My Actifit Report Card: January 27 2025 - Meeting with Friend

[日本語は後半にあります]

I met up with my friend at a Japanese izakaya called Guu during the happy hours. In most places I visited, happy hours are usually quiet, which makes it a great time to hang with friends. Starting at 3pm felt a bit early, but since it was our first time meeting up in the new year, we went all in with a New Year cheers vibe, chatting about work drama, and toasting away. Before I knew it, I was pleasantly tipsy and completely forgot to take photos! 😅

My friend works at a care home, and although her job seems tough with patients and their family issues and workplace bullying, she says she loves her work. I truly admire her for that.
We ate, drank and talked, and we left the restaurant feeling energized again.

To get to the restaurant, I took the bus part way and then walked about 30 minutes. This area is on the opposite side of the beach where I usually take weekend walks. It was cold but it was a beautiful sunny day.

I saw a really big doggy and took a photo, but missed his head in the picture. You don’t get to see the Great Dane very often so I was very happy. My friend said she had forgotten her wallet and had to go back for it, so I thought I might have time to walk to the inuksuk further down the path. But just as I was thinking that, I got a message from my friend saying she was almost at the restaurant. A bit disappointing, but I’ll go check it out another time.

After the restaurant, we went to a café for tea.
Lately, I’ve been into peanut butter cookies. The café I work at has them (crispy outside and soft inside), but this café’s peanut butter cookie was soft all the way through and melted in my mouth. It was delicious. The white one was some kind of coconut treat, and that was delicious too.

On the way home, I walked a little more, reaching 12,000 steps.

Now I’m wondering which happy hour to try next. I’m already excited about it!

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[Japanese]

友達とハッピーアワーに行ってきました。この時間帯は結構どこへ行ってもお店が空いていて良いのです。
今回はGuuという日本の居酒屋さんに行って来ました。
３時開始はちょっと早いのですが、年が明けてから始めて会うので、新年イェーイ！仕事のゴタゴタおそろしや～カンパーイ！食べよ～という具合であっという間にほろ酔いで、写真を撮るのを忘れました😅

友達はケアホームで仕事をしてるのですが、患者と患者の家族、職場のいじめ…大変そうです。でも仕事は好きとのこと。尊敬します。
飲んで食べて話して…また元気をもらいました。

レストランまではバスで途中まで行って、３０分ほど歩いて向かいました。
この辺りは週末の散歩コースから見える、海を挟んだ反対側のビーチです。
寒いけれどお天気が良くて気持ちの良い日でした。

大きなワンコがいたので写真を撮りましたが、頭が写っていませんでした。グレートデン君です。
友達がお財布を忘れて戻ったというので、この先にあるインヌクシュクまで歩けるかなと思っていたら、もうすぐレストラン！というメールが届いて少し残念でした。また今度行ってみようと思います。

レストランの後はカフェでお茶♪
最近ピーナッツバタークッキーが気になっています。勤め先のカフェにもあるのですが (サクサク&中はしっとり)、このカフェのピーナッツバタークッキーは中も外もしっとりで口に入れると溶けてしまいました。すごく美味しかったです。白いのはココナッツなんとか。こちらも美味しかったです。

帰りも歩いて歩数は12,000歩。
今度はどこのハッピーアワーに行こうかな。今から楽しみです。

☆☆☆

That’s all for today.

Thanks for visiting!

いつもありがとうございます！