Hi Journal.

Mother was still gone. Father said she was probably picking flowers in the highest point in the eastern Land of Fire, because this time of year is the only time of year that they could get some type of flower under a lunar rainbow. Or something along those lines. I'm pretty sure she said she would be back tomorrow. Father, on the other hand, had a day off. He told me that this was only his second off-day since Naruto had become Hokage. Itachi went off in the land of fire for a practice mission, led by a few Chunin looking to gain more Jonin-like experience. That left me and him alone most of the day. By most of the day, I mean all day.

I took this opportunity to practice more hand seals, but I needed to eat first. I got mad at myself, because I ate the last two lunchboxes yesterday. Father must have been really hungry too, because he gave me money and told me to bring back three of whatever I could find, one for each of us. He sent me off in the village, and told me to be fast with it. He was determined to not do any type of cooking. I believe that he has never cooked for mother, nor had he ever had any plans to.

Other than that, he slept most of the day. And he read a lot. I didn't know what of. I'm guessing some Uchiha scrolls he found or something. He asked me to do a lot of hand seals. Father shouted out any random combination of hand seals. One time he was just excessive and yelled out "ram-tiger-horse-monkey-tiger-rat-dragon-rat-dog-b oar-rat-dog-bird-tiger-horse-ram-tiger-dragon." Inora laughed when I messed up the "Rat" seal. The "Dragon" seal was tricky too, and I was completely lost as to how to make the "bird" seal. I was expecting father to scold me. But he said I need to practice all the time before he can actually teach me some cool new jutsu! He promised me as soon as I mastered all the seals he would teach me something like a basic Genjutsu! YES!

Later that night, when the moon came out, we then went out for ramen instead of Barbecue for dinner that night. At this point I knew two things. 1.) I see why Lord Sixth is so addicted to the stuff. 2.) Father has never cooked a day in his life. I wondered if father was actually going to buy food the entire time, or at the very least force me to make something.

Whenever we paid and left, father placed Inora on my shoulders. She was riding on my shoulders all the way home. Father was smiling walking behind us. Everything felt right. As much as I don't like my family sometimes, I really do love moments like these. I just can't wait until mother comes home tomorrow.

That's all for today. Goodnight!