I am starting to really worry about my ability to cope with the summer ahead. It was about 25C today and I felt very uncomfortable when not in the shade, despite a decent breeze. Maybe it's a hormonal change? Emily's sunsafe rompersuit, sunhat and baby shades arrived in the nick of time. Now all I have to do is stop her from taking the hat off. She is not a lover of headgear of any kind - I always speculate that it may be due to the ventouse delivery.
Emily had her third sojourn in daycare for the afternoon. For my part, I went to the nearby sports centre to check out the afternoon aerobics class. It wasn't long enough or hard enough for my liking, but boy it felt good to be in the exercise groove again. There were about 40 participants, and I was one of the few non-pensioners, though to give them their dues they were certainly very sprightly. Although the instructor was only speaking in Japanese, the language of aerobics is the same the world over: 'grapevine' featured prominently, and I knew all the steps from classes back in the pre-Emily past, so I didn't embarrass myself as I'd imagined I would. I have Emily booked in for the next few weeks, so can go to the class regularly. It's better than nothing - the harder ones are unfortunately all evenings or weekends.
After class I killed time in Starbucks, undoing all my good work. I noticed that here, instead of the usual extremely servile greeting 'irrashaimase', they say 'konnichiwa' (hello). Perhaps it's because they are a western company, or maybe it heralds a change in the humble attitude adopted by serving staff throughout Japan.
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