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Checkin to Blue Bottle Coffee
Breaking fast after my health check. -
Mufasaing
by JamesNothing makes you feel old before your time like a back injury. Let me rewind. Leo doesn't always like taking a shower/bath. One day, while in America, instead of taking a shower with me, he by himself. But he's only 5Β β he still needs help.
The shower head in the house we were staying was fixed to the wall i.e. it didn't have a hose. And the water pressure left a lot to be desired. In order to rinse Leo I needed to hold him up like Mufasa presenting Simba to the rest of the animals on the Lion King so I don't get wet. As he was against showing in the first place, the moment I start Mufasaing him, he starts throwing all of his 15kg of weight around and tweak.Β
Back in Japan I visit the orthopedic doctor and as I suspected he gave me a hernia. The fix will take a couple of weeks, but mostly seems to involve heating to relax my back and then putting me in a chair that lays me back and gently pulls my hips / stretches my spine until everything goes back to where it's supposed to be. What a pain. Literally. -
Checkin to Single O Hamacho
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by JamesLeoβs asking some deep questions. Things like βWhen we die, does this mean we canβt live in Japanβ. Oof.
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Checkin to Starbucks
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The Week #138
by James- We flew back to Japan and we're all happy to be home. By day 10 in America, we had spent the entire time going full-throttle meeting people, going places, and doing things and we were all tired and ready to get back into our regular routine again.
- Before the flight I bought the extra Mario Kart levels to give us something new to do on the plane. I really like this "expansion pack" model with Mario Kart. For Β₯2,500 we get new 48 new courses to play and they're delivered over the next year or so. Half the price of a new game and we regularly get new content without needing to buy new games.
- The flight was mostly uneventful. The main mishap was that despite me updating my reservation via the app to include kids meals and Asian Vegetarian meals for the adults, none of them got saved. And as we were coming America, this means there's no rice dishes and nothing that Leo would eat. He survived on half of the bagel he didn't eat for his breakfast and some random bread / butter we could scrounge up.
What was annoying was that the staff didn't apologize for their system messing up and instead told me to check with the ground staff next time. I shouldn't need to do that? And I've asked this before, but why aren't children's reservations set to automatically include a kids meal? - Once we landed in Japan everyone exhausted. But since this is a fully-developed country (and Japan at that) we were able to send our luggage to our house via kuroneko (Japanese fedex), to be delivered the next morning and enjoy a nice rail trip on the Narita Express to Totsuka. Leo ate the food he missed most, a salmon onigiri before falling asleep.
Once in Totsuka, we took a taxi home, brushed our teeth, and collapsed in bed β almost exactly 24 hours after we started the journey from the hotel. - And speaking of Salmon Onigiri, Leo missed them so much he had them the next day (Sunday) for breakfast as well. And some for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Monday. Onigiri is Leo's life force.
- I subscribed to a new blog brr.fyi. It is chronicling life in Antarctica through the winter. I've only read a few posts so far, but it's well written and is quite thought provoking β seeing what it takes to keep humans alive in such harsh conditions.
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Checkin to 7-Eleven (γ»γγ³γ€γ¬γγ³ ζ¨ͺζ΅δΈη°ι§ εεΊ)
Jet lag essentials shopping. Not much different from the time I usually wake up in summer tho. -
Sims back in their appropriate location and bags off with the delivery folks so weβre relatively hands free on the way home.
οΏΌοΏΌSeems like they still have the same number of staff for quarantine as they did 6 months ago when things were strict. Heaps of people just standing there watching you. -
Checkin to Terminal 1 (第1γΏγΌγγγ«)
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by JamesNaturally the meal reservations we made didnβt save into our reservations.Β No kids meal. Booo United.
