The other day, my annual birthday came and went, and I turned 67.
Since this is not a milestone year, such as 60 or 65, I am only deeply moved by the fact that I have turned another year older. I feel like I'm being punished for saying that. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) reports that half of all single men will die before the age of 67.
I am not a single man because I got married after I turned 60, but if I had not married, I might not have been able to celebrate my 67th birthday.
My wife duly remembered my birthday and gave me a present (black jeans and trainers).
I am grateful for the gifts, but also for the fact that she married me. I am grateful.
My wife and I both had the day off, so we went to Shimizu Ophthalmology in Kashiwa to change her contact lenses from the one-day type to the two-week type.
Contact lenses are considered advanced medical equipment and require an examination by an ophthalmologist. Well, they are usually sold on amazon, and in the Philippines, they are sold at pharmacies in shopping malls even without a prescription. Many people probably buy them without a prescription.
Be that as it may, my wife switched to colored contacts this time. Menicon's colored contact lenses were only available in black and brown, so she chose brown. Since she is a member of Menikon's Merus Plan, a three-month supply was to be delivered to her home over the weekend.
For lunch, my wife ordered the chicken/chicken set meal and I ordered the chicken katsu set meal at Torira Shoten. As was the case last time we came here, the set meal my wife chose was quite large, so she could not finish it, and I had to eat the chicken that I could not finish.
You can order directly from the waitress at this restaurant, but you can also order from your own smartphone, so this time I ordered from my smartphone. I realized that the world is becoming more and more labor-saving.
At the Takashimaya Department Store in Kashiwa, I picked out and bought some side dishes and a cake for my birthday dinner.
We celebrated the birthday alone in the evening, and the day of my 67th birthday came to a peaceful end.
