X got it first, I suspect from the flight here (which I will get to in another post), then I got it, then X's dad got it. Poor X has been having a really difficult time adjusting to the time zone too, which doesn't help the situation. I think last night has been the first night he actually went to bed at his at home bed time. Poor guy has been a trooper though. I can tell he feels like shit, but he powers through. At first he was throwing up all the time, now he's got the runs. But through all that he still manages to flirt with girls and cause havoc in my life. I wouldn't have it any other way. I love him so much it just pains me to seem him in such discomfort.
Sunday (Japan time) had to be the worst day. We left Tokyo for Kyoto Sunday afternoon, & to our luck *much sarcasm *, in the AM I am praying to the porcelain God & it's not because I'm hungover. To top it off my monthly visitor came early so I was just hating life. At this point I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything, but I had to so I sucked it up, grabbed a barf bag, & went on my way...to walk through crazy Shinjuku Station w/a ton of crap & a baby. Btw, traveling w/a baby in Japan. Highly NOT recommended. The train stations are super inconvenient when dealing w/strollers. There's elevators in some stations, but those are super tiny, like most elevators here. So here we are walking through the crazy crowded station when X's dad starts feeling the need to regurgitate his morning meal. This was horrible. Now he was dead weight. I mean, thank god he still managed at least the luggage. There's no way I would have been able to manage a stroller & 2 extremely heavy pieces of baggage.
So. We finally made it to the bullet train & got situated & from there on out it was me taking care of X while X's dad suffered in his seat. X started having diahrrea around this time & had a blow out on the train. Ok. This is easy enough to manage. After a little bit of fussing X napped until about 30 mins before our stop. When he woke up he has another blowout & since X's dad did absolutely nothing during this trip, of course I had to manage this change also. Lucky me! Well. On the way to the bathroom X yacked all over me...& all over the train. I felt SO bad. To top that off, & this is totally TMI, but my visitor started leaking all over. Ugh. This had to be the worst travel experience ever. At this point I was ready to call it quits & go home. I felt like shit. X felt like shit. X's dad felt like shit & we weren't even in Kyoto yet. I was so homesick. I wanted my mommy!
Well, despite our on-board woes, we managed to make it to our sardine box of a hotel room, after a very nauseating cab ride, and passed out. We all passed out. Until the next morning. When we woke up I think we were all feeling much better, so we ventured out to explore Gion for a little. X was still pretty cranky at this point so we didn't stay out for long.
A lot of sleeping has been happening the past few days. Today was finally a pretty normal day. X's poop is back to normal & his appetite is back so we headed to the Fushimi-Inari Shrine. This place is huge, but gorgeous. There was a scene in Memoriors of a Geshia that was filmed here which is how I knew about the place. In total it takes about 2-3hrs to hike all the way up to the top...or so I hear. I have a 13 month old. I'm not trying to hike that far. We made it to the point where you make your wishes on wooden fox faces & then left. On the way up to the main temple there are a bunch of food stalls & I totally got suckered into paying ¥500 for a freaking orange. It was really good, but g.damn! My neighbor has an orange tree. I could have just waited & saved my self $4 & some change. It's all for the experience I guess? After the shrine we headed back to the room since X's dad is still dead weight. Once X went down for a nap I ditched them to explore a little...well, more like, I ditched them to go get me some green tea soft serve. So good, but so rich I couldn't finish the whole thing. Now I'm back in the room, finally doing a Japan update while my two guys snore up a storm. My little guy is asleep on my chest & I can't move my left side...or go the the restroom, but I so live for these moments. I love it when he wants to cuddle with me. I'm totally taking advantage of this now, because soon enough he won't want to be doing this. Well...our adventures continue tomorrow when we're headed to Osaka! Update again soon!
