Saturday

"Dinner" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
“Dinner” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today was a tiring day… I didn’t have a chance to sleep in because Bay had an SAT test at 8 am, so I needed to make him breakfast and drive him over to the high school, 25 minutes away. After that I went to the local library to vote in the city elections, then I went back home to pick up Koa and take him to the high school for his percussion contest.

I had a couple hours before picking up the kids so I went to Strait Music to see if they had a set of special ukulele strings. The set of strings I wanted is called “Low G” because the G is an octave lower than standard ukulele tuning. That particular string is a heavier gauge. Anyways, Strait Music didn’t have it in stock, so I called Guitar Center to see if they did. The salesman there confirmed that they had it in stock, and I specifically asked if it was “Low G” and he said yes. So I made the drive over, which was not an insignificant one, but when I arrived, they only had the regular sets of ukulele strings. The guy said, “Sorry about that. I don’t really know about ukuleles.” I was pretty pissed. 😤

Ugh. Anyways, I headed back home, then picked up Koa from the contest, and then made the trek over to the other high school to pick up Bay.

When we got home, Mariko had returned from work and we had some time to relax a bit before some friends came over for dinner. It was so delicious! We had a Korean-style dish with chili paste, mochi, veggies, chicken, and cheese. Accompanying that was an assortment of Korean veggies and then chawanmushi. And as a bonus, our friends brought over some uni! I was so full, but so tired too from a long day.

I hope you had a good Saturday as well!

おやすみ!

Star Wars Day and SCANDAL

"May the 4th" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/15 sec, ISO3200
“May the 4th” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。May the Fourth Be with You!

In honor of Star Wars, I wore my one and only Star Wars shirt, a Uniqlo shirt that my family bought for me when they were in Japan. I still love the design! But there are seemingly random numbers on it, which must have some significance, but I don’t know what they refer to. 2, 1, 3, 3, 8, and 5. Maybe one day I’ll find out.

Today I also learned that SCANDAL will be having a concert in Dallas on September 16th! Unfortunately, I will be in China on a tour. But I’m not that bummed out because I have already seen SCANDAL in concert twice. They are pretty great, though! If you want to see a great show, go catch them on their US mini-tour!

I hope you had a nice Star Wars Day!

またね~

Scraps?

"Bread Fails" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/9 sec, ISO800
“Bread Fails” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

The past few days, Mariko has been baking a ton and sharing/selling bread to friends. And sometimes (not often) she has a bread fail… which is great for me because while the bread might not look perfect, it tastes great. 😀

The photo above shows some of the bread fails, but they still look great, don’t they?

I hope you had a nice Thursday!

またね~