26 May diary

1st

It was a rainy day off. I woke up around 5 o'clock and got some tasks done before breakfast. For lunch, I made seafood tom yam ramen and share it with my wife. In the afternoon, the sky cleared up, so I went for a bike ride around Fuchu and Chofu. 

2nd

I cycled to the offce. It was a beautiful morning. I worked on unloading and storing the gear, and then handed over some gear for tomorrow's rehearsal. I took the afternoon off. Afetewards, I headed over to Mizonokuchi for a bit of  browising and picked up a shirt and a few accessories.

3rd

I worked on the final rehearsal of voice actress in Gakugeidai. The rehearsal went smoothly. Afterwars, I headed to the office to release gear.

4th

It was very windy day, so I left home earlier than planned and headed to Futamatagawa. When I arrived, I stopped  at a cafe before setting up the venue. Afterward, I headed back to the office and got some work done. Then, I went back to Futamataga to pick up the gear. I straight returned to home.

5th

I went to Ebina to deliver some large percussion instruments to a venue. I decided to stay in Ebina between the setup and load-out. I got some work done at the civic library, which is a well-designed spot. The load-out went smoothly and I headed straight home.  

6th

I woke up before 5 a.m. and headed to Osaka for a show-a job I had been asked to help with by Okamatsu. The work went off without a hitch. After the show, I joined Michibata and Kobayashi at a teppan yaki restaurant, where I listened to their complaints about work-conplaints I could fully relate to, as I'm part of the tour myself. 

7th

I woke up before 7 a.m. at the hotel and headed to Shibuya for a work that had been assigned to me. I had wanted to grab breakfast at Naniwa soba, a place I'd grown fond of during my mornings in Osaka. However, the shop was nowhere to be found. Instead, I picked up breakfast at "Kyo carnet"-and was pleasantly surprised by how unexpectedly delicious it was. I didn't sleep at all on the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. I managed to get the work done, though I was exhausted.

8th

I woke up before 6 a.m. but fell back asleep after a while. I cycled to the office. I received gear from Hashimoto and Lee for the show the day after tomorrow. I used a drum tuner for the first time-one I had recently bought after going back and forth on whether to purchase it-and it was every bit as interesting as I had expected. I also got some work done today. 

9th

This morning, on the way to the office, my bicycle’s gear was broke, but I managed to fix it temporarily . However, when I arrived at the office and tried again, I couldn’t fix it properly. I worked on preparing the gear for tomorrow’s show and loading it into the transportation truck. Afterwards, I spent a little time researching drum tuning using a TUNE BOT. Then, I headed to Nihonbashi to set up the gear.

10th

I headed to Toyosu for the show that a voice actress's tour final. I used the share bike from Hibiya Station. I felt the show was emortional and so good so I enjoyed it.    

11th

Today I went to the office 30 minutes earlier than usual to get a head start on the day's work. I also neededd to take my bicycle to the bike shop to have the gear fixed which broke two days ago. I cleared out the equipment from yesterday's show and put everything away. I also drew up some estimates for recent projects. Once I wrapped up work, I took my bike to my regular bicycle shop. 

12th

I went to the hosptal for a follow-up appointment because I had received a poor result on my annual helth check. Afterward, I took my bike to the bicycle shop for a repair. I stopped by nearby supermarket three times. For dinner, I made some quiche.

13th

Early in the morning, my daughter complained of a headache- and today happened to be her school’s sports festival. She had put a lot of time and effort into preparing for it, and had really been looking forward to it. I tried to calm her down and help her find the best solution for herself. Fortunately, she managed to go to school and decided to give it a try. After that, I went back to sleep for a little while. Later, I headed to Shibuya for a TV shoot. A veteran singer performed. and Kimura’s team joined as the technical equipment crew. 

14th

First thing in the morning, I stopped by the office before heading to Shibuya to drop off the gear. I returned to the office and got a few tasks done. Later, I made another trip to Shibuya to pick the gear back up. I wrapped everything up before evening and headed home.

15th

Today I cycled to the office. I stored some gear from yesterday with Yoshikawa. Afterwards, I headed to Shibuya to attend a meeting about next week's TV shoot. On the way back to the office, I made a quick stop at Kobayashi's place to drop off the Shinkansen ticket. Finally, I spent the rest the day tuning some snare drums until it was time to clock out. 

16th

I woke up before 6 a.m. I have recently restarted studying with the book of "DUO" and an app called "Cut & Loop", which repeats audio and text for languare practice. I headed to the hospital to recieve the result of my follow-up helth examinaton. The result were good, and the values that had been off were almost back to normal. I realized that cuting back on alcohol is very effective for me. For lunch, my family had Hakata ramen. After lunch, I continued studying English again.

17th

My family, except for my daughter, took a trip to a botanical garden specializing in medicinal plants. We saw some legally grown poppy flowers. I leaned how morphine is made in the garden's reference room. We had lunch at yakiniku resutaurant right next to the garden. Afterwards, we left and stopped by Kokubunji to pick up dinner. Then, we decided to head to Tama lake via the Tamako Line. We enjoyed our time there and then moved on to Seibu Dome via the Yamaguchi Line. In the end, it turned put to be a day of enjoying several Seibu Lines!

18th

It was a hot morning, I cycled to the office. Right when I was heading out the door, Nature called at the worst possible moment and ended up leaving later than planned. I arrived at the office just in time. I spent the whole day working through various desk tasks and managed to get them all done.

19th

I spent the whole day on day-driver duties and got everything ready for tomorrow. I also swapped out the snare drum head and tuned it using the Tunebot. I'm  slowly getting a feel for its quirks when reading the pitch.

20th

This morning, I noticed that the Odakyu Line was delayed, so I left home earlier than planned. When I arrived Nobrito station to change trains, the Odakyu platform was so crowded and stairs were so packed that I couldn't move for a few minutes. I then transferred at Yoyogi-Uehara, but the train was extremely crowded and running very late, so I decided to use LUUP insted. I made it to the studio just in time. I worked on a TV show featuring a veteran female singer.

21st

I worked on the filming of a TV show featuring a well established band. I had reached out to Zama a few days prior. I reluctantly got started the assessments. 

22nd

I woke up before 6 a.m. and junped right into my assessments. For lunch, I whipped up a cup of onion consomme soup and enjoyed two pieces of quiches I had made ahead and stashed in the freezer. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment with a jazz playlist in the background. I decided to treat myself to Gapao rice for dinner.

23rd

I made my way to Hachioji for the final show of the voice actress’s tour . The performance was a great success. However, after the show, one of the band member’s cars wouldn't start, so some staff stayed to handle the situation. Unfortunately, it turned out that the car couldn't be fixed that day in the end.

24th

Early in this morning, I got started on the assessment before breakfast. For lunch, I whipped up some natto pasta and shared with my wife and daughter. After lunch, I kept plugging away at the assessment, taking short naps in between. 

25th

It was a sunny,clear morning. I cycled to the office-the cycling path felt so refreshing. On the way, I stopped by Shibuya to drop off some gear, and had lunch at a first-floor restaurant, where I enjoyed a bowl of shihuans miso soup. After that, I headed back to the office and took care of some desk work.

26th

Today, I woke up around 5a.m. and got straight to work on the assessments I'd been writiing. For lunch, I whipped up some fried rice and enjoyed it with my daughter. I spent the entire day working thought the assessmente step by step. 

27th

This morning, I uploaded some assessments to Claude and asked it to help me finish them. I cycled to the office. I prepared for tomorrow's work, which involved a drum kit setup. I compared several Ludwig snare drums in different sizes of the Black Beauty model. I’ｍ used to using TuneBot.

28th

I woke up just after 5 a.m. I started organizing some assessments. Because I got up early. I had few hours to myself before leaving the home. I headed to Shibuya and worked on a TV shoot. The performer asked me to create a buzzy snare sound, so I whipped it up before the sound check. The shoot went off without a hitch. 

29th

I headed to the head office. I worked on storing the gear and prepared and loaded it onto the transport truck for tomorrow's show in Nagoya. After that, I organized some assessments. When it was almost time to check out, I realized I had critically forgoten something I needed to do for tomorrow. I managed to get it finished, so I was able to avoid a serious accident tomorrow.  

30th

I woke up a few minutes before 6a.m. After breakfast, I worked on some assessment files for a while. I headed to Nagoya where I joined Kobayashi and the team running a series of  shows at Nagoya Station, and we all headed to the venue together. The show went off without a hitch. I also managed to get some assessments done in between durling the day. 

31st

I rode my bike to work. I unloaded the gear from yeaterday's transport truck and put it away. I prepped everything for tomorrow's job. I took the afternoon off, and my family and I went out for dinner at a Genghis Khan restaurant in Noborito.