It was time for the second Japanese class, the last one before the summer break. I was determined not to be late, and not be intimidated by the foreign language and peculiar customs. I had been to one class before and now I knew what to expect. I would be fearless and ready to conquer. Watch out Japanese ladies, I may have lost my fancy man bag, but I’m ready to participate and sing your songs.
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Last week ended with me losing my diaper bag that also carried my camera and my prescription sunglasses. I tried not to let it bother me too much and tried to let it go. I had enough things going on at home to not let it get me down too long anyways. This past week was a good week, but a really busy week. Museums, drywall, grocery shopping, family dinner, cooking, farmer’s market petting farm, running errands, and Japanese school. I think I tried doing too much this week while keeping our renovation project moving and I think it finally caught up with me.
When I reached the bottom of the stairs I saw at least twelve strollers lining the hallway around an open door. Strollers!? Was there a walking portion to this class I didn’t know about? I left my stroller in the car! Should I go get it?? But then I looked at my watch and noticed we were 45 minutes late. Maybe not. I took a deep breath and entered the room.
And that’s how I found myself sitting in my truck staring at the water down by the river eating an Arby’s roast beef sandwich…
I’ve been feeling very confident these days. Everything has been going really well. Ellie has been napping great, behaving at the grocery store, and even having fun at swim class. We’ve been playing outside, porch sittin’, going for walks, and having play dates. She’s just been so much fun lately. We even went out for pancakes the other day, just the two of us, followed by a little stroll downtown with her holding my hand as we walked. So with everything going so great lately, I felt like I could handle anything. Japanese school? Bring it!
After my last trip to the grocery store with Ellie, I decided she was banned for awhile. This was really disappointing because I really enjoyed grocery shopping with her. But after two weeks in a row of her not cooperating, I had to do it. BANNED until further notice.
Instead of doing the grocery shopping on Monday morning as usual, I did it Sunday evening. This happens to be the worst time to go grocery shopping. I find the only benefit of doing this was leaving Ellie at home. But I’m not so sure it was even worth it.
