10 October 2010

With Nick having a lie-in and then studying the rest of the day, I had arranged to take Emily to Toy Kingdom with Charlize and Tim. Emily mainly hung out in the dolls and Sylvanian Families sections with Charlize.

Being a national holiday, and with a bit of a wet start, the place was teeming and intolerably loud. Never mind the children, I felt over-stimulated, and I was only too glad to escape after three hours of sensory overload.

Emily and I went to look at the theme park rides as she always wants to watch the rollercoaster. There was some sort of geeks anime gathering taking place round Tokyo Dome with hundreds of weirdly dressed youths milling about.

We had a family dinner but Emily was so difficult that we all got very stressed. I was so strung out that I abandoned my usual run in favour of a bottle of wine and a film. Of course the exercise would have served as a more healthy way to work off my frustration but at least we had an evening in together and an earlyish night.