In the evening we received a phone call from my mom-in-law. She announced us that the Navajo stimulus checks for my husband and daughter are delivered to her P.O. Box. This is their second check from Navajo tribe. The first one was directly deposited to our bank account so we expected to receive it in the same way, but this time they changed the procedure without letting us know. Anyway it was a great news.

Then my mom-in-law continued another great news for us. My husband was already given the trailer house where my dad-in-law owned. It was his wish before he passed away. Now my mom-in-law decided to give his tool shed with tools to my husband too. During the conversation she also decided to give the house, where she currently lives in, to my husband. She already decided to give other 2 buildings to my husband’s older brother along with my mom-in-law’s garden and the garden shed. We are all happy for my mom-in-law’s decisions about the distributions.

In the early morning I went to the local grocery store. Even though it was still 7 a.m., the store had a whole bunch of customers and I was surprised. Thankfully though, for some reasons, all the customers and workers whom I encountered and interacted this morning were all nice and polite. None of them made me feel uncomfortable nor annoyed. I really appreciate the support from my family spirits. I was wondering why the store was packed even in the early morning. Later on I realized it was the first Wednesday. The store offers 10% off to elders. That was why I encountered many old people there. I will be one of them who can enjoy the discount in three more years.

After the shopping, I stopped by at the eye doctor’s office and picked up my new eye glasses. Obviously the new glasses were heavy. This pair of glasses are the most luxurious and expensive one that I ever had. The frame got sturdier than the last one, and the lens area is much bigger than the last one. Besides, I added all of the functions that they recommended. The fancy functions are progressive lens for trifocal (covering near, middle, and far sighted), transitional sunglass for Arizona’s strong sun, anti-glare for night driving, and computer screen protection. The new eye glasses feels much heavier than the last one. While the last one weighs 11 gram, the new one weighs 17 gram. Regardless of the heavy weight, I really like the new eye glasses. It definitely worth to pay extra fee for me to feel ease with this new glasses.

I attended the Reiki gathering at 5 p.m. There were 44 attendees.

The Reiki teacher shared his wisdom about sakura; cherry blossom. At this moment Japanese people have been enjoying sakura flowers. Japanese love sakura. And he thinks it is because Japanese people see sakura as a representative of 物の哀れmonono aware. It is one of the philosophy that our ancestors have cherished for generations. It is a cycle of life and gentle sadness. Sakura blossom is beautiful but we know the beautiful moment doesn’t stay for long. After sakura blossoms reach to the full bloom, next stage is for cherry blossoms to fall off by heavy rain and strong wind. Sakura expresses the transition of things. We see the universal rule of 諸行無常 Shogyo Mujo that everything is impermanence. Everything is being evolving by transitioning its stage. We see the beauty in the transitioning process. The teacher reminded us that we should cherish every moment because the “Now moment” will not come back again. We should not be attached to anything. We just enjoy the now moment and believe everything changes to evolve and improve. I always enjoy his teachings and reminders.   

In my dream a bright yellow car appeared. According to the dream interpretation dictionary, the dreamer has been actively proceeding in order to make their wishes happen. I think this dream reflecting my strong desire to pass the insurance license exam. I have been studying almost every day. I am currently working on the simulation test. It has a 150-question for 2 hours. My concentration can somewhat stay for the first 30 minutes, but after that, my eyes get sore and I get extremely sleepy. I need to fight to get back my concentration for the last 30 minutes. The exam requires 70% and above to pass the exam, but my score stays somewhere in 50%. My highest score is 59% so far. I want to pass the exam with the first shot, so I will need to focus the study more than now.

My husband resumed working out in the gym. He used to swing by at the gym close to his workplace, but since the pandemic, the gym had been closed. Recently they have resumed the business open to public. My husband wants to resume his old habit to work out after the job every day. He came back with high vibration. He enjoyed working out. I am happy that he had a good time working out with other nice people whom he interacted there.

In the night after I came out from bath, I noticed I missed a call from my dad twice. Every time before I call my dad, I always pray that we would not end up a bad argument. I still have suffered from the traumatic arguments with my dad two years ago. After a quick prayer, I called my dad. His voice sounded strong and healthy as always. He kept on muttering me that I didn’t call him for 4 months. I told him I had been so busy and I even suffered from a flu for a month. And I corrected him that it had been only 3 months not 4 month. I called him at the New Year’s Day anyway. After we ended our short conversation and hung up the phone, an explosive sigh came out unconsciously.

After I talked with my dad, I called my cousin in Japan. I haven’t talked with him for several months, but we quickly caught up our fun conversation. I always like talking with him. I was surprised at his age. He said he will turn to be 70 in this month. His voice sounds much younger than his real age. In my next visit to Japan, I look forward to spending some with him again.

In the morning my family and I planted seeds in the garden soil bed. We will take care of them indoor until they grow strong.

This year’s new seeds are some Japanese vegetables such as shungiku and Tokyo negi. I really hope they will grow and we can enjoy them.

With my family’s help, I prepared a garden soil bed for seeds. In the current garden, parsley, green onion, and mint has been healthily growing and taking up almost entire area. They are full of fresh energy. I appreciate their existence and am loving them.

Today we had a teacher-parent conference over the phone. The teacher told all the good things about my daughter. The great news was that my daughter has already met all the requirements to promote to the next grade. The school plans to have upcoming two tests. One is the state test and the other is the benchmark test. My daughter won’t need to worry about the tests, because she will proceed to the next grade regardless of the test scores.

Here is the update of my annuity purchase procedure.

March 9^th, I signed all the application form and applied.

March 11^th, the insurance company approved my application form.

March 24^th, the contract packet was delivered by FedEx.

March 30^th, I sent out the signed agreement to the insurance company.

The process has been taking much longer than I thought.

I woke up and saw the gray sky. We had rain last night. The great thing was though, when we went outside for a morning walk, I was greeted by a compete rainbow in front of us. My daughter and I quickly sent some morning prayers to the rainbow. As soon as we were done, the rainbow completely disappeared. I believe the rainbow appeared only to us for a special purpose this morning I woke up and saw the gray sky. We had rain last night. The great thing was though, when we went outside for a morning walk, I was greeted by a compete rainbow in front of us. My daughter and I quickly sent some morning prayers to the rainbow. As soon as we were done, the rainbow completely disappeared. I believe the rainbow appeared only to us for a special purpose this morning as a gift from our family spirits.