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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2008.01.03

As part of our meager preparations for the arrival of Ken 4*, we've picked up a sling suitable for infants. It's to use while running the errands. Ah, middle age.

me wearing a baby sling

Also, we bought our first diapers, and looked at baby carriages, too. The latter of all space age and overdesigned. And priced accordingly.

*My mum's cousin, the second Ken in our family (after my grandfather, who as far as I know was the first), referred to my forthcoming son as "Ken 4" and himself as "Ken 2". This makes my brother "Ken 3", and our family wholly unoriginal.

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