26 July diary.

31st

Today was the first day of rehearsals a voice actress’s anniversary live show, held in Kyodo. I used a bike-share service to get to the studio for the first time. Our team got back together for the first time since May. The rehearsal went off without a hitch. On my way home, just as I realized I'd left my tool bag on the shared bike, so I went back to the station. Fortunately, my tool back was still in the bike's basket, and I was able to picke up it.

30th

For breakfast, I had leftover hayashi rice from the night before. I worked on a TV shoot  themed around musical songs. I met some familiar musicians, as well as singer-actor whoes show's I've been working on this month. The shoot was scheduled to run late into the night, but in the end, it finished almost on time .

29th

I woke up 4:30 a.m. for a TV shoot rehearsal at Diba. I ended up eating breakfast in three separate sittings, The rehearsal wrapped up almost on schedule. I didn't have lunch because I happened to miss the chance to eat.

28th

I took the Nanbu Line to commute to the office because the weather forcast predicted it might rain in the eveninig. I worked on some tasks, including delivering a DJ table to Shibuya.

27th

I went into the office via the Nanbu-Line since the forecast called for rain in the evening. I got through my tasks by midday. So I decided to take the rest of the day off. I ended up taking a quick nap in the early evening.

26th

I woke up before 5 a.m. I hadn't slept very well but I couldn't fall back asleep. I went to a nearby Family Mart to buy eggs for breakfast and made some toast with egg and sausage. After that, I took a short nap. Then, my wife and I went to Yaoko to buy some eel for dinner. For lunch, I made instant salt ramen with fried bean sprouts and boiled egg, and enjoyed it with my wife. In the afternoon, I watched some Fuji Rock live streams online. 

25th

I woke up before 7 a.m. I hadn’t slept very well, but I felt relatively okay since I hadn’t had any alcohol the night before. I went to a beef bowl shop near Tobitakyu Station for breakfast and had the morning set meal. Afterward, I had some free time before work, so I rested at the hotel. The show went smoothly throughout the day. Finally, I went back to the office and unloaded the gear from the show.

24th

It was purely a setup day for the arena show, so our section's work wasn't scheduled to start until the evening. My son left home in the morning for his train-related hobby activities. For lunch, I made fried rice and enjoyed it with my wife and daughter. I spent a relaxing time untill evening. I noticed that the weather forecast was predicted heavy rain near the venue, so I left home earlier than planned. that way, I managed avoided it. Our team set up the gear until about 22:30, then we headed to a hotel near the venue and stayed there for the night.  

23rd

I headed to Tobitakyu to load the gear into the venue. Today was just a loading day, so I finished the work within an hour. On my way home, I stopped by Chofu. It was a scorching hot day. 

22nd

I commuted to the office on my bicycle. I prepped the gear for the arena show.

21st

Last night, I fell asleep unintentionally and didn’t take a bath. This morning, I took a shower as soon as I woke up. I headed to Yoyogi-Hachiman for a rehearsal for an arena show. When I stopped by a convinience store, I dropped my sunglasses, without noting and by the time I realized it, I couldn't find them anywhere. Still, the rehearsal went off without a hitch.

20th

I woke up before 9 o'clock and left the hotel right away. I returned to the office, unloaded the gear from yeasterday's show, and dealt with band members who came to pick up their gear.

19th

I woke up 4:30 a.m. and headed to Osaka for a singer-actor's show. I had breakfast near Shin-Yokohama Station before boarding the Shinkansen. The show went off without a hitch. Afterward, we had a wrap party to celebrate the end of the shows series.

18th

I woke up before 6 a.m. My son left home in the early morning for his school club activities. This morning, I looked up recipes for the air fryer. Then I headed to Shibuya for  a TV shoot theme around old-fashioned, popular Japanese songs.

17th

I could hardly sleep last night. This morning, I rode my bicycle to the office. I prepared the gear for the show in Osaka the day after tomorrow and loaded it onto a tranportation truck. After work, on my way home, a heavy rain caught me off guard. It come on so suddenly that I couldn't do anything about it, and I ended up soaked.  

16th

I worked on a TV shoot I'm in charge of. A veteran singer performed, accompanied by some of our staff. A small problem came up when we were wrapping up all the gear and taking it out of the studio — some gear got left behind, and we couldn't grab it because another shoot had already started there. But I managed to retrieve it after a while.

15th

This morning, I overslept a little, though I still managed to arrived at work on time. I guess I drank too much last night. I worked on a few tasks, then headed to Shibuya for a a blocking rehearsal ahead of tomorrow's TV shoot. 

14th

Today was the second day of the rehearsal for the arena show. Just like yesterday, everything went off without a hitch. It finished later than I expected, though.

13th

I headed to a studio in Wakabayashi. It was my first time there in several years. The rehearsal for an arena show has started. I met some band menbers I hadn't seen in a while, The rehearsal went off without a hitch. I made sure to check on a few things I was unsure about during the rehearsal.

12th

This morning, the weather forecast said it might rain, but I rode my bicycle to the office. Almost all of our section members were at the office, but we realized we didn't have much work to do today, so we decided to take a half day off. 

11th

Last night, I went to bed earlier than usual but I couldn't get enough sleep. I woke up around 5 a.m. and had toast for breakfast. Afterwards, I tidied up house and installed the PayPay app. For lunch, My family and I had kebab sandwiches that I pick up as takeout near Nakanoshima Station. It was my first time using PayPay. The sandwich was so good that I really loved it. After lunch, I went to some nearby shops to pick up ingredients for dinner. I couldn't decide what to make, since I'd be having dinner without my wife -- she had plans to go drinking with her coworkers. Then, I went back home, and I couldn't resist falling asleep, so I took a nap for about an hour. 

10th

I rode my bike to the office. I worked on some tasks in the morning. Then, I headed to Shibuya for a meeting about next week's TV shoot. and afterward headed back to the office to knock out some more tasks.

9th

This morning, I picked up a truck from the office and headed to the venue in Marunouchi for the second show of the singer-actor's concert. The show went off without a hitch and was fantastic, just like last week's show. Finally, I returned to the office, and Iwano was still working on changing the strings of the upright bass. So I helped him before we left the office.   

8th

I headed to Daiba for an unscheduled task involving equipment transport. I noticed I had back pain when I started work, and it's been getting worse since then. I loaded the gear onto a truck for tomorrow's show.

7th

I took the day off. I finished up some desk tasks this morning. I had planned to have lunch with my daughter, but she got out of school late, so we ended up having lunch later than planned.  

6th

This morning, I attended a meeting about scheduling for our section. Then, I spent the rest of the day working through my tasks. 

5th

It must have rained heavily last night, continuing until early this morning. For breakfast, I made toast with bacon eggs, and salad for my daughter and myself. Then my family headed to Yokohama Chinatown. I chose a Hunan restaurant and enjoyed a claypot rice withpork trotter skin -- one of restaurant's specialties -- along with a few other dishes. We also enjoyed some streer food while walking around town. Finally, I bought some food for dinner that we always buy whenever we visited Chinatown.  

4th

I got to the office an hour earlier than usual. I unloaded the gear we'd used the day before. While I was storing it, Yoshimura asked me to fix a hi-hat stand that had something wrong with it from his work the day before. I couldn't fix it right away, but I managed to fix it in the end. Recently, I've felt like I haven't been sleeping enough. Maybe I have a sleep disorder. I wrapped up all the work and took the rest of the day off.

3rd

I headed to the office in the early morning to pick up a truck and drove to the venue. Today was the first day of concert for a singer-actor, held in Marunouchi. The shoe went smoothly, and the performance was marvelous. After it ended, I went back to the office with Kobayashi.    

2nd

I went to the office, prepped all the gear for tomorrow’s work, and finished some desk tasks.

1st

I cleaned the air conditioners in the living room and bedroom. For lunch, I made a bowl of natto spaghetti for my son.  While my wife and I had bowls of clam ramen. In the afternoon, I visited some stationery shops to look for sheets of dot stickers for work, but I couldn’t find any. I bought some paperbacks at a secondhand bookstore. For dinner, I made pizza with grilled potatoes and onions.