Some new numbers have skulked into our lives since our arrival. Worrisome and unwelcome, they are the confirmation that Evelyn is fighting some kind of bug. Poor little lamb! She had but one request yesterday afternoon and that was to put on her jammies and take a rest, so that is exactly what we did.
Chris and Patrick spent the day exploring the narrow and bustling streets of our neighborhood, eventually finding themselves at a local noodle shop for dinner. Patrick has wasted no time in adding 'koko-kora, o kudasai' to his arsenal of useful phrases and is clearly delighted when his efforts produce an ice cold bottle of Coke, all for his consumption. The scamp!
The weather is much warmer and more humid than I would have expected for October in Tokyo. There is a lovely sweetness to the air, the fragrant gift of the kinmokusei trees flowering in abundance along the city streets. Also in abundance - and not quite as heavenly - are tiny stealth mosquitoes that have bewitched Patrick's legs with a trail of itchy welts. We've had great fun today trying to explain in broken Japanese our need for anti-itch ointment from the pharmacy. When your book of useful phrases fails you, thank goodness for the Internet!
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