August 25, 2008 - Monday

Sunny and warm, a bit humid.

Today was a quiet day, and mostly good. I got up this morning without any alarms....at my usual time! I was a bit surprised. There wasn't any news on, but there wasn't any Olympics either, which made me glad.

I had a quiet day at home. I watched the TV I taped on the weekend and enjoyed it, then relaxed. I had thought about going out, but never did.

When Fumihiko came home he said hello and almost immediately went to bed for a nap. He had texted me to say that he wasn't feeling well. So, sleeping was probably a good thing for him.

When he woke up we decided to go out for dinner. I suggested going to Sakata to the Indian buffet place. He thought it was a good idea. We drove out there and it was gone! Closed, no signs, nothing. So we don't even know if it moved. We decided to go to the other Indian restaurant in Sakata, but just as we drove up, they turned off the lights. Sigh. Instead, Fumihiko took me to another place, Udoku.

We had dinner there in the teppanyaki room. It was very nice, but quite a bit more expensive than the place I wanted to go originally! The chef cooked everything in front of us, and it was very cool. We had steak with garlic fried rice, miso soup, salad, coffee and dessert. Everything was delicious.

After dinner, we came home and watched Medium. Tonight was a good one, Joe was held hostage at his office and both Allison and the oldest daughter knew something was wrong.

Then, Tsukiyaki Western Django came on. We've been watching it, but not really if you know what I mean. Parts are so over the top that I can't stand it, but other parts are really cool too. And, it's really neat to see places that I recognize. It was filmed up here in Shonai, near Tsuruoka. One of my friends met many of the actors from the film. There was one scene where Fumihiko looked at the screen and just said, "Mount Zao!" It was a volcanic lake at the top of a mountain. I've even been there!

So, that's it for me, I'm done for tonight. Catch you tomorrow? Night!

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