REST DAY! Absolutely nothing to do today!

I woke up a bit after 6.00 and came to the upper house. Kaoru was already there, and Okasan and Otosan were doing their morning exercises. We then had breakfast which consisted of eggplant in miso, miso soup, cucumber, rice and various extras. After breakfast I set up to get some work done, and Okasan and Otosan went out to a ceremony, as it had been a year since a friend of their’s had passed away.

Kaoru and I had a go at straightening the rug – Otosan had said that he wanted it done while we were there, as it required lifting the heavy table. We couldn’t do much, as the rug had stretched in different ways, so there was going to be some bunching up somewhere. But we did the best we could. I did some work.

I cooked lunch for all of us when Okasan and Otosan came home – Okonomiyaki. Okasan made the batter – she swears that it must have taco (octopus) in it. We also had some miso prawns Mio had sent, so needless to say, we were quite full. That means time for a siesta!

After a good rest I came back upstairs and had a couple of the craft beers Mio had sent, while getting a little bit of work done. We then showed Otosan how to use Google Docs. He has been keeping a diary for a couple of years now, and it’s all saved as Word documents. I’m worried about their (old) computer dying and losing it all, and he was quite keen on “the cloud” when Leila was showing some photos the other day. So we went through how its done. His memory isn’t the best, so it took a few times to show him, but he was quite proud of himself when he was able to easily add a picture to a document.

We had dinner, with some wine and beer. I had a shower, and then Kaoru had a bath while I talked a bit with Okasan and Otosan, and enjoyed another beer. Then Kaoru and I went down to “our house” and watched some TV.