kei getting married!


kei getting married!
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Oh yeah, to Presley. A lovely reception, but I had to scamper home quickly to help with the still illin' Tonchabeast.

morning icecream


morning icecream
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Having the flu is a great excuse to eat lots of icecream.

@ cleaners


@ cleaners
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Still sick, but that doesn't stop her from wanting to get out of the house...and wear her boots.

post-hospital icecream, on the bike, in the rain


post-hospital icecream, on the bike, in the rain
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P called me about 2pm to come home and take Ton to the hospital as her fever was 39.6 C. Rushed home and put Ton on the bike. At the hospital, we were given Extra Special treatment thanks to swine flu, so we got put into our own room immediately to wait for the doc. Ton was hot and groggy and kind of fell asleep for a bit, but as soon as the doctor came in she woke up and did not enjoy one bit having her ears checked or getting a throat culture taken.
Doc said her throat was very red, but test came back negative for strep, so most likely an adino-virus.
Got a prescription for fever medicine and told that if she gets worse, especially if she starts coughing and/or puking, get her back to the hospital asap.
When we left it was kind of drizzly so I wrapped a towel around Ton's head, which she enjoyed immensely, and we got some mint chip ice cream before filling her prescription and pedaling home.
(And thanks to the joys of Japanese socialized medicine, the entire thing from check-up to prepscription drugs cost exactly zero.)
At home Ton was none too thrilled to be force-fed fever medicine but calmed down a bit later and even got quite perky.
Everyone went to bed soon after dinner, just as Baba was showing up.

time and patience

Tonchan is slowly grasping the concept of time. This morning she woke up at a decent hour, but before eating she wanted to sit on the couch, on my lap, and watch some TV.
Her favorite words these days are "after" and "later".
For example, a typical conversation goes something like this.
Me: You want to have breakfast? You want cereal? Or udon? Or bread?
Ton: No, papa. After this one [points to TV] ok?

So we sat there. For half an hour.
She refused to move, get up, or eat. My half-eaten cereal bowl was getting soggier and the minutes clicked slowly towards 8am...
Finally managed to get her to the table and she wanted a fresh bowl of udon, so P boiled water and I ran about getting dressed.
She started eating about 8:07am, P shoveling noodles into Ton's gaping maw. No time for hair, I got her changed, brushed her teeth, and trundled her into her boots and out the door.
She is lucky she is cute, otherwise she would really, really piss me off sometimes.


Update: P just texted me and said Ton has a fever and so she's going to pick her up at school. That probably explains why Ton was so grumpy and slow this morning...

post-bath


post-bath
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post-dinner wrestling


post-dinner wrestling
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milk drunk


milk drunk
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long day @ the zoo


long day @ the zoo
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Massively successful day of adventure at Zoorasia. Took the bus to Gotanda, train to Shinagawa then another train to Yokohama, then the Sotetsu line to Tsurugamine, then the bus to the zoo.
Totally awesome -- elephants, penguins, a polar bear, sleeping lions and tigers...no dolphins though, sorry.
Tonchan's favorite was obviously the penguins. Plus all the icecream she got to eat all day (have to stay cool and hydrated!). And the most excellent playgrounds.

taste of fear


taste of fear
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slide


slide
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pengi!


pengi!
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polar bear


polar bear
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tastes like pengi!


tastes like pengi!
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elephant!


elephant!
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i smacked my left eye into the door last night


i smacked my left eye into the door last night
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@ bus stop


@ bus stop
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