God, I cooked 3 meals today and am beat...

[Bonobo]

My wife took my daughter to visit her apartment where she will be living when she starts college next week.

I woke up and

--made scrambled eggs and sausage with orange slices for the boys for breakfast

--made spaghetti pepperoncino (with garlic, red pepper, olive oil + some pesto and parmesan)

At around 4:30, my uncle surprised me with a freshly caught giant sea bass (suzuki) about 2 feet long, so I:

--made a fish fry with some homemade tartar sauce.

I am beat...

[masmdu]

1. Otsukare-sama desu

The fish sounds delish.

[Bonobo]

2. Arigatou.

Ara? Nihongo wo shabereru no?

[masmdu]

4. Sukoshi dake. Watashi no tsuma wa nihonjin desu.

Watashi wa ju-nen mae saga-ken sunde ita. Anata wa nihon-jin desuka?

[Bonobo]

6. Ojouzu desu.

junen mae ni shite ha madamada jouzu desu.


Iya, nihonjin jya nai. Boku mo tsuma ha nihonjin desu. ima ha nihon no hyougo-ken ni sundeiru --chiisana shima de.

[masmdu]

7. ii desu ne. Watashi wa North Carolina shu de sunde iru.

Ima watashitachi mo shima de imasu. Outer Banks no Emerald Isle de imasu. Demo konshu dake. Kyuuka chuu desu.

Tonari no Osaka ita koto ga aru demo hyougo-ken yoku shiranai. Achi wa ii basho desu ka? Nihon ga natsukashi!

[cbayer]

3. But it's the good kind of beat, right?

I love to spend a day cooking sometimes, particularly when I know others are going to enjoy it.

Is this your first child leaving home?

[Bonobo]

5. Yes, I love cooking too..

And yes, my daughter is my first to leave home. I have two sons as well, 15 and 9.

My daughter.... I spent the last few weeks teaching her cooking tips.... God, I am feeling sad about hurt her leaving. Happy, sad, mostly sad...

[cbayer]

8. It's tough. I remember when my first left.

Such mixed feelings I had.

Not so much when number 2 left, but that's a whole different story, lol.

Hang in there!