Emily woke around 1am. Nick tried to deal with it without me having to get up, but in the end I went in as I couldn't sleep with her crying anyway. It took me an hour to get her off again and I crawled out of the room on all fours wincing at every creak, sure she would wake again. But next thing I knew it was nearly 10am and no sound. Nick went in and gently woke her. I dragged myself out of bed feeling like I could easily stay there for many more hours.
After breakfast at 11, we decided to go on the boat to Odaiba though it was raining heavily, as Emily was already climbing the walls. It was light rain but it was drifting on the breeze so we still got very wet all over. She loved being on the boat and shouted 'bo' (boat) repeatedly as we crossed under Rainbow Bridge. We had lunch in Monsoon cafe, which serves mainly spicy Asian food. Emily picked at crab pancake, rice, and cucumber sucked clean of its spicy dressing. She liked the ceiling fan above our table a lot. The rain had eased off a bit and she needed to nap, so we put her in the buggy and walked along the waterfront for an hour. She took ages to succumb, then woke just as we boarded the last boat back to Shibaura.
While she napped we discussed plans for the future, but it probably wasn't a good time to do it, with me so fresh from home where life seemed so much easier. The old frustration about the language barrier surfaced, which had never gone away and had only been simmering quietly. And the fact is that our lifestyle here costs us more than it would back home (especially the food and rent). If we were in the UK I would be able to get a job more easily too, though as Nick pointed out I hadn't actually tried to get one in Tokyo yet, which I promised to work on.
We had dinner together again. It was nice to all sit down together and we will try to do it more often. I only made it to 9.15 before I had to retire, but felt relatively well tuned in to the new time zone.
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