31 August 2010

It is still hitting around 35C. To cool off, I had suggested a pool playdate with Tracey at Meguro. Emily was tetchy due to the poo problem. She got upset when Lottie poured water over her hat, then again when she pushed in front of her on the slide. Lottie was too excited to wait, and as far as I am concerned it is dog eat dog; Emily must learn to assert herself better if she is to avoid being a timid wimp like me, though of course I hope that she will have good manners and not take advantage of others either.

I saw Victoria and Soraya there and felt massively guilty for not being in touch with her since March, when Soraya had her birthday party. Victoria is due with number two next week, and I actually came clean and said that I find it hard to hang out with those who are pregnant second time round. I immediately wished I could retract as she said she felt guilty, and that wasn't my intention, which was merely to explain my reticence in emailing. Still, as far as that goes, these things are two way.


We stayed in the water for about 45 minutes then the kids got hungry and we left. It took ages to get us all stripped, dried and dressed, but luckily Tracey had some snacks to keep them happy. We stopped off up the hill at Starbucks for a good hour and some lunch. The girls were mucking around together on the seats and seemed to be getting on very well after a prolonged break.

Emily well nigh insisted on us taking the Yamanote line home instead of the Namboku subway; she said ' I can't see anything under ground, let's go on the Yamanote'. I found it hard to resist her logic and it was no skin off my nose really, so we did go that way home. We played indoors for the rest of the afternoon, but yet again I found myself feeling really groggy and Emily had to keep prodding me and saying 'wake up Mummy'. I have felt for a long time that this is due to fluctuating blood sugar levels and really ought to have been to see a doctor about it in the UK, so am going to shell out to see a medic here in case there is anything I can do about it.