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Originally Posted by Animewatcher
I would like to hear from people that lived in Japan to describe some of their day to day lives. I really enjoyed the little things like: drying clothes in the living room because it was raining outside, etc. Too many threads only scratch the surface and this one really digs in deep to describe the "little" things that go on everyday, good or bad. So my thanks to all who have shared their experiences and to those who will.
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I`ll give you my entire day yesterday. :P
Wake up to my husband`s alarm at 7:40 AM. Check the weather on my cell phone while still in bed. Get up and start boiling water while scooping the cat`s litter box. Clean up after that then start making my husband`s lunch with the rice I set to be ready at 7:30, leftovers from the night before, and some fresh soup.
See him off to work then drag my son out of bed at 8:15. Force him to eat breakfast, help him get changed into his kindergarten uniform, put everything necessary in his bag... and then wait outside until the kindergarten bus comes and see him off at 9.
Come back inside and find something to eat - yesterday was a pack of strawberries. Note the great weather, and open all the windows. Throw laundry in the machine and stick the hose in the bathtub to use the old bath water - and launder. Check my mail, the net, waste time, etc. When the laundry is done hang it on the pole outside and then go back to sleep (10:30) Get back up at 1pm, have something to drink, then head out to the book store. Waste time there, making sure I`m back home by 3.
At 3:30, get ready and head outside to wait for my son`s bus to bring him home. Make him a snack, get him changed out of his uniform, and waste some more time online while he eats and plays. Put the laundry in, then look into what we`ll be having for dinner. Find nothing decent, so get ready and head to the grocery store with my son. Buy meat and fish, as we have crap loads of vegetables but nothing else. At 6, set the bath to be ready at 8, and start making dinner. At my son`s request, I make some heavy-on-ingredients ochazuke (fresh fish, diced vegetables, etc) with the last of the rice for him, and make myself some smoked salmon and raw scallop salad with the nice big sweet onions I bought.
Get my son`s stuff ready for the following morning, waste more time, then get in the bath with him at 8. And once out of the bath, put him to bed. Spend more time doing... something or other that I can`t remember. My husband called at 11 and asked me to ready his suitcase for his business trip the following day (Working late to get ready for the trip.) I drag the suitcase out and pack stuff for him. Play games and mess around on the net until he gets home at 12. Make plum pasta, soup, salad, and meat in tomato sauce for him while he takes a bath. Enjoy the rest of the night until around 3 when we go to bed.
Yesterday was a boring day.