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After we came back from the walk, we headed out pretty quickly to lunch - a small cafe in the Hayama Marina shopping complex. Had the *best* meal to date - seared tuna, with nori & bean sprouts on rice, with a shoyu/mirin/sugar/sake sauce - gods, it was *so* good. Simple enough that if I can find tuna that's fresh enough to serve essentially blue rare, I'm making it for myself sometimes at home (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
woodardp, no, I won't make you eat it).
Headed to the hospital, taking the back routes, because the main road was so congested with traffic - the main road is the scenic highway that runs along the coastline of the main "bay" (look directly below Tokyo - follow the bay around to the west to Yokohama, then go a little south & one of the inlet bays is where we are). It was jammed with cars - people out for a Sunday drive on a Saturday - apparently tomorrow will be as bad. *lots* of people windsurfing - dear gods...good 5-10' waves, and WIND - people were getting good air as they jumped waves, and just blasted along on the water. Couple times I would look at someone who seemed to be keeping pace with the car, then again at the spedometer and realise they were moving around 50km/hour. It's amazing. and crazy.
Grandma apparently had a much better night last night and it showed. Much more alert, if not actually awake...she did sleep a lot during our visit (including falling asleep every time I started telling her aboutwoodardp and lb_nita - I figure she was at least comforted enough by my talking to her that she *could* sleep - or that's the sop I'm tossing my ego as an actor & storyteller). She had a little Ensure, and a little juice, but probably only about 2 ounces. She simply does *not* want to drink. I wonder when Grandpa is going to be able to recognize that and be willing to let her go.
Mom & I had a good talk earlier in the day - I explained that I cannot understand how Grandma can be as she is and *not* be in vast amounts of pain. That her memory is flashes of time short/long is probably some blessing, in that she does not remember the pain when it's gone, but I have to believe that also means there must be times when she cannot remember a time where there wasn't pain. I said I feel so damned useless and helpless because I recognize, intellectually, there is nothing I can do, and as I've said before, I'm not good at "doing nothing". We agreed it was something I needed to work on.
I've finished two books already & am about half way through a third...granted, I didn't bring anything all that complex, but at this rate, I will be looking for english books while I'm still here...not a good sign.
I still haven't found a converter (though haven't really had a chance to look) for my laptop - couldn't find one in Canada. Want to do that, so I can at least play video games in English while Mom & Grandpa watch TV in japanese. They're right - there is *nothing* quite so isolating as not speaking the language...
Ooh...and the cool discovery for the day. Soba ocha - buckwheat tea - they make it by roasting the buckwheat and then steeping it like regular tea. Tastes like what I'd expect pure cocoa steeped in water to taste like. Chocolate, but no sugar & no milk. Was quite good in an odd way.
Miss my boys, but what else is new.
Tonight was order in dinner - great moment when Mom called me in to "look at the menu" - which is entirely in kanji with no pictures...."umm...Mum? We have a problem" - then laughing. Apparently there's more kinds of ton katsu than I can shake a stick at (the entire menu was ton katsu, but different meats, different cuts, you name it). Food was yummy, then we got into a debate about the merits (or lack thereof) of na-to - Japanese dish of fermented black beans, raw egg, green onion & hot mustard. It's vile, in my less than humble opinion. Mom loves it. Grandpa thinks it's a cure for just about anything, especially heart & BP issues.
Now - off to spend the rest of the evening with Mom & Grandpa, as opposed to the computer...
Good morning to those of you who are just working on waking up on Saturday morning from out here in Saturday night...
woodardp, no, I won't make you eat it).Headed to the hospital, taking the back routes, because the main road was so congested with traffic - the main road is the scenic highway that runs along the coastline of the main "bay" (look directly below Tokyo - follow the bay around to the west to Yokohama, then go a little south & one of the inlet bays is where we are). It was jammed with cars - people out for a Sunday drive on a Saturday - apparently tomorrow will be as bad. *lots* of people windsurfing - dear gods...good 5-10' waves, and WIND - people were getting good air as they jumped waves, and just blasted along on the water. Couple times I would look at someone who seemed to be keeping pace with the car, then again at the spedometer and realise they were moving around 50km/hour. It's amazing. and crazy.
Grandma apparently had a much better night last night and it showed. Much more alert, if not actually awake...she did sleep a lot during our visit (including falling asleep every time I started telling her about
woodardp and lb_nita - I figure she was at least comforted enough by my talking to her that she *could* sleep - or that's the sop I'm tossing my ego as an actor & storyteller). She had a little Ensure, and a little juice, but probably only about 2 ounces. She simply does *not* want to drink. I wonder when Grandpa is going to be able to recognize that and be willing to let her go. Mom & I had a good talk earlier in the day - I explained that I cannot understand how Grandma can be as she is and *not* be in vast amounts of pain. That her memory is flashes of time short/long is probably some blessing, in that she does not remember the pain when it's gone, but I have to believe that also means there must be times when she cannot remember a time where there wasn't pain. I said I feel so damned useless and helpless because I recognize, intellectually, there is nothing I can do, and as I've said before, I'm not good at "doing nothing". We agreed it was something I needed to work on.
I've finished two books already & am about half way through a third...granted, I didn't bring anything all that complex, but at this rate, I will be looking for english books while I'm still here...not a good sign.
I still haven't found a converter (though haven't really had a chance to look) for my laptop - couldn't find one in Canada. Want to do that, so I can at least play video games in English while Mom & Grandpa watch TV in japanese. They're right - there is *nothing* quite so isolating as not speaking the language...
Ooh...and the cool discovery for the day. Soba ocha - buckwheat tea - they make it by roasting the buckwheat and then steeping it like regular tea. Tastes like what I'd expect pure cocoa steeped in water to taste like. Chocolate, but no sugar & no milk. Was quite good in an odd way.
Miss my boys, but what else is new.
Tonight was order in dinner - great moment when Mom called me in to "look at the menu" - which is entirely in kanji with no pictures...."umm...Mum? We have a problem" - then laughing. Apparently there's more kinds of ton katsu than I can shake a stick at (the entire menu was ton katsu, but different meats, different cuts, you name it). Food was yummy, then we got into a debate about the merits (or lack thereof) of na-to - Japanese dish of fermented black beans, raw egg, green onion & hot mustard. It's vile, in my less than humble opinion. Mom loves it. Grandpa thinks it's a cure for just about anything, especially heart & BP issues.
Now - off to spend the rest of the evening with Mom & Grandpa, as opposed to the computer...
Good morning to those of you who are just working on waking up on Saturday morning from out here in Saturday night...
