In the previous 6 months my husband had worked as a night shift from later afternoon to after midnight. His kind supervisor switched his work shift to a normal daytime one started from May 23rd. I was so happy for him to get back to daytime shift as it is good for his health. He has enjoyed it but unfortunately his supervisor announced him a bad news. Their night shift worker had completely stopped coming to work and the company desperately needs somebody to cover the worker’s shift until they hire a replacement new worker. His supervisor begged my husband to help them out. My husband is gentle and cannot say no to them, so he accepted their request. Starting from this Saturday, he will have to work for a night shift. I will keep praying to our family spirits so that he will get back to the daytime shift again pretty soon. Please Great Spirit, help him out for his good health and safety.
In next month, my dad-in-law is planning to have a Navajo traditional healing ceremony for him. The date was set by the medicine man back in March, and my in-laws asked us to come and support them. I was really looking forward to attending his healing ceremony. Besides, I like the medicine man and his wife whom I have known since 1999. They are old as same as my parents’ age, and I don’t want to miss any opportunity to spend time with them. However, due to this work shift change, it makes my husband hard to ask his supervisor for a day-off. Everybody hates his new work shift, the night shift. In order for my husband to take a day-off, his supervisor will need to find somebody who is willing to cover my husband, and most likely nobody is willing to do so. This morning my husband talked to his parents about his current work situation that it will be hard for him to take two days off from work. They told him that they will have enough people to help them out. My dad-in-law’s two friends are planning to come. My husband’s brother, his girlfriend, and their daughter are planning to come. In addition to that, my husband’s brother’s former girlfriend and their daughter, along with her boyfriend are coming. And, the girlfriend’s parents are coming. So, in altogether, there will be my in-laws, the medicine man couple, and eight people of family and relatives, combined to 12 people will be there. If we push ourselves to go, we will probably need to pay for a hotel for our stay. There will be too many people in the Hogan. Taking all the conditions into consideration, we decided not to go this time. I am disappointed. I really wanted to attend the ceremony.
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