a trip to tokyo

It's a challenge taking a baby all the way across town and into tokyo. The train stations are full of stairs and miscellaneous pathways going up and down through the building. Shibuya is always packed with people, going in all different direction. Today, we made a trip to Kichijoji, about an hour from Yokohama. The reason for the trip was to visit a spiritual man to consult about Terran's health. Although I always thought that my baby was healthy, my mom was concerned that he is not growing as he should. So she suggested we go see this spiritual man just to make sure everything is OK.

We met him at his office, which also doubles as his work place where he is, coincidently, an architect. His office was tiny, probably the size of a normal American walk-in closet. It had a nice smell, a bit of Japanese incense. One side was lined with books of all types. The other side was lined with desks, with computer, copier, plotter, and miscellaneous stuff. He was a middle aged man, with very kind eyes. He put his hands near Terran to send his powers. I am not sure if Terran was still sleepy, but he quietly rested his head on my shoulder and seemed very comfortable. After about 5 minutes, Terran became a little irritable and bored so he stopped. As I predicted, the spiritual man told us that Terran seems very healthy and growing just fine. He said that Terran is probably pretty tired from traveling and having a hard time adjusting to the new environment. All this I knew. For the next 30 minutes or so, he sent his powers to my mom because she was having problems with her legs. After my mom, he repeated the process with Terran. This time, Terran was more alert and knew what was going on. Everytime the spiritual man puts his hands near Terran to send him powers, Terran would whimper. Sometimes, Terran would take his hand and pushes him away. It seems like Terran feels the powers that is being sent to various parts of his body.

Anyway, it was a long day and it made my mom feel better by getting a confirmation that Terran is just fine. I told her that before but she wouldn't believe me until the spiritual man said the exact same thing as I did. The spiritual man also told me that Terran is a really nice name. We named him so of course I thought so too. Then, later on in the train, my mom asked me where his name came from. So I explained and she was impressed. She never asked me that before....

Again, we went through the crowded train station and came back to Yokohama. Good thing I had my Ergo Baby Carrier. I knew that there were going to be lots of stairs so we didn't bother taking his stroller. I held him on my back using the Ergo and Terran fell asleep comfortably.

Oh, one more thing. We stopped by a bakery on the way home to get some bread for tomorrow. There are so many bakeries in Japan and the bread and pastries there are excellent. The pastry didn't last til tomorrow. I ate it as soon as we got home. hehe :)