Renate had advertised a TMG outing to the splash area over in Odaiba, and although we were on the island the day before I felt that Emily would welcome the chance to splash in clean water, as the sea off the beach is awful so she hadn't been able to get wet then. I had mentioned the trip to Becky and she brought another Brit, Caroline, along as well, so that made four of us in total. We walked from our meeting point at Tamachi to the pier in Shibaura, and I was pleased to see that they all enjoyed the boat ride across as much as I'd hoped when I suggested it. It was an extremely hot and humid day and we were all suffering a lot as we walked for quarter of an hour to the pirate boat playground. How my heart sank when the water feature came into view and I realised that it was coned off for maintenance. It wasn't my trip, but I still somehow felt responsible as a TMG coordinator, though Renate could not possibly have known it would be out of action.
We quickly polished off our picnics and then packed up, as I had suggested that we get back across to Tamachi on the light railway and splash at Hon Shiba instead. After getting of the blissfully cooled train we had a further ten minute walk in the heat of the day and we were all very relieved to find the pools there available; we were soon cooling our feet happily as the kids got stuck in. Emily got on very well with Renate's daughter Shayla, who is a year older than her. After the group broke up I took the two of them over the road to the playground behind Pokke and the Emily and Shayla played well there for another half an hour before we set off for home. Not a moment too soon as it began to rain. As evening came it was to turn into a bit of a thunderstorm, which had Emily very nervous. I thought I had managed to instill excitement at the thought of lightning and thunder, as Nick and I are both avid storm watchers. I suspect the curse of Peppa Pig has struck again, as PP is afraid when there is a storm in one episode.
Nick took the first of two stages of the Superisory Analyst exam today and unfortunately missed the pass mark by 4%. We now have to give some serious thought as to where that leaves him, and us as a family. He isn't actually interested in becoming an SA, but it seems a good thing to have on his CV and may open a lot of alternative career paths in many locations.
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