I seem to be suffering from retail fever this week. After my splurge on Tuesday in Odaiba, I went to Akachan Honpo in Gotanda with no real purpose in mind and on the way in saw that Uniqlo had opened a huge new store so went in for a browse. I didn't have much time so will have to go again soon as there were many fairly cheap things I'd like to try. Julia had asked me to get something for her and I had to ask an assistant; between her pigeon English and my basic Japanese we still had trouble so called Julia who soon sorted it out. I spotted some trousers with a Japlish logo on the backside saying 'I am continuously loving it'. Hardly appropriate for a toddler!
Emily and I were doing well until bedtime, when she announced that she was still hungry and asked for snacks. It was clear that she was not going to go to bed without something so I had to give her some bran flakes then brush her teeth again. She still would not get into bed and asked for more, at which point I really lost it and stormed out of the room slamming the door, so by the time I came back with a bit more food she was hysterical and had managed to bang her head on the wall in her convulsions too. I felt instantly wracked with guilt for my extreme reaction, but it was rather tiresome.
This week the Asahi channel has been screening a recent BBC series by Iain Stewart about the elemental forces that have shaped human development, and I feel somewhat bereft now it has finished. Well, at least the World Cup starts today, though unfortunately none of the England matches is on at a decent hour here.
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