Vandalized shed again 4/18/2026

In the early morning, I received a phone call from my mom-in-law. It was not a fun news that our shed on our homesite on the Navajoland was vandalized again. It has been vandalized many times started from last year. They broke the entrance door and entered inside, and stole some items that included a memorable item of my mom-in-law. It was a special gift from her late husband. Then, it followed by breaking the side panel and trying to get inside, stealing the security lights that we installed the front and back of the shed.

My mom-in-law reported the incident to the police department. She also arranged the handyman to fix the side panel.

On our next visit to Navajoland, we will discuss about the protection of the shed.

First step for our gardening 4/17/2026

It was my twelfth day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned an overview of term and permanent insurance, advanced concepts in anti-money laundering compliance.

My family and I went to the local DIY store and purchased some plants to grow in our backyard. We picked the plants of two different types of chilis, a cantaloupe and a watermelon. I hope they will grow well and let us harvest a lot.

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The president of the biofeedback dealer and I agreed to repair option. I shipped my laptop back to his house in Michigan, and he shipped his personal laptop to my house as a temporary loan laptop for me to use.

Peacemaking session was done 4/16/2026 

It was my eleventh day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned anti money laundering for insurance.

It seemed that the female technician successfully talked with her boss, the president of the dealer company. I received an email from the president to gave me 4 options regarding my laptop repair. Even though none of the 4 options were not preferable for me, I decided to choose one option and make peace with the president. I really hope my laptop will be repaired quickly.

Everything happens for reasons. I felt uncomfortable by going through this experience, but I learned the importance lessons to communicate with people peacefully by listening to them with patience and compromising the better option for both parties.

Trustworthy peacemaker 4/15/2026

It was my tenth day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned income taxation of life insurance, insurance focused anti-money laundering programs.

I talked with the female technician of the biofeedback dealer over the phone, and asked her support to become a peacemaker between the president and myself.

I conveyed my honest feelings and wishes to her that I want to continuously have a peaceful business relationship with this company for many more years. I feel sorry to make the president feel offended by my wrong wordings. She said she knows how to become a peacemaker and I can trust her for her doing a great job on this. I felt so relieved and happy to have her in-between the president and me. I appreciate her support.

Lessons learned to choose the right wording for communication 4/14/2026

It was my ninth day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned long term care.

In the late morning, I received an email reply regarding my laptop repair from the biofeedback dealer president. It was a pretty long email with full of anger and hostile feelings. I know it was part of my fault to make him feel like that. I should have smartly selected the right wordings not to make him mad like this. I learned the precious lessons from this experience.

Meeting with the homeroom teacher 4/13/2026

It was my eighth day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned advanced variable annuities, Medicaid for medical expenses and long term.

I talked with my daughter’s homeroom teacher via zoom. My daughter was way behind of the school schedule due to our recent trip to Japan. I know she will be able to catch up with the schedule nicely by the end of the school semester.

Karaage as the memory of my late mom 4/12/2026

It was my seventh day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned recommending annuities under than NAIC nest interest standard.

For dinner, I cooked karaage, Japanese fried chicken, per my daughter’s request. It was one of my late mom‘s  favorite dishes and she put karaage in our bento box often. I remember her recipe to soak the chicken for some hours in refrigerator. It turned out great and we all enjoyed the dish.

Spiritual course (2-4) 4/11/2026

It was my sixth day to study CE for insurance agency. Today I learned about fixed annuity.

At 10 p.m. in the night, I attended the spiritual course. There was one question that I wanted to ask to the teacher, but I thought I should wait for another person to ask. It happened naturally. During their gathering after the class, one attendee asked the question. I didn’t like the teacher’s answer that was rude to my Reiki teacher.