Another hot day...the temps have been in the 80s and 90s for almost 3 weeks now, and with the humidity over 80%, it's been uncomfortable, to say the least.
So I decided today to try and get all my errands done at once:
- bakery: a nice sesame loaf for the next few days and today's breakfast of a raisin and Camembert cheese bun (raisins in the bun surrounding a chuck of cheese) and a cream bun (custard cream in a soft bun)....made a cup of raspberry flavored black tea about 20 minutes for my travel mug before leaving the house, and it was just the right temperature by the time I ate on the way to central Yokosuka
- office supply store: ran out of yellow ink in my printer yesterday, only to discover I had already used the yellow in the set I have, so on top of a full set of ink cartridges, one separate yellow
- gas station: filled up my tank (18.8 liters/approx 5 gal...half a tank) for ¥2388 which, at our present yen rate of ¥85 to $1 comes to $28.10 or $5.62/gal
- car dealer: my remote key has been acting up, taking 3, 4, sometimes 5 clicks to lock/unlock...had a new battery installed in 5 minutes for ¥500...talk about service...I pulled in the parking space head first, and the salesman actually turned my car around so I wouldn't have to back into traffic!
- post office: sent off 2 books I sold through Amazon Marketplace...checked my account balance to find a student paid me early for our next 10 lessons, bless her heart!
- convenience store: paid off July co-op purchases...next month, should be an automatic bank withdrawal...bought a few snacks while there...bad habit, I know
After sitting in the air conditioned car for a couple of hours, I just couldn't open up the apartment to the heat and humidity and have had the A/C going all afternoon. The sun will be down in an hour or so, at which time I will open the curtains and all the windows and turn off the unit...if I don't do that, I will never get to sleep tonight in my un-airconditioned bedroom....^-^
A late lunch, some reading (rereading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke for the 3rd time...), a nap (Zip, my dog buddy from next door kept me company), here and there on the internet, and now it's almost evening TV time. Just another day in the life!
