We were all disappointed when Nick called to say that he couldn't get out of the office for lunch. It's particularly hard as he's seeing less of Emily now because she sometimes sleeps through until after he's left and is increasingly difficult to rouse for the late evening feed.
I decided to go over to Roppongi Hills instead, and pick up a few small birthday gifts for various people. It may only have been 30C, but it was awfully humid and within a few minutes I was making good use of my sweatcloth. For once I got lucky and found a great place for reasonably-priced gifts (a tough call in such a mecca for the seriously-loaded).
Afterwards I walked some more, to Sharon's apartment, as one of the gifts was for her recent birthday. It wasn't far but I had to walk around the streets for quite a while as I needed Emily to take a nap. Investigating a quiet sidestreet I didn't know, I was taken aback to see a snake on the road. It was easily a metre long and a golden-brown colour. I hurried past but I'm sure it was more scared than I was as it slithered for cover under someone's front steps. Glad I don't live round there! Sharon insisted on us going in, though it was an unannounced visit, so we swapped progress reports and let Emily and Taylor play for a while. They got back from a UK trip a week ago and have just about got over the jetlag. I was glad that I'd got her a small gift as she had brought something back for Emily.
I'd walked quite a way, was drenched in sweat, and hadn't had lunch, so decided to skip food shopping and get Emily home to the cool to play. As I sometimes do, I let her watch a bit of the Disney channel before tea. It's crazy but the bit she likes best is the AXA insurance advert that they always show in the interval. It's about the most brain-numbingly boring ad (though there's a lot of competition here), yet she always whips round to look when she hears it, no matter what she's doing.
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