26 May 2009 Encounter at the Train Station
I haven’t blogged recently because Genbo and Zoe have had an unexpected week-long vacation from daycare thanks to the un-kosher flu and concomitant predictable Japanese over-response. It’s actually been a lot easier looking after both of them for a week than I expected, which probably says a lot more about their (relatively) increasing growth and maturity than mine own.
Today Zoe and I ended up waiting for a train together, since Genbo was off with his mom (who had the day off from work). I sat down on one end of a three-seat bench at the station, and she, to demonstrate her growing independence as a newly-minted two-year old, sat down at the opposite end. She got a little bit more than she bargained for, however, because this old guy with a great, weathered face sat down between us. She was a trooper, though, and despite obvious misgiving held her ground against the intruder.
He was actually an interesting guy, though. Started up a conversation with me in a casual, friendly way that I didn’t expect from someone of his generation. It turned out he has traveled extensively in Peru and other parts of South America, which explained it.
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