nervous about the whole thing. We have no plans and F is sick and grumpy. 

So, that’s about it for me for today. Come back later if you like and hear about my day. Until tomorrow…. 

September 17, 2026

Thursday - Hot and sunny

Yesterday, I didn’t feel good at all. I had a bad night, F had a bad night. He said I snored, I told him it made sense as my nose was completely plugged up. I couldn’t breathe!

He went to work in the afternoon yesterday and while he was gone I did a couple of loads of laundry. K was off with her daughter so I had the house to myself. I wish I felt better!

When F called me at night I asked him to bring a bento for his mother. He didn’t feel like eating, neither did I. He did bring her a bento and I didn’t end up eating until after 11pm!

When F came back to the house, he went back to bed. He slept. I stayed up for a bit, and then went to have a nap around 8 pm. I woke up after 10 and got up. At 11pm I watched Grey’s Anatomy and had a cup pasta thing. I went back to bed around 2am, which is early for me!

I managed to sleep fairly well and woke up around 6:30. I went downstairs and when I came back to bed I checked my phone. We didn’t have internet. Sigh. F strikes again. He forgot to pay the bill. 

He decided to take the day off, I think he was still feeling bad too. 

He took care of the internet and did a little shopping too. I got up around 11am this morning and had my usual yogurt and cereal. A couple of hours later F offered to take me out for lunch but I turned him down. I wasn’t really ready to be out in public yet.

Instead, a while later I was presented with a bowl of yakisoba. Which I didn’t want. I decided that I had to eat it or face the wrath of F. He was pretty nasty at times this morning. It was okay but I don’t like yakisoba. 

Around 6pm I went downstairs to start dinner. Tonight I boiled some potatoes and then turned them into hash browns, and I did some air-fried chicken legs. We had them with salad and some pickled cucumber. 

F came down to eat, but honestly didn’t eat very much. He had one chicken leg. K and I had 3. Oh well. I’m sure he had noodles later anyway. 

After dinner I did the dishes and put them away. I went upstairs and changed and then F and I went out to buy a few groceries.

I went shopping, got a few things and then we also visited a drugstore and bought a lot of stuff there! 

We came back to the house and put things away and then came upstairs. At 11pm I watched The Rookie and killed off one of their long-time baddies. I was surprised about that. 

And that’s about it for the day. I’ve been watching some YouTube since midnight and I’m needing to head to bed soon. I’m still a bit under the weather, but I do feel much better than I did yesterday. 

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

September 11, 2026

Friday - Sunny and warmish

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off. I got up and went downstairs. When I came back to the room I sorted laundry again and then went back to bed. F and I texted a bit to discuss our dinner plans for Monday night. We are having a night in a fancy hotel so we can’t really do anything too extravagant this year. We are talking about yakiniku…it’s good for me, but I’m not sure if F really would be okay for it.

I snoozed a bit and watched some videos. I got up later and went downstairs to start my laundry. I didn’t see K at all. On my laundry changeover time, K’s daughter was in the house and it did surprise me a bit, but I can’t really say much to her.

I had a quiet day at the house really. K wasn’t around much. I thought that might happen. When she has a really active day like yesterday, she often sleeps a lot the next day.

When I had my lunch today I watched a new show. I watched the first episode of Under Salt Marsh which has potential. It’s a British Crime drama. 

F called me around 5:30 today and said he was on his way back to the house. I asked if he’d join us for dinner and he said he wasn’t sure. When he got back to the house I was downstairs about to start some dishes. I suggested if he wasn’t too hungry to just have a little food with us and he said it was okay.

Tonight we had pizza! I had bought two pizzas at the store on Tuesday night and a big salad. Last night I bought a cooked chicken breast, so I sliced that up. We had those things with some leftovers from last night. It was nice and it was also good to have all of us at the table again. 

I took the dishes off to the kitchen to wash and K went to bed quite early. When I finished, I went upstairs to change and relax a little. F and I went out. 

First we walked to the nearby shrine. Today was my mother’s birthday and I wanted to do something to show I remembered. I also wanted to commemorate 9/11. It happened just before we got married so we had that hanging over our happy times. Sad to say, but I’m almost glad that my sister didn’t come as she would likely have been stuck on a plane in Vancouver with her then very young daughter.

We came back to the car and then drove to the convenience store. A few days ago I bought us ice cream and they had a special offer that a few days later we could come back and get another ice cream for free, but it had to be a specific type of ice cream! The store had one of the kind we could get for free. The clerk did look for another one, but they didn’t have any! So, F bought one ice cream and we got one for free!

We came back to the house and went upstairs. F basically went to bed soon after he ate his ice cream. I decided that I’d watch a movie. I ended up watching the newest Wuthering Heights with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Now that I’ve seen the whole thing I can confidently say that it was awful and I didn’t like it! It was over the top and they left out at least a third of the book. The costumes were made out of the wrong types of fabric. I liked the stars but I didn’t like the movie at all!

I turned off the TV when I finished, and watched a bit of YouTube. It’s now quite late so I really should get myself off to bed. 

I’m not completely sure what we’ll get up to tomorrow. I’m hoping that we’ll undertake a journey with Matt Damon but you never know. Come back later if you like and hear all about our Odyssey. Until tomorrow…. 

September 9, 2026

Wednesday - Cloudy and cooler, some rain

I woke up this morning when my alarm went off but stayed in bed for an extra 15 minutes! I got up and went downstairs. I came back to the room a few minutes later. I sorted out my clothes for later and then I went back to bed. I watched videos and snoozed a little bit. 

I got up later, dressed and went downstairs. I took my breakfast out of the fridge and brought it upstairs. After a few minutes I had breakfast and then watched a lot of YouTube!

I had a quiet afternoon today, I watched some YouTube. I did go downstairs a little early for lunch today so I had enough time to actually watch an episode of TV before the news. I put on Matlock. It was okay. One of the regular cast members left which I thought was odd. 

F called after the news and said he was on his way back. I went downstairs after changing and got started on the dishes downstairs. F arrived soon after. 

I asked F if he was going to eat dinner with us but he said that he couldn’t eat again. Sigh. I had planned rather a nice meal so I was a tad upset by the whole thing. Tonight I did pork chops in the air fryer (okay, but I’m not sure I’ll try them again that way), salad, potato salad, cucumber pickle, sauteed mushrooms, and hash browns. It took quite a bit of effort to get the food on the table and it was just for K and I. I don’t particularly want to cook for my MIL, I don’t mind cooking for F and I with some food for her, but I’m not cooking for her. 

After dinner, I did the dishes and there were a lot. Then, I had to get stuck on the garbage as tomorrow is the burnable day. There was a lot. I had to bundle up all of K’s stuff too. Bleck. 

I went upstairs after I finished, I did say goodnight to K first. F was awake and we talked about what restaurant to go to on Monday night. It’s our anniversary and it’s quite a big one, so I want to celebrate it with him. We have plans, and there probably won’t be an update that night. 

I had some tea and then went downstairs to take a shower. That done, I came back upstairs and then watched Grey’s Anatomy. It was a good episode, but not too dramatic. 

And that’s about it for my night. Tomorrow I’m off downtown again to get my hair cut. I’m looking forward to it as it has become annoying again! If all goes well, I’ll catch the 11:40 bus downtown. Fingers crossed!

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

September 8, 2026

Tuesday - Rainy, humid and hot

I used a blanket on my bed last night and I didn’t wake up early in the morning. Yay for that. I did my usual thing of going downstairs and then coming back up to the room. When I came back up I sorted out my laundry for later. Then, back to bed for a longer snooze. I watched a couple of videos, but then fell asleep. 

When I got up I dressed and then took my laundry basket downstairs. Over the next couple of hours I went downstairs twice to get my laundry and I ate breakfast in the room. 

I grabbed my lunch around 3 and brought it upstairs. I had planned to watch Sewing Bee, but I couldn’t find a season I hadn’t already watched. Instead, I watched another episode of Modern Love. This one had Anne Hathaway in it as a woman who was bipolar. It was a good episode really. I enjoyed it. 

After lunch I watched the news and then some YouTube again. F called after 5:30 and a few minutes after that I went downstairs again.

I got started on dinner. Since we didn’t have rice for dinner tonight I decided that I’d use some of my bread for my lunch to fill in the space for rice. 

F came back a little later and he was bearing flowers. He’d bought some at work. He was too busy getting the flowers in water to give me a proper greeting. Then when he had finished with that, he told me that he wasn’t feeling great and was going upstairs. He didn’t want any dinner. Okay then. 

I had to continue with my dinner prep. Tonight I did chicken drumsticks with salad, potato salad, toast and butter and some Asian style cucumber salad. It was nice and K and I ate a lot of what was on the table! We didn’t finish the toast so when we were finished eating I took it upstairs for F to have. He said he liked it. 

When I finished the dishes I went upstairs and asked F if he felt well enough to take me out shopping tonight. He said he would. Yay. I changed my clothes and then went downstairs and we left. 

At the grocery store, F came in again. He was wanting to buy saké. I picked up a few things, including some pizza for Thursday night and some pork chops for tomorrow night. I just decided that I’m not going to ask F to make rice for the rest of the week. I don’t like eating it, and if he or his mother wants it, they can worry about it. I’m doing nice alternatives to rice. Tomorrow night is hash browns, and then the pizza on Thursday. Friday I’ll likely do my usual pasta and then I’m done for a few days. Hurray for that. 

After we went to the grocery store, I asked F if he would stop at the new 7-11. I wanted to put some money on my Suica card, the card I use to pay for my bus rides. It was getting a bit low. He obliged me. I also bought us some ice cream so that was nice.

We came back to the house and put away the groceries. I went upstairs with my ice cream and I ate mine right away. F waited for his as he had bought something for his dinner. He ate and then had the ice cream later!

At 11pm I watched Law & Order. It was okay. I’m still a bit meh on the way the show is. I should probably stop watching it and watch something I like on streaming. 

F went to bed and I think he’s sleeping, but I’m not sure. He isn’t sleeping that well. He sleeps before I go to bed and then wakes up when I come and doesn’t get more sleep. I try not to wake him up, but the house is noisy. 

Well, that’s about it for me for today. Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….

September 7, 2026

Monday - Cloudy and warm, humid

I woke up early this morning. F wasn’t in the room and I was probably cold. I went downstairs and then came back to the room. F came back to bed too, but his alarm went off at 7am and he had to get up. I did not!

I woke up later when my alarm went off, but I went back to sleep for a bit. I finally dragged myself out of bed a bit before 10am. I got dressed right away and had a little breakfast. I packed up my backpack and headed downstairs. I used the washroom quickly and then headed out of the house. Last week I left at the same time the bus was due, today, I left a few minutes earlier. I got there and a few minutes later the bus came back and picked me up. 

I took the bus “the long way” to the mall, but it got me there about 30 minutes before the next bus would have, so no worries. I went up to Daiso and did a little shopping, then downstairs to the grocery store. I did look at Pizza Hut Express for lunch, but sadly they don’t have the lunch special that I used to order, the one with very little tomato sauce. Instead, I went back to the bakery and had a few bready things. They were nice and I enjoyed them. When I finished, I left the mall proper and went to the bus station. I waited a few minutes for the bus to take me to Sanno Machi. 

I got off across from the main post office and crossed the street. I went into the post office and bought myself some stamps. The ladies working today were very nice and they seemed to understand me well enough. When I put my stamps away in my backpack, I decided to get my hat out as I still had to walk to the cinema. It was hidden in my backpack, so I yanked on it and the elastic cord on the hat snapped out of the bag and caught me on my finger. Oh my gosh, that was painful! It bruised immediately and over the rest of the day the bruise spread a bit. 

Just after it happened.

Later today

I walked over to the cinema and went in. I had a free movie coupon so I used that, and was able to see Obsession today. I really liked it. It was a horror movie, but a good one and it wasn’t as gross as I thought it could be. It just showed with some creativity and a good story, you don’t need to spend a fortune on a film. 

After the movie, I left the cinema and went back to the bus stop. I caught the bus back to the closest bus stop and then walked back to the bus. I was the last person on the bus so I hope it picked up more passengers later on.

At the house I came upstairs and relaxed. I had some tea and watched the news. F called at 5:30 and around 6 pm I went downstairs and started on dinner. 

Tonight I made hamburgers from scratch, cucumber pickle and steamed garlic okra. We also had salad and French Fries. It was a good dinner I think. I did the dishes after dinner and asked F to make rice for tomorrow. He refused and tried to get me to make it instead. I said no. I don’t like rice so _I_ don’t care if there is rice or not. Him and his mother might. 

I finished the dishes and then went upstairs and relaxed for a bit. I watched a lot of YouTube. Around 10:30 I went downstairs to take my shower. 

I came back upstairs to the room and decided to watch something from Apple TV. I ended up choosing Widow’s Bay. It was a spooky one and I quite enjoyed it. It actually seemed connected to the movie I saw today. 

Since midnight I’ve been back on YouTube and I’ve been getting my end of days thing done. I’ll be going to bed soon.

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

September 4, 2026

 Friday - Cloudy and cooler, some rain

I didn’t have a good night. F didn’t have a good night either. He tossed and turned a lot. I woke up around 6:30 because I was cold and I had to go downstairs. I came back to bed and managed another couple of hours of sleep. When I woke up next time, F was gone.

I got up and went downstairs, then came back to bed and watched videos for a couple of hours. I ended up getting up earlier than I had planned. I got dressed and went downstairs. I brought up my breakfast and ate in the room. 

It was cool enough today that I didn’t have to use the air conditioner at all. I used my fan a lot though. 

In the afternoon I sorted out my laundry and took my basket downstairs. I did two loads and hung it up in my room. I also wrote a couple of postcards for Postcrossing. I wrote one before lunch and one after lunch. 

I grabbed my lunch and brought it upstairs. I decided to watch an episode of Modern Love, which today had Dev Patel and Catherine Keener. It was a really nice one about lost loves. It is around 30 minutes per episode so sometimes that is better than an hour show of something else.

I watched the news and then scanned my cards and uploaded the pictures to the website. I waited but didn’t hear from F. I thought he’d get over himself before coming back, but I guess not. 

I went downstairs and washed the dishes. I texted F and he walked in the house about 5 seconds later. He was still in a mood. He said he didn’t want to eat with me but he did want me to cook for his mother. Or something. He grabbed something out of the fridge and suggested I cook it, but I told him that I had a different idea. He didn’t ask what it was. I left. He was going to cook something for himself and his mother I thought. 

I went upstairs and a few minutes later F came upstairs with a bowl of food. I asked him if he made something for his mother and he said no. Not a fan of that. He stuffs his face but doesn’t feed his mother. 

I went downstairs again and made some fried rice. I’ve never actually made it before and it turned out fairly well. I had some frozen gyoza in the freezer, so I heated those up too. K and I had a nice little feast of fried rice and gyoza. 

After our dinner I did the dishes and listened to my podcasts. When I finished, I went back upstairs. I turned off F’s light for him and went over to my computer. I watched a bit of YouTube and then after 10pm I went downstairs to take a shower. F was quite asleep. 

I was surprised to see K up and cooking something in the kitchen. Honestly, it’s a bit scary as she sometimes forgets to turn off the stove, but it looked like she made something with miso. I don’t know if she was hungry or if she was trying to use something up before it got thrown out. No worries. 

I showered and when I came out of the shower, K was gone, hopefully back to bed. It makes me a bit worried that F didn’t talk to her, I hope that he reminded her about her day service tomorrow.

I came up to the room and F was still asleep. I decided to watch something on my computer rather than on the TV. I can wear earphones on my computer. I settled on the first episode of the third season of Shrinking. It was really good, Michael J. Fox was in it. Harrison Ford is so good in this series. He is quite funny. 

After that, I went back to YouTube and doing my usual end of day things. I’m getting ready to go to bed soon. I’m hoping that F will cheer up and be a little nicer tomorrow. If he isn’t, I’ll take myself out for a couple of hours, buy myself some lunch and maybe something for dinner if necessary. 

Anyway, come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….