I'm almost embarrassed to post the following, however, my goal has been to share our lives while here in Japan... so here goes...
While everyone in the US is enjoying Labor Day - we are still business as usual. Nicholas had school but Sydney didn't since she is still on her transition schedule. Her friends across the hall came over early this morning and asked us to go to the park and then on to lunch - so it was off to the "Step Park" - literally 2 minutes from the house - it will be a place we go very often since it also has a full batting cage! We had lunch at Wendy's and then we went shopping for Sydney some new rain boots - proud to report that she picked Marie the cat from the movie "Maristocats" (i.e. Aristocats for those of you who don't speak fluent 4 year old...)
As soon as I walked back in the door, the phone rang and it was the nurse from Nicholas's school - turns out he was in the office with a headache and just feeling icky... no fever so she sent him on his way but wanted to let me know. Now comes the embarrassing part... Sydney and I stopped in the convenience store near the bus stop looking for an equivalent of Gatorade - no luck - I was hoping to get Nicholas a treat for when he got off the bus since I knew he might not feel well... When we came out of the store, the bus was there -however, it was the bigger kids bus... the elementary school bus had already come and gone. No sign of my little boy... Sydney and I ran back down the hill with me near panic stage praying that Heather, my neighbor, had walked back down with him - sure enough, there he was, with Heather, as I rounded the corner.
You see, just this weekend, we arranged a "what would you do if mommy wasn't at the bus stop" plan - he followed the plan and everything worked out. The bus was early today which means I need to get my butt up there earlier from now on! He was fine but it certainly took me a few minutes to get my act together... Took him to the park - his jaw dropped when he saw the batting cage.
By the way - he's fine this evening. I think he's not been drinking water like he should and since he's clearly not used to this insane humidity, he's feeling a bit icky when he's outside for too long. We are working on that as the week goes on...
Enjoy your Labor Day plan - and remember, make a what if plan! They work!
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I know that since I have been running, especially in the heat, it is good to set a hydration goal. I have read to get a large container that will be your goal. Fill it up in the morning and drink from the container until it is gone. Also, grapes and oranges are good hydration fruits.
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