Good morning.
How was your weekend?

I did something different than usual last weekend. On Saturday I went out with a friend of a friend for dinner. We met by chance on Friday night, when I went out with my parents' friends. All of his colleagues were going to Tokyo first thing in the morning on Saturday,
so I asked him, "If you are free at night, and you want to go out for some sushi, let's do it."
He said, "In the daytime I am going to go to Kyoto, but after that, I am free. I'd love to go out for some sushi. Thank you."

And, it was a date. We met for some drinks at happy hour where another friend of mine joined us, and then we headed to my favorite sushi place. We had a good time and and and drank a lot.

Then, on Sunday morning, I did my usual routine and went to the spa. I wanted to buy some gloves so on the way back home I took a different route than I usually take. On that street there were many police and blue sheets surrounding one house. And then it hit me(=I remembered/realized), "Ah, this is the murder scene." (Last Thursday or Friday a couple was murdered in Nishinomiya. This was their house. Terrible...) Anyway, I got new gloves, headed to the bakery to buy some breakfast, and then took it easy all afternoon. But, around 2 pm I went for a jog. I only ran about 4k but it was nice. It was the first time I went jogging in a long time, but since I decided to run a half-marathon next January, I have to jog as much as I can.

The below photos are compliments of Mr. S. They are of the Cosmos flowers near my house on Mukogawa river.