Sunday - Rainy and coldish
I went to bed very late last night, so slept in again today. I woke up once, but F wasn’t around. I assumed he’d gone downstairs for a quick trip so fell back asleep. I woke up an hour later but he was still gone! This time, I went downstairs and he was in the living room with his mother. I came back upstairs, then eventually got back into bed. F came back upstairs and we had a PG-12 snuggle. We talked about places to have lunch and finally I suggested a nearby restaurant that isn’t very budget. F agreed, so we drove off there.
When we got there, the restaurant was closed so we missed their last order. He pulled into a grocery store parking lot and did a Google search and then we headed off. He didn’t really tell me much about where he was taking me. We ended up very near our old apartment (sob!) at a restaurant we’d walked and driven past often, but had never gone into. We were able to get a table despite not booking anything and had our lunch. F had a mentaiko cream spaghetti and I had carbonara. He liked his spaghetti and I didn’t like mine. It didn’t taste like carbonara should taste. I’m pretty sure it came out of a packet, and not a good one! We also had dessert and iced tea. The dessert, a chocola cake, was lovely. I paid because we discovered before we went in that F hadn’t brought his wallet!
We went back to the house to get his wallet, and then we headed out again to Tokai, the yarn store. I bought a bit more yarn for the blanket I’m making. It doesn’t have the same dye lot, but hopefully the stripes will stop people from noticing. I also renewed my membership there. F’s JAF (Auto Club membership) card meant I didn’t have to pay for it. Woot! I did have to pay for the yarn though, but got a discount for being a member.
After that, we didn’t really have anywhere to go, so we ended up driving out to Mikawa to the mall. We bought socks in the men’s department and then toddled along the mall to Doutors and had a couple of teas. I had rooibos, F had a Royal Milk Tea.
We came back into Tsuruoka after this. We talked about dinner along the way and nearly got into an argument again. I had suggested taking his mother out since she doesn’t go out much, but he wanted bentos. Then he suggested ordering in sushi. That would be okay, but from where? I reminded F that I had a discount coupon from his favourite place so we used that. F ordered some bentos and about an hour later they arrived.
Dinner was really good, but it was big too. I had chicken cutlet and sushi. It came with soup and a chawanmushi, F and K had sushi plus tempura and soba. K gave some of hers to F.
F did the dishes and got a bit shirty with me so I left the kitchen. I usually do them all and they aren’t much fun to do so I wanted to help. Oh well then.
F didn’t come back up, so I went downstairs after a bit and reminded him we still needed groceries. It was well after 9 pm and one of the places we go closes at 10.
We ended up going to MaxValu for our shopping. It is open all night, so that was fine, but it is a bit of a barn. While we were in the store, I started to feel really odd. I don’t think it was a panic attack, but it might have been close. I felt like something was wrong and that I might, not pass out exactly, but start hyperventilating or something. I said to F at one point that I wasn’t angry with him, but I was feeling really odd, so not to get angry with me if I acted strangely. He just looked at me.
We finished up our shopping and checked out. Now, lately, F has been using the self-check out and I hate it! At least today he did give me the bag of onions first as it was the heaviest thing, but he’s been known to load me up with light fragile things and then give me the heavy things to put on top of them! He misses the bar codes on things, he gets too close to the scanner…it is quite funny, except it isn’t. I am not much help as he does it all in Japanese. Yes, the machine has an English button, but it isn’t easier for him!
Anyway, we headed out to the car and I was greatly relieved that I managed to hold things together until I was out of the store.
We made a brief stop on the way to the house to pay the internet bill (F cannot understand why I want to make sure it is paid early!) and then came back here. We put away the groceries and then came upstairs. I filled up the kerosene tank and then took a shower, F took one later too. He wanted to watch TV up here tonight but I’m afraid that I discouraged it a bit. I said it was okay, but he went downstairs to watch it and then take his shower. And that’s it. That was my day today.
It was okay for most of it, but the evening was a bit strange. Hmm.
Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….
