cafe and thinking

There is a magazine that specialises in cafe culture in Tokyo. It features the really nice cafes about town and photographs them beautifully. It also includes the food they serve and the kinds of things you can drink, as well as any other quirks. There is map provided for each cafe so finding each one should not be too difficult.....should being the operative word....I want to find the one below. There is huge upside and a matching downside to many of these cafes, the upside, you can bring your dog to many of them, inside, even big dogs. I went to one yesterday and there was a huge samoyed on the floor. Not too sure about o,h &s, but it is nice. Downside is most places allow smoking. I hate smoking and Japan is chronic with smokers and very cheap cigarettes. I love getting a coffee but especially when Im with the mooch, I get so bummed when someone lights up and starts puffing in my direction....

I have been taking the mooch to daycare for two weeks now. He goes for just two days a week from 9-2. It is enough for me to do what I need to do and gives him some social stimulation and interaction and the chance to do and learn things that I cant provide. The leap has not been as big as I expected. I think I have been mentally preparing for this day for a long time, knowing that if it is not day care it will be school and sooner or later I will have to let him go into the care of another person. I feel happy for him as I think I have found the right place, they have about 6 kids in the room so it isnt too overwhelming. He comes home happy and chirpy and making all kinds of new sounds and noises. It is a big thing to trust the carers when you dont know them, you just have to trust that it is what it says it is....Today is the first time I have actually felt quiet in a long time, especially since mini mooch was born. It is starting to get sunny and warm and I have decided not to try and do 1 million things while he is away but stay at home, plan some activites, draw and get my folio organised and just think (and vaccum, do washing, dishes etc...). It is these moments that I realise how truly lucky I am to have such loving family and friends and just how much I love my little mooch. He fills my life with sunshine everyday.