Monday - Sunny and warm.
I had a good if quiet day today. I got up on time, but then went back to bed for a while. I wasn't feeling well yesterday and I think the extra sleep let me knock whatever it was out of my system. Yay.
When I did get up, I checked email and all that kind of stuff, and also watched my TV from the weekend. Most of it was good. I really just had a quiet day at home.
F was home late tonight and I offered to make dinner if he would go to the store and get me some salad. I was planning to make pasta, so a side salad would be a nice addition. He came back 15 minutes later with gyoza, ham and fuki. No salad. I sent him back to the store for salad. He came back with ice cream and....salad. Yay!
Dinner was quite good. The ham he'd brought went well with the pasta, I didn't have any gyoza or fuki though. I baked a couple of eggplants in a more western way, and they were really good, although didn't finish in time for the main part of the meal. We had fettucini with garlic alfredo sauce as the main dish. It was quite nice, and F did the dishes which was sweet as there were a lot tonight.
In the evening he turned on the TV and found "Something's Gotta Give". We watched it and it wasn't bad. I had dismissed it when it first came out due to my intense dislike of Jack Nicholson, but the movie grew on me. I still think she should have ended up with Keanu Reeves, but hey, Hollywood has the fantasy that all women fall in love with Jack. Not all women though.
And that's about my day. Tomorrow I'm back to work, I have two classes so I'll have to get organized before I leave for work! Wish me luck with that. Night!
Showing posts with label May 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May 2010. Show all posts
May 2010 Movies
In May I only saw two movies at the theater. I liked one, disliked the other. What was your opinion of these two?
- 12) Green Zone - Matt Damon, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan (May 15, 2010)
The story of a soldier trying to find the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq just after the country was invaded. The power shifts constantly and he must try to stay alive in a war zone. It's a good film, but uses the "shakycam" technique a lot, which may not work for some people. It also moves so fast that there is little time to care about the characters. A noble attempt that didn't quite succeed.
- 11) Alice in Wonderland - Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter (May 5, 2010)
The characters from the Lewis Caroll books are placed in a story that has very little to do with the original books. It's a bit like Tim Burton read the Wikipedia version of Through The Looking Glass, a long time ago. It's a beautiful looking movie but sadly there is nothing below the surface. Not recommended, even for fans. Vapid.
May 30, 2010
Sunday - Warm and sunny - Finally!
A nice day. I set my alarm for 11 but didn't get out of bed for a while after that. I did notice that F was watching Airplane! when I woke up and that helped wake me up. We watched the movie and then went out for brunch. We went somewhere different for us, Pizza Hut. We had a crispy crust, half and half pizza and it was good. We had half shrimp and crab and half Sicilian which was basically meat sauce and eggplant. It was F's suggestion and I was surprised because he normally doesn't think of pizza.
We did a bit of errand running and shopping in the afternoon. We went to Yamaya for some decaff and ended up with a few other things, renewed my membership at the craft store, and went to the hardware store to get more dog food for Gombei, F's dog (that lives with his mum).
After that, we drove out to the beach, taking a big detour through the port that we go fishing at. Finally we stopped and went for a walk on the beach. That was really nice. It was about 5 pm and still sunny. The tide was coming in, and we didn't go in the water, although I wished we could have.
We drove home from the beach and came into our apartment for a while. I went and had a half nap on my bed. I woke up this morning with a cold and I really hadn't planned to go traipsing all over Tsuruoka today. After a while we decided to go out for dinner. We just went to Kintaro sushi tonight, nothing too fancy. It was good though. When we finished, F dropped me off at home and he delivered the dog food to his mother's house.
He came back and we watched the old Arnie movie Red Bull. If I remember correctly, it was Red Heat in Canada. It was dumb, but okay. That was about it for our evening. We spent a little time together, F took his bath, and has now gone to bed. He's back at work tomorrow. I hope to be able to get over this stupid stuffed up nose tomorrow. Wish me luck with that! Night.
A nice day. I set my alarm for 11 but didn't get out of bed for a while after that. I did notice that F was watching Airplane! when I woke up and that helped wake me up. We watched the movie and then went out for brunch. We went somewhere different for us, Pizza Hut. We had a crispy crust, half and half pizza and it was good. We had half shrimp and crab and half Sicilian which was basically meat sauce and eggplant. It was F's suggestion and I was surprised because he normally doesn't think of pizza.
We did a bit of errand running and shopping in the afternoon. We went to Yamaya for some decaff and ended up with a few other things, renewed my membership at the craft store, and went to the hardware store to get more dog food for Gombei, F's dog (that lives with his mum).
After that, we drove out to the beach, taking a big detour through the port that we go fishing at. Finally we stopped and went for a walk on the beach. That was really nice. It was about 5 pm and still sunny. The tide was coming in, and we didn't go in the water, although I wished we could have.
We drove home from the beach and came into our apartment for a while. I went and had a half nap on my bed. I woke up this morning with a cold and I really hadn't planned to go traipsing all over Tsuruoka today. After a while we decided to go out for dinner. We just went to Kintaro sushi tonight, nothing too fancy. It was good though. When we finished, F dropped me off at home and he delivered the dog food to his mother's house.
He came back and we watched the old Arnie movie Red Bull. If I remember correctly, it was Red Heat in Canada. It was dumb, but okay. That was about it for our evening. We spent a little time together, F took his bath, and has now gone to bed. He's back at work tomorrow. I hope to be able to get over this stupid stuffed up nose tomorrow. Wish me luck with that! Night.
May 29, 2010
Saturday - Cloudy and still a bit cool.
A good and bad day. Bad because a woman from my AFWJ group lost her fight with cancer today. Although I didn't know her personally, I have heard some wonderful stories about her. I know that many members in the Tokyo area are missing her tonight.
I got up this morning and watched the news. I made hubby let me have half of the couch and I enjoyed watching. I made the bed, showered and did some computer work.
At 11 we headed over to the dental office. Since I was a new patient for her, I had to fill out a form. We were both surprised that she had an English form. I think it was probably one for tourists but it did the job and was a nice touch, as was being shown into her consultation room to fill in the form. This new clinic was very nice and much more private than my last dentist here. I spent the next two hours there. I was shocked actually, I didn't think it would take that long! I was X-rayed, photographed, had my bottom teeth cleaned, moulds made of my teeth, the whole works. I'm going back next week for the bridgework stuff to begin. Scary.
We had a nice lunch afterwards at Grado. I had chicken, F had steak. His was very small, but looked nice. Afterwards the waitress gave us a piece of tart to say thanks for all of the newspapers we have given them. Free stuff is always good.
F dropped me off at my school after that, and I got busy. Or not. Actually, not really. I read the newspaper, did a bit of preview work and that's about it. I didn't expect my student to come. She called at 4 and said she'd be half an hour late, was it okay to come anyway? Of course, it was her time, so she was welcome anytime. When she came, we discussed her schedule for the next few weeks. She's going to be so very busy. I gave her some homework to read before Tuesday and sent her on her way.
I checked over my last lesson plan, cued the tape, and did some paperwork. When the student came we had a good lesson. It was a little difficult today because we were giving directions. I've found that people who don't drive, like my student and I, have problems giving directions. It was true today!
After class I finished up and then called F. He didn't answer the phone. I left a message. A few minutes later he called back. He'd been sleeping and when the phone rang, he'd dropped it and the room was dark so he couldn't find the phone! He picked me up and we went out. The plan was dinner and then karaoke, but what to eat? I originally suggested Mosburgers, then saw a sign for Coco Ichibanya Curry so we went there instead. It was quite nice. I got mine with less rice and regular heat.
We went to karaoke and had a great old time. We didn't get our usual sound system, but that was fine. It meant we had different songs to choose from. The only bad thing was that we had a Japanese style room and had to sit on the floor. It gave singing "Friends in Low Places" a whole other meaning! I had 3 Adam Lambert song options, so I did two of them. Yay. For Your Entertainment was really hard. I'll need to practice that one. I ended the evening with a k.d. lang song, Hallelujah, the one she did at the Olympics. It was interesting to sing. The song has such odd phrasing (Leonard Cohen and all). I also made it through Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, which is insanely weird!
It was after midnight before we started home. We got home just in time to watch House. It wasn't as good as usual, but still, Hugh Laurie is Hugh Laurie. I just watched Top Gear tonight too, and the guest star was another Hugh, Hugh Grant. He was quite rude, but very funny.
Anyway, that's it for me tonight. I'm thinking about the family of the lady that died, and her friends. She had so many. I didn't know her, but tonight I'm going to hug my husband a little bit tighter and a little bit longer.
Farewell.
A good and bad day. Bad because a woman from my AFWJ group lost her fight with cancer today. Although I didn't know her personally, I have heard some wonderful stories about her. I know that many members in the Tokyo area are missing her tonight.
I got up this morning and watched the news. I made hubby let me have half of the couch and I enjoyed watching. I made the bed, showered and did some computer work.
At 11 we headed over to the dental office. Since I was a new patient for her, I had to fill out a form. We were both surprised that she had an English form. I think it was probably one for tourists but it did the job and was a nice touch, as was being shown into her consultation room to fill in the form. This new clinic was very nice and much more private than my last dentist here. I spent the next two hours there. I was shocked actually, I didn't think it would take that long! I was X-rayed, photographed, had my bottom teeth cleaned, moulds made of my teeth, the whole works. I'm going back next week for the bridgework stuff to begin. Scary.
We had a nice lunch afterwards at Grado. I had chicken, F had steak. His was very small, but looked nice. Afterwards the waitress gave us a piece of tart to say thanks for all of the newspapers we have given them. Free stuff is always good.
F dropped me off at my school after that, and I got busy. Or not. Actually, not really. I read the newspaper, did a bit of preview work and that's about it. I didn't expect my student to come. She called at 4 and said she'd be half an hour late, was it okay to come anyway? Of course, it was her time, so she was welcome anytime. When she came, we discussed her schedule for the next few weeks. She's going to be so very busy. I gave her some homework to read before Tuesday and sent her on her way.
I checked over my last lesson plan, cued the tape, and did some paperwork. When the student came we had a good lesson. It was a little difficult today because we were giving directions. I've found that people who don't drive, like my student and I, have problems giving directions. It was true today!
After class I finished up and then called F. He didn't answer the phone. I left a message. A few minutes later he called back. He'd been sleeping and when the phone rang, he'd dropped it and the room was dark so he couldn't find the phone! He picked me up and we went out. The plan was dinner and then karaoke, but what to eat? I originally suggested Mosburgers, then saw a sign for Coco Ichibanya Curry so we went there instead. It was quite nice. I got mine with less rice and regular heat.
We went to karaoke and had a great old time. We didn't get our usual sound system, but that was fine. It meant we had different songs to choose from. The only bad thing was that we had a Japanese style room and had to sit on the floor. It gave singing "Friends in Low Places" a whole other meaning! I had 3 Adam Lambert song options, so I did two of them. Yay. For Your Entertainment was really hard. I'll need to practice that one. I ended the evening with a k.d. lang song, Hallelujah, the one she did at the Olympics. It was interesting to sing. The song has such odd phrasing (Leonard Cohen and all). I also made it through Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, which is insanely weird!
It was after midnight before we started home. We got home just in time to watch House. It wasn't as good as usual, but still, Hugh Laurie is Hugh Laurie. I just watched Top Gear tonight too, and the guest star was another Hugh, Hugh Grant. He was quite rude, but very funny.
Anyway, that's it for me tonight. I'm thinking about the family of the lady that died, and her friends. She had so many. I didn't know her, but tonight I'm going to hug my husband a little bit tighter and a little bit longer.
Farewell.
May 28, 2010
Friday - Rainy.
I had an okay day. I got up early and then wanted to go back to bed, but somehow never did. That's probably a good thing! There wasn't any news of course - baseball. I wrapped up a book that had been mooched yesterday so that I could mail it off.
After a bit of computer time I went out to the post office and mailed the book. The post office lady thought I was mailing it to Canada, but really I said Kanagawa! We had a little chuckle about that.
I went to a convenience store afterwards and picked up a few things for my lunch. I came home and then ate and watched Grey's Anatomy. Yes it was an old one, and yes it was silly, but I liked it anyway. Orange CSI followed and I watched it too.
At 4 pm I set the VCR to tape a movie and then went into the entrance of our apartment building and did the sweeping. I went up to the second floor and started there. I did quite a thorough job and was surprised how much dirt there was. I did it either last week or the week before. Hopefully our time will be up on Tuesday.
F came home around 6 and we decided to go out for coffee. Our first choice didn't have any parking, so we went to S-Mall and had Royal Milk Tea and cheese toast. We had a look around the grocery store and then came home.
I made dinner tonight and it was good. It was in two parts but I can't claim credit for the first part. Yesterday my student gave me some of her homemade gumbo, so I heated it up tonight. It was so good! F really liked it and I think he wants me to get the recipe! After we ate the soup, I cooked the stirfry. Tonight I did a beef and veggie stirfry and it was very good too. Yay! There's a little bit leftover which might make a nice omelette filling.
F did the dishes and we settled in for a nice evening together. We watched Ramen Girl, the movie I had taped earlier. We watched it before dinner and then after too. It was okay. I didn't understand a lot of it which helped me understand how the lead character felt. I didn't think it was great movie though. After the movie, we watched Wednesday's Desperate Housewives. That was fun of course.
The rest of the evening passed quickly but for some reason F found Lost on TV so I commandeered the TV and watched the episode. It was an old one, but I'm not fussy. I haven't seen that much of Lost so it didn't matter to me.
Anyhoo, things are winding down. F went to bed a few minutes ago, I should follow soon. Tomorrow I have two classes and a dental appointment at a new place. I hope it goes well. I might not update tomorrow if I'm out really late. There's a chance we might be! Night.
I had an okay day. I got up early and then wanted to go back to bed, but somehow never did. That's probably a good thing! There wasn't any news of course - baseball. I wrapped up a book that had been mooched yesterday so that I could mail it off.
After a bit of computer time I went out to the post office and mailed the book. The post office lady thought I was mailing it to Canada, but really I said Kanagawa! We had a little chuckle about that.
I went to a convenience store afterwards and picked up a few things for my lunch. I came home and then ate and watched Grey's Anatomy. Yes it was an old one, and yes it was silly, but I liked it anyway. Orange CSI followed and I watched it too.
At 4 pm I set the VCR to tape a movie and then went into the entrance of our apartment building and did the sweeping. I went up to the second floor and started there. I did quite a thorough job and was surprised how much dirt there was. I did it either last week or the week before. Hopefully our time will be up on Tuesday.
F came home around 6 and we decided to go out for coffee. Our first choice didn't have any parking, so we went to S-Mall and had Royal Milk Tea and cheese toast. We had a look around the grocery store and then came home.
I made dinner tonight and it was good. It was in two parts but I can't claim credit for the first part. Yesterday my student gave me some of her homemade gumbo, so I heated it up tonight. It was so good! F really liked it and I think he wants me to get the recipe! After we ate the soup, I cooked the stirfry. Tonight I did a beef and veggie stirfry and it was very good too. Yay! There's a little bit leftover which might make a nice omelette filling.
F did the dishes and we settled in for a nice evening together. We watched Ramen Girl, the movie I had taped earlier. We watched it before dinner and then after too. It was okay. I didn't understand a lot of it which helped me understand how the lead character felt. I didn't think it was great movie though. After the movie, we watched Wednesday's Desperate Housewives. That was fun of course.
The rest of the evening passed quickly but for some reason F found Lost on TV so I commandeered the TV and watched the episode. It was an old one, but I'm not fussy. I haven't seen that much of Lost so it didn't matter to me.
Anyhoo, things are winding down. F went to bed a few minutes ago, I should follow soon. Tomorrow I have two classes and a dental appointment at a new place. I hope it goes well. I might not update tomorrow if I'm out really late. There's a chance we might be! Night.
May 27, 2010
Thursday - Rainy and cool.
An okay day today. I got up at a reasonable time, but there wasn't any news on at all, just baseball. Yuck. I do wish the TV channels here didn't broadcast quite so much baseball. Or football. Or golf. I quite like soccer, even though I don't follow it that much anymore, and I like sumo when I actually watch it.
Anyhoo, did a bunch of laundry this afternoon. I did two loads and I may have to do more tomorrow. I still have a full laundry basket full. Sigh. That's what happens when you rediscover a couple of drawers full of clothes!
I had my lunch and then headed over to my school. I had a good ride, even though it was wet out. My hair got a little wet, but it wasn't as wet as I would have thought. At my school, I took off my cape and hung it in the shower to drip.
My first student came on time and we had a pretty good class. I gave him a review of phonic blends before we did the spelling test and it seemed to help a bit. The only problem? He can't distinguish between "L" and "R". So stereotypical, but true in his case. Still, he tried really hard.
I had a break and then it was time for my other class. My student had a surprise for me. She had brought me some of her homemade gumbo. Wow! I think I have it earmarked for lunch tomorrow. We had a good class and finally managed to finish the unit. Yes! We did have a surprise early on. My cell phone rang in class. I was really surprised because I thought I'd turned on the signal block, but I guess I didn't. It was F telling me that he was finished work. I told him that I'd call him back after class. I leave a schedule book for him at home so that he knows when my classes are, but I think he was still at work.
After class I called hub back to make sure there were no problems, then finished up my work. Hurray. Around 9 I gave him a call and he came to get me. We had dinner at Cocos tonight and it was nice. I had their new dish, a hamburger steak with peppercorns. It was supposed to be really spicy, but I didn't feel the heat! I told F the salad was spicier.
We came home via the grocery store. I'm going to make dinner tomorrow night. It'll just be a stirfry and if F doesn't eat it this time I'm probably going to go on strike for another couple of months. At one point he picked up some weird Japanese vegetable that he said could go in the stirfry but I wasn't too impressed. I've no idea how to cook/slice it and I don't know what it tastes like, so I don't think so!
F went straight to the room when we got home and was lying on the bed when I offered some Chai Milk Tea. He came out and had a cup and a nice chocolate and then said he was going to bed. Sigh. He's so tired these days and the weather is not helping his back situation. I feel a bit lonely as I barely see him anymore.
I watched ER and then turned off the TV. I'm now listening to Adam Lambert and drinking some of my delish White Peach Oolong Tea that I brought back from Canada last year.
It was a nice day today. I hope tomorrow will be good too. I have a Bookmooch that I have to send out (except my envelopes have mysteriously gone missing). I think I'll be MacGyvering a wrapping for them. I do have a page of an old calendar that I think I can use. Hey, it's recycling, right? On that note...adieu. Night!
An okay day today. I got up at a reasonable time, but there wasn't any news on at all, just baseball. Yuck. I do wish the TV channels here didn't broadcast quite so much baseball. Or football. Or golf. I quite like soccer, even though I don't follow it that much anymore, and I like sumo when I actually watch it.
Anyhoo, did a bunch of laundry this afternoon. I did two loads and I may have to do more tomorrow. I still have a full laundry basket full. Sigh. That's what happens when you rediscover a couple of drawers full of clothes!
I had my lunch and then headed over to my school. I had a good ride, even though it was wet out. My hair got a little wet, but it wasn't as wet as I would have thought. At my school, I took off my cape and hung it in the shower to drip.
My first student came on time and we had a pretty good class. I gave him a review of phonic blends before we did the spelling test and it seemed to help a bit. The only problem? He can't distinguish between "L" and "R". So stereotypical, but true in his case. Still, he tried really hard.
I had a break and then it was time for my other class. My student had a surprise for me. She had brought me some of her homemade gumbo. Wow! I think I have it earmarked for lunch tomorrow. We had a good class and finally managed to finish the unit. Yes! We did have a surprise early on. My cell phone rang in class. I was really surprised because I thought I'd turned on the signal block, but I guess I didn't. It was F telling me that he was finished work. I told him that I'd call him back after class. I leave a schedule book for him at home so that he knows when my classes are, but I think he was still at work.
After class I called hub back to make sure there were no problems, then finished up my work. Hurray. Around 9 I gave him a call and he came to get me. We had dinner at Cocos tonight and it was nice. I had their new dish, a hamburger steak with peppercorns. It was supposed to be really spicy, but I didn't feel the heat! I told F the salad was spicier.
We came home via the grocery store. I'm going to make dinner tomorrow night. It'll just be a stirfry and if F doesn't eat it this time I'm probably going to go on strike for another couple of months. At one point he picked up some weird Japanese vegetable that he said could go in the stirfry but I wasn't too impressed. I've no idea how to cook/slice it and I don't know what it tastes like, so I don't think so!
F went straight to the room when we got home and was lying on the bed when I offered some Chai Milk Tea. He came out and had a cup and a nice chocolate and then said he was going to bed. Sigh. He's so tired these days and the weather is not helping his back situation. I feel a bit lonely as I barely see him anymore.
I watched ER and then turned off the TV. I'm now listening to Adam Lambert and drinking some of my delish White Peach Oolong Tea that I brought back from Canada last year.
It was a nice day today. I hope tomorrow will be good too. I have a Bookmooch that I have to send out (except my envelopes have mysteriously gone missing). I think I'll be MacGyvering a wrapping for them. I do have a page of an old calendar that I think I can use. Hey, it's recycling, right? On that note...adieu. Night!
May 26, 2010
Wednesday - Rainy, then clearing later on.
I got up at a reasonable time this morning, but when I looked outside it was pouring. Sigh. My foot was also a bit sore so I decided that I'd stay home after all. I'm a bit sad, but it's okay.
I spent a quiet day at home. I did a bit of vacuuming but other than that relaxed.
F came home a little after 7 and we went for dinner soon after. He wanted to go to a Japanese place so I said it was okay. It wasn't really. The place we went wasn't horrible, but there was a fish soup tonight. I couldn't eat the fish in the soup. It smelt weird to me. Ironically I also had some sushi and that was fine. I had a bit of soba and some tempura too.
After the restaurant we made a quick stop by my school. I wanted to see how everything was. It looked fine, so I grabbed the flyers from the door and put them inside. We came home and F disappeared into the bedroom. I tried to wake him up for Desperate Housewives, but he said no. I suggested that he change into his pyjamas, so he did that a bit later. I haven't seen him since.
I made myself a cup of tea and watched about 3 episodes of The Big Bang Theory. That show just cracks me up. I'm not into physics at all, but I've known people like Sheldon and Leonard in my past!
That's about it for me for today. It really was a quiet day. I'm sorry that I didn't make it out to the big mall, but I might be able to go out there next week. I've enjoyed my long break from teaching, but on the other hand, I'm looking forward to seeing students again.
I'll catch you tomorrow. Night!
I got up at a reasonable time this morning, but when I looked outside it was pouring. Sigh. My foot was also a bit sore so I decided that I'd stay home after all. I'm a bit sad, but it's okay.
I spent a quiet day at home. I did a bit of vacuuming but other than that relaxed.
F came home a little after 7 and we went for dinner soon after. He wanted to go to a Japanese place so I said it was okay. It wasn't really. The place we went wasn't horrible, but there was a fish soup tonight. I couldn't eat the fish in the soup. It smelt weird to me. Ironically I also had some sushi and that was fine. I had a bit of soba and some tempura too.
After the restaurant we made a quick stop by my school. I wanted to see how everything was. It looked fine, so I grabbed the flyers from the door and put them inside. We came home and F disappeared into the bedroom. I tried to wake him up for Desperate Housewives, but he said no. I suggested that he change into his pyjamas, so he did that a bit later. I haven't seen him since.
I made myself a cup of tea and watched about 3 episodes of The Big Bang Theory. That show just cracks me up. I'm not into physics at all, but I've known people like Sheldon and Leonard in my past!
That's about it for me for today. It really was a quiet day. I'm sorry that I didn't make it out to the big mall, but I might be able to go out there next week. I've enjoyed my long break from teaching, but on the other hand, I'm looking forward to seeing students again.
I'll catch you tomorrow. Night!
May 25, 2010
Tuesday - Cloudy, with rain later on.
A good day. I got up, watched the news and took a shower early on. Yay me. I did my computer stuff and watched a bit of TV. Last night I had taped Purple Rain, so I watched His Royal Purpleness and just enjoyed myself. There were a few thing I didn't like about the movie...but overall, I thought it was worth re-watching after all these years..
After a while I decided to go out. I biked off to the mall and had lunch. I took my book and read quite a bit over lunch. After lunch, I hit up the hundred yen shop. I wanted some of those blotting papers to soak up the oil on my face. In summer I'm forever having to clean my glasses and I hope to slow it down a bit.
When I had bought my stuff in Daiso, I browsed the DVD store but didn't buy anything. I did note that Gran Torino is out for about 1500yen which seems really cheap. F may be getting that for an anniversary present, you never know! (Shh! Don't tell him.)
I had a glass of iced tea at Doutors and read more of my book. I'm quite enjoying it. The one beef that I have with it is the author, Christopher Paolini keeps using "dove" as the past tense of dive. I realize that English is going to Hell in a handbasket, but when I learned to write, dived was correct. I'm trying not to let it spoil my enjoyment of the novel. May not succeed! It depends how many times the dragon dives in the rest of the novel.
I came home and once again have to marvel at the stupidity of teenagers here. If a sidewalk is narrow enough that I walk down it perhaps you shouldn't try to ride your bike past me.
F came home less than an hour later and we had a bit of a cuddle before he took himself off for a nap. Around 8 I started working on the veggies for dinner. I cut up some asparagus, onions, eggplant, mushrooms and enoki for our yakiniku. F came out of the bedroom when I called him and we ate. I was stuffed afterwards. Dinner was great though. I enjoyed the veggie selection that we used. The asparagus was mostly nice, I got a couple of woody bits, but apart from that, yum. The plain old mushrooms were super. I didn't miss having any cabbage or the more traditional veggies for yakiniku. F did the dishes, bless him. There weren't that many anyway.
At 11 we rewatched (in my case) the finale of So You Think You Can Dance. F had missed some of it before so he enjoyed it a lot this time.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow I'm thinking that if the weather is decent I might take the bus out to the big mall and go and see a movie or something. The movies are all ¥1000 tomorrow as it's Ladies Day at the theater. Not sure. I may have overdone it on my foot today and as I'd have to walk to S-Mall to get to the bus stop it depends how I feel tomorrow. Still, I haven't gone shopping by myself in months and I'd really like to go.
Catch me tomorrow night and find out! Night.
A good day. I got up, watched the news and took a shower early on. Yay me. I did my computer stuff and watched a bit of TV. Last night I had taped Purple Rain, so I watched His Royal Purpleness and just enjoyed myself. There were a few thing I didn't like about the movie...but overall, I thought it was worth re-watching after all these years..
After a while I decided to go out. I biked off to the mall and had lunch. I took my book and read quite a bit over lunch. After lunch, I hit up the hundred yen shop. I wanted some of those blotting papers to soak up the oil on my face. In summer I'm forever having to clean my glasses and I hope to slow it down a bit.
When I had bought my stuff in Daiso, I browsed the DVD store but didn't buy anything. I did note that Gran Torino is out for about 1500yen which seems really cheap. F may be getting that for an anniversary present, you never know! (Shh! Don't tell him.)
I had a glass of iced tea at Doutors and read more of my book. I'm quite enjoying it. The one beef that I have with it is the author, Christopher Paolini keeps using "dove" as the past tense of dive. I realize that English is going to Hell in a handbasket, but when I learned to write, dived was correct. I'm trying not to let it spoil my enjoyment of the novel. May not succeed! It depends how many times the dragon dives in the rest of the novel.
I came home and once again have to marvel at the stupidity of teenagers here. If a sidewalk is narrow enough that I walk down it perhaps you shouldn't try to ride your bike past me.
F came home less than an hour later and we had a bit of a cuddle before he took himself off for a nap. Around 8 I started working on the veggies for dinner. I cut up some asparagus, onions, eggplant, mushrooms and enoki for our yakiniku. F came out of the bedroom when I called him and we ate. I was stuffed afterwards. Dinner was great though. I enjoyed the veggie selection that we used. The asparagus was mostly nice, I got a couple of woody bits, but apart from that, yum. The plain old mushrooms were super. I didn't miss having any cabbage or the more traditional veggies for yakiniku. F did the dishes, bless him. There weren't that many anyway.
At 11 we rewatched (in my case) the finale of So You Think You Can Dance. F had missed some of it before so he enjoyed it a lot this time.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow I'm thinking that if the weather is decent I might take the bus out to the big mall and go and see a movie or something. The movies are all ¥1000 tomorrow as it's Ladies Day at the theater. Not sure. I may have overdone it on my foot today and as I'd have to walk to S-Mall to get to the bus stop it depends how I feel tomorrow. Still, I haven't gone shopping by myself in months and I'd really like to go.
Catch me tomorrow night and find out! Night.
May 24, 2010
Monday - Torrential rain.
Had a horrible morning where I couldn't get out of bed to save my life. Good thing there were no earthquakes or fires! Ahem. Anyway, I got up, made the bed and got dressed finally.
I watched some of the weekend TV I'd taped. Enjoyed most of it, and did some dusting for the hubster as I had said I would. In the later afternoon I watched a really dumb movie and shredded some papers. I've decided I want to get a better shredder than my little hand cranked one.
F came home around 7 and was a little odd. He barely even said hello to me, and did his "I'm searching frantically for something" routine. When I finally was able to understand what he was on about, I helped him find it. When he came home he told me he had a bad headache. The weird thing is that I did too. In fact, he was disturbing me so much with his searching techniques that I went into the bedroom and closed the door. It was much better in the dark and quieter room. I ended up taking a couple of Bufferin just to get rid of the headache.
We had dinner at Cafe Framboise tonight and it was very nice. I had steak and F had their Japanese set meal, so we were both pleased. I wish there were more restaurants that he liked that had both Western style and Japanese food. Lately it seems like most of our "disagreements" are about food.
We hit a drugstore on the way home and then a grocery store. At the grocery store we decided to have yakiniku tomorrow night, but thought that maybe the price would go down later on. We didn't buy the meat then. We came home and vegged for a while.
F went and had a nap on the bed and I thought he was out for the count, so I started watching The Big Bang Theory. Then he started talking about going out! Grr. I told him he had to wait until I was finished. We did go back to the grocery store, but the meat hadn't been marked down. We bought it anyway! It was still cheaper than a restaurant's.
We came home and had some decaf and bagels. The bagels were on the point of going stale so it was time. F watched something on South Africa and Nelson Mandela, and I ignored him and the TV. I had planned to watch Purple Rain tonight, but I taped it for tomorrow instead. I don't think he'd approve of it somehow. It's been years since I saw it.
And that's about it really. It was an okay day, just a bit stuck in the apartment because of the rain. Hopefully I'll get out of the apartment tomorrow, even if it rains! Wish me luck with that. Night.
Had a horrible morning where I couldn't get out of bed to save my life. Good thing there were no earthquakes or fires! Ahem. Anyway, I got up, made the bed and got dressed finally.
I watched some of the weekend TV I'd taped. Enjoyed most of it, and did some dusting for the hubster as I had said I would. In the later afternoon I watched a really dumb movie and shredded some papers. I've decided I want to get a better shredder than my little hand cranked one.
F came home around 7 and was a little odd. He barely even said hello to me, and did his "I'm searching frantically for something" routine. When I finally was able to understand what he was on about, I helped him find it. When he came home he told me he had a bad headache. The weird thing is that I did too. In fact, he was disturbing me so much with his searching techniques that I went into the bedroom and closed the door. It was much better in the dark and quieter room. I ended up taking a couple of Bufferin just to get rid of the headache.
We had dinner at Cafe Framboise tonight and it was very nice. I had steak and F had their Japanese set meal, so we were both pleased. I wish there were more restaurants that he liked that had both Western style and Japanese food. Lately it seems like most of our "disagreements" are about food.
We hit a drugstore on the way home and then a grocery store. At the grocery store we decided to have yakiniku tomorrow night, but thought that maybe the price would go down later on. We didn't buy the meat then. We came home and vegged for a while.
F went and had a nap on the bed and I thought he was out for the count, so I started watching The Big Bang Theory. Then he started talking about going out! Grr. I told him he had to wait until I was finished. We did go back to the grocery store, but the meat hadn't been marked down. We bought it anyway! It was still cheaper than a restaurant's.
We came home and had some decaf and bagels. The bagels were on the point of going stale so it was time. F watched something on South Africa and Nelson Mandela, and I ignored him and the TV. I had planned to watch Purple Rain tonight, but I taped it for tomorrow instead. I don't think he'd approve of it somehow. It's been years since I saw it.
And that's about it really. It was an okay day, just a bit stuck in the apartment because of the rain. Hopefully I'll get out of the apartment tomorrow, even if it rains! Wish me luck with that. Night.
May 23, 2010
Sunday - Muggy and cloudy most of the day, rainy at night.
An okay day. I went to bed last night at the same time my husband got up. 4:30 am. He'd been in bed for hours and came out to see what I was doing in the living room. Answer? Watching Pimp My Ride. I decided that I'd rather get some sleep. I did enjoy Top Gear though. Something about British humor just gets me.
I did manage to get up this morning. I've been trying lately to at least set an alarm for myself so I know what time it is. F does this wonderful thing where he sits in the living room with no lights on and the headphones on the TV so he won't disturb me. Thing is, I probably wouldn't mind if it wasn't too early. Anyway, I got up, and got dressed. In fact, I was dressed before him!
We had lunch at the Daiichi Hotel today. We dropped my watch off at the jewellry store on the way in and picked it up on the way back. My watch's battery died yesterday afternoon. I was quite lost without it. Lunch was nice. I had Shonai pork, breaded with cheese on top, with ratatouille, bread, and vichyssoise. Yum. F had Indian style curry with chicken. He said it was good. We had coffee afterwards and were even treated to an extra cup each. That was a bit of a surprise. It doesn't happen often in Japan. Picked up my watch on the way out and it was ready to go. Yay.
We came home, grabbed our bedding and took it to the laundromat. We spent a couple of hours doing our bedding. It wasn't too bad. They've changed the laundromat quite a bit. They've taken out some of the features and put a sign on the toilet that says it's for staff only. Half of the reason I went there was they had a toilet, so I'm not sure if I'll go there again. When we did our stuff, I realized that I'm a woman and F is from Mars. Or somewhere out there. We just don't see eye to eye on things like having really dry bedding. I'm willing to spend an extra two hundred yen to make sure our mattress pad is really dry, F isn't so sure it's necessary!
We came home, made the bed, had a snuggle, and then he went over to his mum's for a while. She gave him some takenoko stew which he brought back. He ladled me out some, but I didn't take it. He hadn't asked me, and I wasn't hungry just then. He was starting to bug me about dinner so if I ate something else, I wouldn't even want dinner.
After a lot of negotiations we decided to go to the Chinese place near our apartment. It was, fine. I had stirfried veggies again, and gyoza. They were okay, but not the best I've ever had. F thought his noodle dish was so-so. We bought a few groceries and then came home.
Around 8:30, F decided to try to set up his computer. He needs to connect it to the internet and hasn't been able to. He plugged in his AirMac Extreme and nothing happened. Of course, he did hook it up wrong! In doing his hook up, he managed to screw up my connection to the internet so I wasn't a happy camper at all. Sadly, we weren't able to get things connected at all. We might have to wait until tomorrow or until one of us has time to get into it.
Hubby went to bed a while ago and I'm still up. I think I'll try and get an earlier night tonight. I doubt I can stay up till 4:30 tonight. Well, I could, but I have no reason to do it tonight.
Anyway, that's it from me....long story short....watch works, bedding's clean, his computer's still a no-go for now. Night!
An okay day. I went to bed last night at the same time my husband got up. 4:30 am. He'd been in bed for hours and came out to see what I was doing in the living room. Answer? Watching Pimp My Ride. I decided that I'd rather get some sleep. I did enjoy Top Gear though. Something about British humor just gets me.
I did manage to get up this morning. I've been trying lately to at least set an alarm for myself so I know what time it is. F does this wonderful thing where he sits in the living room with no lights on and the headphones on the TV so he won't disturb me. Thing is, I probably wouldn't mind if it wasn't too early. Anyway, I got up, and got dressed. In fact, I was dressed before him!
We had lunch at the Daiichi Hotel today. We dropped my watch off at the jewellry store on the way in and picked it up on the way back. My watch's battery died yesterday afternoon. I was quite lost without it. Lunch was nice. I had Shonai pork, breaded with cheese on top, with ratatouille, bread, and vichyssoise. Yum. F had Indian style curry with chicken. He said it was good. We had coffee afterwards and were even treated to an extra cup each. That was a bit of a surprise. It doesn't happen often in Japan. Picked up my watch on the way out and it was ready to go. Yay.
We came home, grabbed our bedding and took it to the laundromat. We spent a couple of hours doing our bedding. It wasn't too bad. They've changed the laundromat quite a bit. They've taken out some of the features and put a sign on the toilet that says it's for staff only. Half of the reason I went there was they had a toilet, so I'm not sure if I'll go there again. When we did our stuff, I realized that I'm a woman and F is from Mars. Or somewhere out there. We just don't see eye to eye on things like having really dry bedding. I'm willing to spend an extra two hundred yen to make sure our mattress pad is really dry, F isn't so sure it's necessary!
We came home, made the bed, had a snuggle, and then he went over to his mum's for a while. She gave him some takenoko stew which he brought back. He ladled me out some, but I didn't take it. He hadn't asked me, and I wasn't hungry just then. He was starting to bug me about dinner so if I ate something else, I wouldn't even want dinner.
After a lot of negotiations we decided to go to the Chinese place near our apartment. It was, fine. I had stirfried veggies again, and gyoza. They were okay, but not the best I've ever had. F thought his noodle dish was so-so. We bought a few groceries and then came home.
Around 8:30, F decided to try to set up his computer. He needs to connect it to the internet and hasn't been able to. He plugged in his AirMac Extreme and nothing happened. Of course, he did hook it up wrong! In doing his hook up, he managed to screw up my connection to the internet so I wasn't a happy camper at all. Sadly, we weren't able to get things connected at all. We might have to wait until tomorrow or until one of us has time to get into it.
Hubby went to bed a while ago and I'm still up. I think I'll try and get an earlier night tonight. I doubt I can stay up till 4:30 tonight. Well, I could, but I have no reason to do it tonight.
Anyway, that's it from me....long story short....watch works, bedding's clean, his computer's still a no-go for now. Night!
May 22, 2010
Saturday - Sunny and warm.
An okay day. I tried to go to bed a little early last night, managed it, but it was still quite late by most people's reckoning. F's alarm went off at 6 am but he was in the shower. I hit the snooze button on his clock a couple of times, then woke up enough to turn it off. Hubby left for Fukushima a little later. I went back to sleep.
I got up around 9, showered and then took a short time on my computer then cooked my brunch. I had an omelette and sausages [Sorry...just had a brief interlude to dance at my computer when Dancing in the Street with Mick Jagger and David Bowie came on the telly], then I did the dishes and headed off to work. I made pretty good time, even though there was a bit of a detour due to some construction on the way.
I had a pretty good day at the school today. My first student was great as usual, my second didn't come, and my third student and I had a good class. I drank quite a bit of tea during the day, and even had some soup pasta in the later afternoon. I read today's paper and finally got stuck in a book. I started Brisingr today. I'd read the forward before, but today got almost up to a hundred pages. Yay me. Only 600 more to go!
After work I cleaned up, did paperwork and changed. I called F and he was already back. He came to get me. We came home for a few minutes then went back out for dinner. He wanted tonkatsu tonight, so that's what we had. It was very nice, but a little more expensive than I thought it would be.
When we came home, F changed and got ready for bed right away. Egads. Still, he was up early, didn't sleep that well last night and drove a very long way today. I tucked in him and then came back to the living room. I watched a few TV shows tonight. I tried the new version of 90210. I was totally lost and had no idea what was going on. Don't know if I'll bother again. I did get into the original, but only in Japan, never bothered in Canada! Later on, I watched House which I think I'd actually seen before and now I'm just waiting for Top Gear to come on.
I'm not sure what's going to be on our schedule tomorrow. I'm trying to get F to hook up his computer to the internet, and after that I'm not sure. I think part of it depends on the weather. Anyway, I have to run. I'll talk to you tomorrow night. Ciao!
An okay day. I tried to go to bed a little early last night, managed it, but it was still quite late by most people's reckoning. F's alarm went off at 6 am but he was in the shower. I hit the snooze button on his clock a couple of times, then woke up enough to turn it off. Hubby left for Fukushima a little later. I went back to sleep.
I got up around 9, showered and then took a short time on my computer then cooked my brunch. I had an omelette and sausages [Sorry...just had a brief interlude to dance at my computer when Dancing in the Street with Mick Jagger and David Bowie came on the telly], then I did the dishes and headed off to work. I made pretty good time, even though there was a bit of a detour due to some construction on the way.
I had a pretty good day at the school today. My first student was great as usual, my second didn't come, and my third student and I had a good class. I drank quite a bit of tea during the day, and even had some soup pasta in the later afternoon. I read today's paper and finally got stuck in a book. I started Brisingr today. I'd read the forward before, but today got almost up to a hundred pages. Yay me. Only 600 more to go!
After work I cleaned up, did paperwork and changed. I called F and he was already back. He came to get me. We came home for a few minutes then went back out for dinner. He wanted tonkatsu tonight, so that's what we had. It was very nice, but a little more expensive than I thought it would be.
When we came home, F changed and got ready for bed right away. Egads. Still, he was up early, didn't sleep that well last night and drove a very long way today. I tucked in him and then came back to the living room. I watched a few TV shows tonight. I tried the new version of 90210. I was totally lost and had no idea what was going on. Don't know if I'll bother again. I did get into the original, but only in Japan, never bothered in Canada! Later on, I watched House which I think I'd actually seen before and now I'm just waiting for Top Gear to come on.
I'm not sure what's going to be on our schedule tomorrow. I'm trying to get F to hook up his computer to the internet, and after that I'm not sure. I think part of it depends on the weather. Anyway, I have to run. I'll talk to you tomorrow night. Ciao!
May 21, 2010
Friday - Sunny and warm.
A good day. I got up at a reasonable time this morning, and even stayed up. There wasn't any news on but I read the paper and did some internet stuff.
After I got dressed and made the bed I spent some time on my computer. In the afternoon I watched a bit of TV, including Harper's Island and CSI: Miami. That one is so ridiculous, but I like a couple of the characters. I had planned to go out, but I never quite got around to it.
Finally I decided to do something productive. I got out a couple of my drawers for non-seasonal clothes and went through them. I culled quite a bit. Some of it was sad, but on the other hand, I haven't worn some of the stuff at all. I had the odd thing in there with the tags still on. Sigh. Anyway, I filled a garbage bag and then put some of my current clothes in the drawers to get them out of my way. I set aside a sweatshirt to see if F would like it (it was a man's one), and 3 t-shirts as well. Those were mostly for rags for his car.
F came home a bit before 7 and I asked him about the sweatshirt. He said he'd wear it (hopefully not for a while as it's quite heavy) and then started trying on the t-shirts. The first one he tried on he declared that he liked it, but I laughed at him. It was a woman's shirt, one that I bought here in Japan. I told him it was for rags. Then, he said he'd give it to his sister. WHAT? I don't think so boyo! The shirt I wanted to use as a cleaning cloth to be given to his sister? His family hates me enough, I don't want to make it worse! The other ones I think he's going to keep. He wore one of them out tonight! It was a t-shirt from Guam and was tight when I got it, so I didn't even try it on again.
We decided to go out for dinner and went to Aki, the okonmiyaki place. It was tough finding a parking space, but we finally did. We went in. It was a little busy, but we managed to get a real table and sat down. The table beside ours was taken up by two men and they appeared to be having their own little party. F and I ordered and started chatting. The guys at the other table noticed that we were talking in English and I was a foreigner. One of the guys tried hard to catch my eye, but I studiously avoided it, and he tried to get F's attention but he ignored him and waved him off. I didn't enjoy it much, but in a way it was a good thing to happen. F knows that I sometimes have things like this happen (and how much I hate it) but I think he doesn't really get it. Tonight, he got it.
Our okonomiyaki was great and we were enjoying our meal. One of the other men left and then the solitary man really tried to get out attention. He said something to F and F told him that it was our private time and to leave us alone! Yay him! The master of the shop came over to the guy's table too and distracted him so we were able to finish up in a bit of peace, although F said he was saying some not very nice things (which dear hubby wouldn't translate for me.)
We left and as we were paying up, the master was extremely apologetic to us. We're pretty good customers there and I don't think he wants to lose us.
Hubby and I went over to the grocery store and got a few things for him and then we went home. At home, we watched Desperate Housewives from a couple of nights ago. It was rather funny. There was a sex-tape floating around and the search for the mystery behind Edie's husband continued.
F went to bed early tonight as he has to drive to Fukushima in the morning. He has to see his surgeon from last year. It's the one year check up. His appointment is at 11 so he'll have to leave here around 7 am. I hope I can wake up enough to say goodbye. I'll have to get myself to work tomorrow. Not a problem unless it is raining.
So, that's it for me. I'll catch you tomorrow night, most likely. Night!
Oh, I'm still looking for ideas on how to celebrate my 1000th Blogspot post. Any suggestions?
A good day. I got up at a reasonable time this morning, and even stayed up. There wasn't any news on but I read the paper and did some internet stuff.
After I got dressed and made the bed I spent some time on my computer. In the afternoon I watched a bit of TV, including Harper's Island and CSI: Miami. That one is so ridiculous, but I like a couple of the characters. I had planned to go out, but I never quite got around to it.
Finally I decided to do something productive. I got out a couple of my drawers for non-seasonal clothes and went through them. I culled quite a bit. Some of it was sad, but on the other hand, I haven't worn some of the stuff at all. I had the odd thing in there with the tags still on. Sigh. Anyway, I filled a garbage bag and then put some of my current clothes in the drawers to get them out of my way. I set aside a sweatshirt to see if F would like it (it was a man's one), and 3 t-shirts as well. Those were mostly for rags for his car.
F came home a bit before 7 and I asked him about the sweatshirt. He said he'd wear it (hopefully not for a while as it's quite heavy) and then started trying on the t-shirts. The first one he tried on he declared that he liked it, but I laughed at him. It was a woman's shirt, one that I bought here in Japan. I told him it was for rags. Then, he said he'd give it to his sister. WHAT? I don't think so boyo! The shirt I wanted to use as a cleaning cloth to be given to his sister? His family hates me enough, I don't want to make it worse! The other ones I think he's going to keep. He wore one of them out tonight! It was a t-shirt from Guam and was tight when I got it, so I didn't even try it on again.
We decided to go out for dinner and went to Aki, the okonmiyaki place. It was tough finding a parking space, but we finally did. We went in. It was a little busy, but we managed to get a real table and sat down. The table beside ours was taken up by two men and they appeared to be having their own little party. F and I ordered and started chatting. The guys at the other table noticed that we were talking in English and I was a foreigner. One of the guys tried hard to catch my eye, but I studiously avoided it, and he tried to get F's attention but he ignored him and waved him off. I didn't enjoy it much, but in a way it was a good thing to happen. F knows that I sometimes have things like this happen (and how much I hate it) but I think he doesn't really get it. Tonight, he got it.
Our okonomiyaki was great and we were enjoying our meal. One of the other men left and then the solitary man really tried to get out attention. He said something to F and F told him that it was our private time and to leave us alone! Yay him! The master of the shop came over to the guy's table too and distracted him so we were able to finish up in a bit of peace, although F said he was saying some not very nice things (which dear hubby wouldn't translate for me.)
We left and as we were paying up, the master was extremely apologetic to us. We're pretty good customers there and I don't think he wants to lose us.
Hubby and I went over to the grocery store and got a few things for him and then we went home. At home, we watched Desperate Housewives from a couple of nights ago. It was rather funny. There was a sex-tape floating around and the search for the mystery behind Edie's husband continued.
F went to bed early tonight as he has to drive to Fukushima in the morning. He has to see his surgeon from last year. It's the one year check up. His appointment is at 11 so he'll have to leave here around 7 am. I hope I can wake up enough to say goodbye. I'll have to get myself to work tomorrow. Not a problem unless it is raining.
So, that's it for me. I'll catch you tomorrow night, most likely. Night!
Oh, I'm still looking for ideas on how to celebrate my 1000th Blogspot post. Any suggestions?
May 20, 2010
Thursday - Misty and cloudy.
Not a faboo day. I did get up almost on time this morning, watched the news and then found a really interesting documentary about a British girl who went to America to a diet camp/boarding school. It was called Too Fat for Fifteen. It was well done.
During the day I showered, watched a little TV and then took a nap! Yep. Well, I tried anyway. In the middle of my couch time I got a call from a parent telling me that one of her daughters would be doing sports instead of English after today. The other would continue. Okay. This gives me a few questions and worries, but that's business stuff and I'll deal with it off blog.
Have brunch, go to work, the usual.
First class, no problem. The student did fine today.
Second class, the one with the two students. I had misunderstood and thought only one girl would come today. Two showed up. Okay, no sweat. I grab the extra chair. We do our lesson and it goes quite well. I ask about next week. She can't come for a month because of school sports practice. If I had known I would have prepared extra homework.
Third class, okay, except she can't come next Tuesday.
Third class's student leaves at 9:08. I turn on my phone at 9:10. Immediately my cellphone gets a text from my husband. I read it, and don't reply. I keep working. After classes, I do paperwork, clean up, prep for next day's classes, keep myself busy. 9:30 my cellphone rings. I am still working so ignore it. A few minutes later, I check the message and it's no more than some little sweet nothings so I delete it and decide to call him back. I tell him I'm still working. He's in my parking lot now. I tell him I'm not ready to leave yet. He says he'll wait. I say it might take a while.
A few minutes later, I go out to meet him in the parking lot and he's not there. My bike is still there. Hmm. Did I misunderstand something? I call. No answer. I leave a message. Five minutes later I text. No reply. I decide to ride myself home. Nice night for it, very quiet. Weather is humid, but not actually raining.
Get home, park bike. Go inside. Husband in bed. Claims he didn't hear the phone or the text. Don't really believe it as he will answer the phone in the middle of meals, conversations and other important husband/wife events.
We go out for dinner. Have an okay time at Gusto. Come back home. Watch end of ER. He takes bath, then goes to bed. Never. Asked. About. My. Day. Once. So very not impressed.
Anyway, that's it for me. Tomorrow I'm off work, not sure what I'll do with myself. I'd like to go somewhere, but the sad thing about Tsuruoka is there is nowhere to go, and very little to do. Night.
Not a faboo day. I did get up almost on time this morning, watched the news and then found a really interesting documentary about a British girl who went to America to a diet camp/boarding school. It was called Too Fat for Fifteen. It was well done.
During the day I showered, watched a little TV and then took a nap! Yep. Well, I tried anyway. In the middle of my couch time I got a call from a parent telling me that one of her daughters would be doing sports instead of English after today. The other would continue. Okay. This gives me a few questions and worries, but that's business stuff and I'll deal with it off blog.
Have brunch, go to work, the usual.
First class, no problem. The student did fine today.
Second class, the one with the two students. I had misunderstood and thought only one girl would come today. Two showed up. Okay, no sweat. I grab the extra chair. We do our lesson and it goes quite well. I ask about next week. She can't come for a month because of school sports practice. If I had known I would have prepared extra homework.
Third class, okay, except she can't come next Tuesday.
Third class's student leaves at 9:08. I turn on my phone at 9:10. Immediately my cellphone gets a text from my husband. I read it, and don't reply. I keep working. After classes, I do paperwork, clean up, prep for next day's classes, keep myself busy. 9:30 my cellphone rings. I am still working so ignore it. A few minutes later, I check the message and it's no more than some little sweet nothings so I delete it and decide to call him back. I tell him I'm still working. He's in my parking lot now. I tell him I'm not ready to leave yet. He says he'll wait. I say it might take a while.
A few minutes later, I go out to meet him in the parking lot and he's not there. My bike is still there. Hmm. Did I misunderstand something? I call. No answer. I leave a message. Five minutes later I text. No reply. I decide to ride myself home. Nice night for it, very quiet. Weather is humid, but not actually raining.
Get home, park bike. Go inside. Husband in bed. Claims he didn't hear the phone or the text. Don't really believe it as he will answer the phone in the middle of meals, conversations and other important husband/wife events.
We go out for dinner. Have an okay time at Gusto. Come back home. Watch end of ER. He takes bath, then goes to bed. Never. Asked. About. My. Day. Once. So very not impressed.
Anyway, that's it for me. Tomorrow I'm off work, not sure what I'll do with myself. I'd like to go somewhere, but the sad thing about Tsuruoka is there is nowhere to go, and very little to do. Night.
May 19, 2010
Wednesday - Rainy.
A good day. I stayed up a bit late last night and couldn't get up this morning. However, once I was up I stayed up, so that was good. Watched the tail end of Death in Venice with Dirk Bogarde. He was one of my mother's favourite actors. It was an odd movie and I'm happy that I didn't get up just to watch it.
I did a few little things around the apartment today. I did a bit of sweeping and even went into the lobby of the apartment and swept it too. Yay me.
I watched some Corner Gas this afternoon. I only have one more episode to watch and then it's over. Oh no! I love that show. I was testing our region free DVD player and it did quite well. I'm now wondering what to do about getting a new one. Maybe I'll wait on it.
In the late afternoon I watched a neat little movie set in Edinburgh. It was called Death Defying Acts and it was about Houdini and a medium/con-woman and her daughter in Edinburgh. The cast was great! Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. The story got a bit confusing, but was quite cool. Of course, when I checked on the accuracy afterwards it was lacking, but within the movie's world it worked fine.
When F called to tell me he was coming home I started to get dinner underway. I put a couple of pans of water on to boil and set the table and set up the coffee pot. Tonight I made pork saute with gnocci in salmon cream sauce plus salad. It was quite nice. I think F was impressed, except he was still hungry afterwards, so he cooked us a couple of hash brown patties. Then he made himself some udon, which he had with the leftover sauce. He did the dishes as well, which was really nice of him.
We went out for a little while after dinner. F wanted dessert. Okay, me too! We went to McDonalds and had McFlurries and a drink each. It was nice to be out together, even at McDonalds.
We came home and F turned on the TV and started watching the Clint Eastwood movie Letters from Iwo Jima. Now I'm sure that it is really a great film, but the point that we came in had someone kill himself and the film didn't have any English subtitles, so I really didn't want to watch it. I put my headphones on and watched a couple of episodes of The Big Bang Theory. I felt a smidge guilty, especially when I couldn't help laughing out loud. However, I wasn't planning for a depressing war movie today.
F went to bed a bit later and I watched So You Think You Can Dance. It was okay. After it finished, Backstage Pass came on. I was really surprised to see in the promos that Adam Lambert was going to be on. I kept watching and sure enough, there he was. I'm always very impressed when I hear him talking to people in interviews. He just sounds so nice. I wonder if he'll still be the same in a few years.
And that's about it for me. I might even try and get to bed early tonight as I have a busy evening tomorrow. Gotta go. Night!
OH Hey...don't go yet! I have about 29 posts to make before I reach 1000 on Blogger. Anyone have any idea or suggestions what I should do to celebrate the momentous occasion? Love to hear any suggestions! (Should be about a month from now, fingers crossed.)
A good day. I stayed up a bit late last night and couldn't get up this morning. However, once I was up I stayed up, so that was good. Watched the tail end of Death in Venice with Dirk Bogarde. He was one of my mother's favourite actors. It was an odd movie and I'm happy that I didn't get up just to watch it.
I did a few little things around the apartment today. I did a bit of sweeping and even went into the lobby of the apartment and swept it too. Yay me.
I watched some Corner Gas this afternoon. I only have one more episode to watch and then it's over. Oh no! I love that show. I was testing our region free DVD player and it did quite well. I'm now wondering what to do about getting a new one. Maybe I'll wait on it.
In the late afternoon I watched a neat little movie set in Edinburgh. It was called Death Defying Acts and it was about Houdini and a medium/con-woman and her daughter in Edinburgh. The cast was great! Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. The story got a bit confusing, but was quite cool. Of course, when I checked on the accuracy afterwards it was lacking, but within the movie's world it worked fine.
When F called to tell me he was coming home I started to get dinner underway. I put a couple of pans of water on to boil and set the table and set up the coffee pot. Tonight I made pork saute with gnocci in salmon cream sauce plus salad. It was quite nice. I think F was impressed, except he was still hungry afterwards, so he cooked us a couple of hash brown patties. Then he made himself some udon, which he had with the leftover sauce. He did the dishes as well, which was really nice of him.
We went out for a little while after dinner. F wanted dessert. Okay, me too! We went to McDonalds and had McFlurries and a drink each. It was nice to be out together, even at McDonalds.
We came home and F turned on the TV and started watching the Clint Eastwood movie Letters from Iwo Jima. Now I'm sure that it is really a great film, but the point that we came in had someone kill himself and the film didn't have any English subtitles, so I really didn't want to watch it. I put my headphones on and watched a couple of episodes of The Big Bang Theory. I felt a smidge guilty, especially when I couldn't help laughing out loud. However, I wasn't planning for a depressing war movie today.
F went to bed a bit later and I watched So You Think You Can Dance. It was okay. After it finished, Backstage Pass came on. I was really surprised to see in the promos that Adam Lambert was going to be on. I kept watching and sure enough, there he was. I'm always very impressed when I hear him talking to people in interviews. He just sounds so nice. I wonder if he'll still be the same in a few years.
And that's about it for me. I might even try and get to bed early tonight as I have a busy evening tomorrow. Gotta go. Night!
OH Hey...don't go yet! I have about 29 posts to make before I reach 1000 on Blogger. Anyone have any idea or suggestions what I should do to celebrate the momentous occasion? Love to hear any suggestions! (Should be about a month from now, fingers crossed.)
May 18, 2010
Tuesday - Partially cloudy, rain at night.
A good day so far! I got up this morning and stayed up. Yay me. There wasn't any news on, but there was an old movie that I ended up watching. It was called Goodbye, Again and starred Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins. It was a sad little story, but interesting. Quite the product of the times. If it was written now I think the ending would be quite different.
I had a fairly quiet day at home. I made a pot of coffee and had some toast early on, then made my usual brunch. I watched a bit of stuff on the telly, but not as much as usual.
After my brunch I headed off to work and the drugstore. In the drugstore I got my anti-cold supplement (You didn't think I was going to try to spell echinacea at 2 am did you? Oh...er...oh) and a couple of other things to make me happy in the next week or so. I got to the school a little before 6 pm.
When I arrived I got very busy. I set up the water pot to boil, then cleaned the other chair that F brought to my classroom on Saturday night. I prepped a renewal request, then a lesson too. I managed to change into work clothes somewhere along the way too. Yay me.
My student came on time and was quite surprised to see the "new" furniture. She liked it. So far everyone seems to like it. Yay. She spent a lot of the class telling me about her recent seminar that she attended about Twitter. She's really into it and for her, I can see there are some definite advantages for her business.
After class, I had a cup of tea and did paperwork. I also checked the set up for my Thursday classes and got out some cards for the children's lesson.
F came and picked me up and we went to New York, New York for dinner. We both had chicken. He had his with bread, I had mine with the salad bar. After dinner we stopped in at the grocery store and I bought a few things to make dinner for tomorrow night. Yep, I'm going to attempt to cook. I'm hoping that if I do it, rather than make it a joint effort it'll go better. I don't guarantee it though!
We came home and watched So You Think You Can Dance, which was a repeat, but I think they're showing them in some strange order because last week's episode was about 6 shows away. (Or they're showing it every night instead of once a week.)
And that's about it. It was a fairly decent day. I'm glad that I didn't go back to bed this morning. Hopefully I can keep it going tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm hoping to work on a couple of projects I have, so maybe I'll fill you in on them tomorrow night. Night.
A good day so far! I got up this morning and stayed up. Yay me. There wasn't any news on, but there was an old movie that I ended up watching. It was called Goodbye, Again and starred Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins. It was a sad little story, but interesting. Quite the product of the times. If it was written now I think the ending would be quite different.
I had a fairly quiet day at home. I made a pot of coffee and had some toast early on, then made my usual brunch. I watched a bit of stuff on the telly, but not as much as usual.
After my brunch I headed off to work and the drugstore. In the drugstore I got my anti-cold supplement (You didn't think I was going to try to spell echinacea at 2 am did you? Oh...er...oh) and a couple of other things to make me happy in the next week or so. I got to the school a little before 6 pm.
When I arrived I got very busy. I set up the water pot to boil, then cleaned the other chair that F brought to my classroom on Saturday night. I prepped a renewal request, then a lesson too. I managed to change into work clothes somewhere along the way too. Yay me.
My student came on time and was quite surprised to see the "new" furniture. She liked it. So far everyone seems to like it. Yay. She spent a lot of the class telling me about her recent seminar that she attended about Twitter. She's really into it and for her, I can see there are some definite advantages for her business.
After class, I had a cup of tea and did paperwork. I also checked the set up for my Thursday classes and got out some cards for the children's lesson.
F came and picked me up and we went to New York, New York for dinner. We both had chicken. He had his with bread, I had mine with the salad bar. After dinner we stopped in at the grocery store and I bought a few things to make dinner for tomorrow night. Yep, I'm going to attempt to cook. I'm hoping that if I do it, rather than make it a joint effort it'll go better. I don't guarantee it though!
We came home and watched So You Think You Can Dance, which was a repeat, but I think they're showing them in some strange order because last week's episode was about 6 shows away. (Or they're showing it every night instead of once a week.)
And that's about it. It was a fairly decent day. I'm glad that I didn't go back to bed this morning. Hopefully I can keep it going tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm hoping to work on a couple of projects I have, so maybe I'll fill you in on them tomorrow night. Night.
May 17, 2010
Monday - Sunny.
I had a quiet day today. I slept in a bit longer than I should have, but finally got up. I made myself some coffee and had some toast with Nutella on it. So good!
I watched this weekend's TV stuff and enjoyed most of it. I'm not sure about Little Britain in America. It's funny but at times it is so over the top that it isn't funny. The CSI shows were interesting today too, one about a murder in the Korean community of Las Vegas, the other about a strange murder on a train.
F came home around 7. It was good to see him. We relaxed for a bit, but around 8 pm went out to the drugstore and a restaurant. We went to Grado tonight which was nice, but not super fabulous wonderful. Lately, all the good staff has mysteriously disappeared and all we're left with are young men who don't really know what they're doing. I hate always having to ask for more water, surely they can see if my glass is empty?
We came home and a little while later I noticed that there was a documentary on ramen on WOWOW. I told F about it and graciously allowed him to watch it! He enjoyed it, but kept translating things for me. The things he translated were things I understood, and then after a while I just didn't pay any attention anyway. Don't know why he does that. Surely he knows I'm not into ramen by now?
I half-watched a stupid made in America movie called Dragonball Evolution, mostly because it was based on Japanese anime and I know at least one of my younger students has an interest in it. It was okay, but not good enough to hold my interest.
And that's about it. I spent some time doing moderating things and then some on-line reading. I'll likely go to bed soon. If I can get to bed a little early, maybe I won't stay in bed too long tomorrow.
Talk to you tomorrow? Night.
I had a quiet day today. I slept in a bit longer than I should have, but finally got up. I made myself some coffee and had some toast with Nutella on it. So good!
I watched this weekend's TV stuff and enjoyed most of it. I'm not sure about Little Britain in America. It's funny but at times it is so over the top that it isn't funny. The CSI shows were interesting today too, one about a murder in the Korean community of Las Vegas, the other about a strange murder on a train.
F came home around 7. It was good to see him. We relaxed for a bit, but around 8 pm went out to the drugstore and a restaurant. We went to Grado tonight which was nice, but not super fabulous wonderful. Lately, all the good staff has mysteriously disappeared and all we're left with are young men who don't really know what they're doing. I hate always having to ask for more water, surely they can see if my glass is empty?
We came home and a little while later I noticed that there was a documentary on ramen on WOWOW. I told F about it and graciously allowed him to watch it! He enjoyed it, but kept translating things for me. The things he translated were things I understood, and then after a while I just didn't pay any attention anyway. Don't know why he does that. Surely he knows I'm not into ramen by now?
I half-watched a stupid made in America movie called Dragonball Evolution, mostly because it was based on Japanese anime and I know at least one of my younger students has an interest in it. It was okay, but not good enough to hold my interest.
And that's about it. I spent some time doing moderating things and then some on-line reading. I'll likely go to bed soon. If I can get to bed a little early, maybe I won't stay in bed too long tomorrow.
Talk to you tomorrow? Night.
May 16, 2010
Sunday - Sunny and warm.
An interesting day. I went to bed really late last night, so I slept in a bit too. I set my alarm for 11 and did wake up, but didn't get up for a while. Finally I did and had some coffee with the hubster.
We couldn't agree on a place to go for lunch, so I suggested a place my student told me about. It's near downtown. We went there after a few misdirections. The worst thing about the place was the parking! F had a hard time fitting our big car into the small space. He did manage though, so good for him. When we went in, I got a look at the chef and recognized him immediately. He was the second chef in a place in Amarume called Handa. It was famous for it's meat, especially steak. The chef/owner of the restaurant was terrible, he was always yelling at his staff so I really didn't like going there.
After we sat down, F said to me, "The chef looks familiar. I think I've seen him before." I told him where and then he remembered too. We had a pretty decent meal. F had the cheaper pilaf lunch which was so-so, while I had the more expensive fish lunch. Mine was very nice. I got a good salad and then soup and rice with my fish. Our desserts were similar except I had more fruit than F did. We enjoyed the meal so we'll probably go there again.
Over dinner we discussed what to do for the rest of the day. I really wanted to go shopping to get a few things for me and the apartment and my school. So I said that and also suggested going fishing in the evening. F decided that we should go fishing right away. Huh? I told him that I needed our outdoor chairs to sit on. With my bad foot I wasn't going to stand around on it.
We go home, I change. He runs around getting all the gear ready. He comes back in and tells me there's a female police officer walking around the area and maybe she'd come into our apartment. I asked him why. When the officers (and I've had two now) came to my school, they never asked to come in. I invited one in out of the blizzard, but he stayed firmly in the genkan. F went and did something else, so I decided to put sunscreen on. I went into the bathroom, closed the door, took off my shirt and plastered on the sunscreen. A few minutes I got a knock at the door of the bathroom. He tried to come in, saw I was half undressed and then slammed out of the apartment.
Confused, I checked and sure enough, the car had disappeared. And of course, I saw hide nor hair of the Police Officer. Okay. I spent time on my computer and it wasn't till an hour later that he reappeared. He'd gone to buy fishing gear. Anyway, we drove out to one place, still in Tsuruoka city limits, to try our luck.
We didn't have any. We were there for a couple of hours. F was being really annoying, giving me all these fishing lessons. I don't think he realizes that I'm there to keep him company. I'd rather enjoy myself with him than catch a fish. After two hours of no bites I was needing a washroom, and really wasn't enjoying myself that much. We packed up and found a washroom. Whew.
We went to Kamo Port and tried again. F caught a little fish but threw it back as it was too small. I didn't do much fishing there, I just fed the fish a lot of bait. While we were at Kamo there was a small matsuri start. The drums were quite cool. Also, the moon came up and it was a crescent. Above it there was a bright star (or could be a planet, I've no idea). It was quite beautiful.
Around 7 we packed it in. We had no luck at all. Sigh. F asked me where I'd like to go for dinner, but I wasn't too worried. We finally agreed to go to Kappa Sushi in Sakata. We went there and had fish. It was fun actually. Not the greatest sushi, but I like that they have avocado and shrimp, and the avocado and tuna type too.
We came home via the big mall so I could get some bread from the bakery. It's one of the few places that sells "whole wheat" bread. It's whole wheat the way I'm Greek, but it might have a bit more fiber. I also bought a loaf of their brown bread. It has lots of yummy things in it and is amazing toasted. I usually freeze it until I'm finished the other type of bread.
We came home and F put away a lot of the gear from fishing. Then we vegged for a while. I made coffee and we watched most of The Fantastic Four. For a silly movie, it is quite entertaining. I've seen it at least 4 times now and I still enjoy watching it.
That's about it for my day. F went to bed a little while ago and if I'm smart I will go soon too. Not sure I'm smart!
Tomorrow I'm off and I haven't too many plans yet. Please check back and see what kind of day it was. Night.
An interesting day. I went to bed really late last night, so I slept in a bit too. I set my alarm for 11 and did wake up, but didn't get up for a while. Finally I did and had some coffee with the hubster.
We couldn't agree on a place to go for lunch, so I suggested a place my student told me about. It's near downtown. We went there after a few misdirections. The worst thing about the place was the parking! F had a hard time fitting our big car into the small space. He did manage though, so good for him. When we went in, I got a look at the chef and recognized him immediately. He was the second chef in a place in Amarume called Handa. It was famous for it's meat, especially steak. The chef/owner of the restaurant was terrible, he was always yelling at his staff so I really didn't like going there.
After we sat down, F said to me, "The chef looks familiar. I think I've seen him before." I told him where and then he remembered too. We had a pretty decent meal. F had the cheaper pilaf lunch which was so-so, while I had the more expensive fish lunch. Mine was very nice. I got a good salad and then soup and rice with my fish. Our desserts were similar except I had more fruit than F did. We enjoyed the meal so we'll probably go there again.
Over dinner we discussed what to do for the rest of the day. I really wanted to go shopping to get a few things for me and the apartment and my school. So I said that and also suggested going fishing in the evening. F decided that we should go fishing right away. Huh? I told him that I needed our outdoor chairs to sit on. With my bad foot I wasn't going to stand around on it.
We go home, I change. He runs around getting all the gear ready. He comes back in and tells me there's a female police officer walking around the area and maybe she'd come into our apartment. I asked him why. When the officers (and I've had two now) came to my school, they never asked to come in. I invited one in out of the blizzard, but he stayed firmly in the genkan. F went and did something else, so I decided to put sunscreen on. I went into the bathroom, closed the door, took off my shirt and plastered on the sunscreen. A few minutes I got a knock at the door of the bathroom. He tried to come in, saw I was half undressed and then slammed out of the apartment.
Confused, I checked and sure enough, the car had disappeared. And of course, I saw hide nor hair of the Police Officer. Okay. I spent time on my computer and it wasn't till an hour later that he reappeared. He'd gone to buy fishing gear. Anyway, we drove out to one place, still in Tsuruoka city limits, to try our luck.
We didn't have any. We were there for a couple of hours. F was being really annoying, giving me all these fishing lessons. I don't think he realizes that I'm there to keep him company. I'd rather enjoy myself with him than catch a fish. After two hours of no bites I was needing a washroom, and really wasn't enjoying myself that much. We packed up and found a washroom. Whew.
We went to Kamo Port and tried again. F caught a little fish but threw it back as it was too small. I didn't do much fishing there, I just fed the fish a lot of bait. While we were at Kamo there was a small matsuri start. The drums were quite cool. Also, the moon came up and it was a crescent. Above it there was a bright star (or could be a planet, I've no idea). It was quite beautiful.
Around 7 we packed it in. We had no luck at all. Sigh. F asked me where I'd like to go for dinner, but I wasn't too worried. We finally agreed to go to Kappa Sushi in Sakata. We went there and had fish. It was fun actually. Not the greatest sushi, but I like that they have avocado and shrimp, and the avocado and tuna type too.
We came home via the big mall so I could get some bread from the bakery. It's one of the few places that sells "whole wheat" bread. It's whole wheat the way I'm Greek, but it might have a bit more fiber. I also bought a loaf of their brown bread. It has lots of yummy things in it and is amazing toasted. I usually freeze it until I'm finished the other type of bread.
We came home and F put away a lot of the gear from fishing. Then we vegged for a while. I made coffee and we watched most of The Fantastic Four. For a silly movie, it is quite entertaining. I've seen it at least 4 times now and I still enjoy watching it.
That's about it for my day. F went to bed a little while ago and if I'm smart I will go soon too. Not sure I'm smart!
Tomorrow I'm off and I haven't too many plans yet. Please check back and see what kind of day it was. Night.
May 15, 2010
Saturday - A little cloudy, but mostly sunny.
A good day. I got up this morning, watched a bit of the news, took a shower and spent a few minutes on my computer. When F came back from the doctor's office I fed him a toasted bagel while he sent a student's mother an e-mail in Japanese. Yay him.
We had a nice breakfast at Gusto. An ex-student of mine came into the restaurant with her family, we waved, but didn't talk. F dropped me off at school and also dropped off one of our chairs. I spent a few minutes cleaning it up and then getting ready for class.
My student and I had a nice class. She's a lot of fun to teach. After she left, I was setting up to do my paperwork when my phone rang. It was my other student. She told me she had an appointment at the same time as her class and would have to cancel her class. I asked if she'd rather come sooner and she was surprised but accepted. So, my 4:00 pm class was now my 2:30 pm class. My second student came and we had a good class. She did have to leave a little early, but she was happy not to lose the class.
After my student left I did a lot of things that I needed to do. I prepped a bit for next week, did dishes and then called F and asked him to come and get me.
We went to the mall area and first went to a hundred yen shop, then over to the mall proper. We had dinner at a yakiniku shop, but it wasn't that great. I just had soup and 2 kinds of meat, F had noodles and one kind of meat. After that, we went up to the theater.
We went to see Green Zone tonight. I liked what they tried to do with the film, although I'm not completely sure they were successful. The movie moved so fast and didn't stop long enough for us to get a feel for most of the characters. Also, halfway through the movie, I somehow dropped my drink and ended up sitting there with tea all over the floor and nothing to drink. Sigh.
After the movie, we came home and just spent a quiet time here at home. I watched House and then Top Gear. F thinks I'm crazy because I don't really like cars that much, but I stay up late to watch a British show about cars. Thing is, it's really funny! And Britain has more than one car colour :)
That's about all for today I think. I'm not sure what's on the agenda for tomorrow. F said he'll go over to his mother's in the morning but we'll see if he really follows through on that. Call me cynical, but he usually gets stuck on the couch watching Rocky or something.
Talk to you tomorrow and I'll tell you all about my day. Gotta go. Night.
A good day. I got up this morning, watched a bit of the news, took a shower and spent a few minutes on my computer. When F came back from the doctor's office I fed him a toasted bagel while he sent a student's mother an e-mail in Japanese. Yay him.
We had a nice breakfast at Gusto. An ex-student of mine came into the restaurant with her family, we waved, but didn't talk. F dropped me off at school and also dropped off one of our chairs. I spent a few minutes cleaning it up and then getting ready for class.
My student and I had a nice class. She's a lot of fun to teach. After she left, I was setting up to do my paperwork when my phone rang. It was my other student. She told me she had an appointment at the same time as her class and would have to cancel her class. I asked if she'd rather come sooner and she was surprised but accepted. So, my 4:00 pm class was now my 2:30 pm class. My second student came and we had a good class. She did have to leave a little early, but she was happy not to lose the class.
After my student left I did a lot of things that I needed to do. I prepped a bit for next week, did dishes and then called F and asked him to come and get me.
We went to the mall area and first went to a hundred yen shop, then over to the mall proper. We had dinner at a yakiniku shop, but it wasn't that great. I just had soup and 2 kinds of meat, F had noodles and one kind of meat. After that, we went up to the theater.
We went to see Green Zone tonight. I liked what they tried to do with the film, although I'm not completely sure they were successful. The movie moved so fast and didn't stop long enough for us to get a feel for most of the characters. Also, halfway through the movie, I somehow dropped my drink and ended up sitting there with tea all over the floor and nothing to drink. Sigh.
After the movie, we came home and just spent a quiet time here at home. I watched House and then Top Gear. F thinks I'm crazy because I don't really like cars that much, but I stay up late to watch a British show about cars. Thing is, it's really funny! And Britain has more than one car colour :)
That's about all for today I think. I'm not sure what's on the agenda for tomorrow. F said he'll go over to his mother's in the morning but we'll see if he really follows through on that. Call me cynical, but he usually gets stuck on the couch watching Rocky or something.
Talk to you tomorrow and I'll tell you all about my day. Gotta go. Night.
May 14, 2010
Friday - Cloudy and rainy most of the day.
I had an okay, but quiet day. I was really tired this morning so I got up for a while, checked for news (none) then went back to bed. I slept for a while and it was nice.
In the afternoon I watched the World News updates, and then decided to go out to the mall. It was quite late by this time, but for some reason F's coin jars caught my eye. (Yes, I have him trained on that Canadian habit of having big jars of coins that sit around the apartment.) Last night he was going to sort it out (at 2 am) so I promised to do it today. I sat down and watched a couple of NHK shows and sorted some of it out. He has a lot of coins! It took ages and my hands were so dirty when I finished, I really had to scrub my fingers.
Then, it was off to the mall. I made quite good time, hit up the hundred yen shop first and then the Doutors for a calzone and iced tea. I thought I'd take a quick browse through the grocery store while I was there. I was looking for a type of ice cream that was mentioned on Japanese Snack Reviews. I didn't find what I was looking for, but as I was looking for something else, I noticed the bargain bin where they sell off things close to their sell-by date. Well, first thing I noticed was a small jar of Nutella. I picked it up. The sell-by date wasn't until September. Strange! The label was a little ripped, but nothing else looked wrong with it. It was marked at 200 yen. Hmm. Good deal. Then, I noticed another jar. No rips on the label, nothing wrong with it. I grabbed them both (after debating with myself for 0.000000000027 of a second.) Went to the cashier and paid for them.
I left the mall soon after this and bicycled home. It had started to drizzle again, but it wasn't too bad. It was getting dark, but still wasn't dark yet. Decent riding actually. I got home and about 10 minutes later F arrived.
Instead of asking if I wanted to go out for dinner right away, he made himself some udon with carbonara sauce. He did offer me some, but I wasn't interested. I asked him if he'd still want to go out for dinner and he said that he would? Crazy guy.
So, we go out. We really couldn't agree on a place to go, so I suggested the Daiichi Hotel. We went there and ate in their more casual restaurant, where we sometimes have lunch. Their meat and fish dinners sounded great but were really expensive, so we both had pasta! I had bacon and mushroom pasta with basillica sauce and F had penne with some kind of tomato sauce. I thought the meal was good as we had a lovely salad to start, nice bread and even dessert and coffee afterwards.
We went to my school and picked up a couple of chairs. Why? Well, I've been thinking of changing the chairs in my school and a couple of days ago I had a brainwave. We have two extra chairs in our apartment that never get used because when we bought our dining table I had high hopes of entertaining occasionally. That never happens, so the spares reside in the bedroom under mounds of bedding and clothes. Why not swap them out for two of my school's chairs. It's not a permanent thing and if I find chairs that I love I may still buy them, but until I do, this might work. Yay me. Anyway, we grabbed two of my school's chairs and brought them home.
I went into the bedroom and went though the stuff on the chairs and sorted it out. I was also surprised by how many of my clothes were there that I had forgotten about. Oops. I transferred the stuff, cleaned the floor underneath and got the room looking better than it had been in a while. F had disappeared meanwhile. Funny how guys can do that.
Anyway, I went to my computer, F went to bed and slept for 3 hours or so. He's up now, but seems tired again.
I have to get to bed soon though. I have to get up tomorrow morning. I have classes and have to make sure I get breakfast before work. Wish me luck! Night.
May 13, 2010
Thursday - Rainy and then clearing.
An okay day. I was a bit grumpy this morning, that continued most of the day. I have a tendency to keep being mad at my hubby for a bit too long. This morning was a little strange, I didn't hear him leave at all. Usually I wake up just after he left or before he leaves so I can say goodbye.
I slept in today, mostly on purpose. An earlier foray into the living room told me that baseball was on TV and I wasn't too interested in staying up.
I had a quiet morning at home. I watched a little TV, but not much, then made my brunch and ate it. I left for work. When I did, it wasn't raining, although it did start a little along the way. It wasn't much though. At one point I almost made a new friend! I go on backroads for most of my ride and I stopped at a crossing and a kitten from a nearby house came over to say hello. Oh dear. There was a car coming up behind me, and at least one going to cross the road in front of me. I spoke quite firmly to the cat and told it to go home. It did. Whew. Why on Earth do people let young animals out like that? They have no fences on their house.
I only had one class today at school as the other two had asked for make-ups. Our class went well, although the spelling test didn't. I think I'll do a bit of phonic review with him. He's having problems with some of his sounds.
After our class I did paperwork and then I read the newspaper and then my magazine. Hurray! I finally finished one. I started another one and then it was getting quite late. F sent me a message after 8 and he came to pick me up a bit later.
We tried to go to a soba restaurant tonight, but it was closing in a couple of minutes. Oh darn! I suggested going somewhere else, the Thai restaurant that isn't too far away. F wasn't too sure, but he said okay. We went and we were the only customers. Oh dear. Still, we had a good meal. F had Thai ramen and I had stir fried veggies and seaweed noodles with shrimp. Yum. F even let me have a little of his ramen and it was nice. (Silly person had put spicy pepper in it and gobbled up a bunch before he asked if I'd like to try it.) We did very well with our 3 dishes I thought. F didn't even seem to mind his ramen, and he's really picky.
We bought groceries and then came home and watched the ER repeat. It was a good one as usual.
We had some coffee and relaxed. That was nice. I think we're fine again. Last night was tense, but today was okay. Yay.
That's it for me. Night!
An okay day. I was a bit grumpy this morning, that continued most of the day. I have a tendency to keep being mad at my hubby for a bit too long. This morning was a little strange, I didn't hear him leave at all. Usually I wake up just after he left or before he leaves so I can say goodbye.
I slept in today, mostly on purpose. An earlier foray into the living room told me that baseball was on TV and I wasn't too interested in staying up.
I had a quiet morning at home. I watched a little TV, but not much, then made my brunch and ate it. I left for work. When I did, it wasn't raining, although it did start a little along the way. It wasn't much though. At one point I almost made a new friend! I go on backroads for most of my ride and I stopped at a crossing and a kitten from a nearby house came over to say hello. Oh dear. There was a car coming up behind me, and at least one going to cross the road in front of me. I spoke quite firmly to the cat and told it to go home. It did. Whew. Why on Earth do people let young animals out like that? They have no fences on their house.
I only had one class today at school as the other two had asked for make-ups. Our class went well, although the spelling test didn't. I think I'll do a bit of phonic review with him. He's having problems with some of his sounds.
After our class I did paperwork and then I read the newspaper and then my magazine. Hurray! I finally finished one. I started another one and then it was getting quite late. F sent me a message after 8 and he came to pick me up a bit later.
We tried to go to a soba restaurant tonight, but it was closing in a couple of minutes. Oh darn! I suggested going somewhere else, the Thai restaurant that isn't too far away. F wasn't too sure, but he said okay. We went and we were the only customers. Oh dear. Still, we had a good meal. F had Thai ramen and I had stir fried veggies and seaweed noodles with shrimp. Yum. F even let me have a little of his ramen and it was nice. (Silly person had put spicy pepper in it and gobbled up a bunch before he asked if I'd like to try it.) We did very well with our 3 dishes I thought. F didn't even seem to mind his ramen, and he's really picky.
We bought groceries and then came home and watched the ER repeat. It was a good one as usual.
We had some coffee and relaxed. That was nice. I think we're fine again. Last night was tense, but today was okay. Yay.
That's it for me. Night!
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