Expected rain did not materialise, however it was horribly humid and about 28C. A real reminder of what is to come and makes me so pleased that we will miss most of it. I was coordinator for a TMG meeting at Hamamatsucho jidokan so was glad I had decided to hold it indoors. It was a good turnout with about 15 showing up, and all seemed to get on very well and mingle nicely. Both Lydia and Becky attended, and I also met another Brit who had arrived in Tokyo only two weeks ago with a 27-month old daughter.
Worryingly, Emily has recently shown a fear of using potties or toilets, after doing most poos on one for the last few months. As soon as we got to the jidokan she said 'I want to go home', and I knew that a poo was imminent as she has taken to saying that whenever one is due. I took her off to the loo, where they have special toilets only 6 inches off the floor for kids, but she got upset and refused to go on it. Again, we had it all in her nappy, and I am worried that she has developed a reliance on them that will be hard to break. I feel now that I ought to have gone ahead and trained her earlier, when she was more inclined to sit on the potty. The problem almost certainly stems from her sluggish bowel habits as the first poo is always firm and no doubt difficult to pass. I shall consult the doctor when we go home.
After the meeting I suggested to Lydia that we have a picnic in Kyu Shiba Rikyu, as she had not been there yet, and we also invited along the newbie Brit, Nicole. We snatched our lunch in the shady seating area under the wisteria trellis in between chasing our girls as they wandered further afield, seemingly uninterested in eating much. We all roamed around the garden for a while before the others had to leave. There was a beautiful patch of white and purple irises in flower down by the edge of the water and I wished I had taken my camera. It was becoming unbearably sticky so Emily and I had an iced drink at Tully's then headed for home, where we spent the rest of the afternoon chilling out.
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