9 August 2009

We walked over to Hon Shiba park in blazing heat with little wind, where we splashed about in the fountain pool. After only half an hour we left as Emily was quite grouchy. Maybe it was just the heat getting to her, as I know I feel very grumpy if I am too hot.

After lunch we went to Meguro pool, as I was keen to take Nick to see what fun we have there. By now it was very overcast and threatening a storm, but that that didn't materialise. Nonetheless there were about 20 children there, playing in the rather cool water, and Emily played happily for 40 mins or so.

At home I realised that Emily was singing. Her attempt at 'Twinkle Twinkle' was recognisable. She didn't use the right syllables most of the time but it was the correct tune and some words were distinguishable.

After dark I went out for my run, despite it still being 30C and very airless. It went surprisingly well. I ran my longest route in reverse, which felt very strange, and it also meant that the steep hill came halfway instead of at the beginning. Why is it that the crossings are always showing green when you secretly wish they would be red? Thank goodness for a wet cloth to mop my bright red face.

Near the end of the run I noticed several garage shutters rattling hard, and it did cross my mind that there might be an earthquake since there was no wind to produce such an effect. However, I didn't feel anything at all so I continued running. When I got home Nick said there had been one and that it was quite heart in mouth at one point. I felt almost disappointed not to have felt it, though that's easy to say in retrospect. To illustrate the violence of the force, I'd left a large pan half full of water on the stove and it had sloshed all over the stove top and onto the floor.