This morning when I woke up, I sensed the smell of smoke in our bedroom. My family also noticed that.

Before breakfast, I went for a walk alone. I noticed the unusual color of sky in the east area. The sky was covered by the foggy smoke.  

When I was back home, my husband shared the local news with me.

According to it, there was some big fires caused by a lightning in our neighbor towns last night. One was our next town, and the other was in the city located at the country border with Mexico. A fire spread to the dry trees and grasses, and the old tires. It didn’t mentioned about any injuries or deaths.

I hope nobody got hurt by this fire.

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My DNA test result arrived. I sent out my saliva sample on June 14th and it arrived at their lab on June 18th. From there, it took 24 days for them to process it. It was faster than their description. It says it takes 4-6 weeks.

Before I purchased the DNA test from this company, I read many customers’ reviews. The Asian customers disappointed about this company’s ancestry report. They are not good at breaking up in details of the Asian area. They were right. My ancestry report was very boring. It says I am 99.97% from Northeast Asia. The area is vast. It includes “China, South Korea, Mongolia, Siberia, Japan, Kazakhstan, and North Korea.” It was not interesting at all. Maybe I can expect more detailed location information if I buy other company’s ancestry report in the future.

The good information from my skin report was I look younger than my actual age thanks to the influenced by genetics. Also my skin is highly effective at producing melanin in response to UV rays so that I will get a deep tan, rather than burn. My skin won’t have damage due to sun exposure. It says my skin barrier should work more effectively so that I won’t have dry skin. Considering the current environment under strong sun and dry air in Arizona, I think my skin is doing well. I don’t have dry skin. The only one negative information in my skin report was about high possibility to have freckles and Eczema. However, I don’t have any trouble in them in real life.

– Thus, I don’t have much trouble in skin trait thanks to my genetics.

As for my diet trait, the positive parts are: my alcohol metabolism is normal. I won’t have a tendency of stress eating. I won’t regain weight after diet. My body is not sensitive to salt. Omega-3 fat acid level, cholesterol level, triglyceride level, and polyunsaturated fatty acids are normal. On the other hand, the negative parts are: my metabolism speed of caffeine and carbohydrate is slow. My body is intolerance of lactose and gluten. My body can easily get overweight. Monounsaturated fatty acids level is low, and saturated fatty acids level is high.

– In order to improve diet trait, I have to pay attention to the intake amount of caffeine, carbohydrate, cow milk products, and gluten products as my body takes time to metabolize them.

As for my Micronutrient trait, the positive parts are: I have normal level in Phosphate, copper, vitamin A, magnesium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and zinc. On the other hand, I have low level in folate, selenium, vitamin E, iron, vitamin B12, calcium, and vitamin D.  

Based on this, I purchased a multi-vitamin supplement that can cover my micronutrient.

Wrapping up, I am satisfied with this company’s test result, considering the low cost of the test.

I want to purchase another company’s DNA test for more detailed information about my health trait by genetic. I heard they will have a big sale during the Black Friday after Thanksgiving. I will wait for the sale.

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Since the end of the previous school year, my family and I had been thinking about the new private school for my daughter. However, this was naturally solved on July 1st. The coincidental encounter and a conversation with the principal of the current public school made me realized the right decision. We decided to stay in the current public school.

That being said, as of last month, I still could not make my decision. I mentioned about my situation to my friend. She was my fellow student when we learned a card reading through the online course in 2016. We have been friends since then.

She emailed me back today. She pulled the angel cards for my daughter’s school situation.

Her card reading result confirmed me that our decision was right.

She pulled one card for the new private school. The card was “Five of Wands.” As for the current public school, she got two cards came out at the same time. The cards were “The Hierophant” and “The Magician.”

She attached the picture of the three cards. Just taking a glance of it confirmed me the current public school was the right option.

In my interpretation, in the new private school, my daughter will be in the situation like a war. She might experience a constant competition and a conflict. She will improve her academic level for sure, but she does not enjoy the situation like that. She does not like competing nor confronting with someone. She loves spending time with her classmates peacefully in a friendly environment.

On the other hand, in the current public school, I felt a laid-back and easy-going environment from the card of “The Hierophant”. From the card of “The Magician”, I felt the current public school will encourage my daughter of her creative gift.

“Five of Wands” card for the private school is that of Minor cards, and “The Hieropant” and “The Magician” cards for the public school are that of Major cards. That was a very clear confirmation that the angels are supporting of our decision of the public school.     

I appreciate my friend for giving me the solid confirmation through her card reading.

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My family and I went to the river trail in the evening. We usually go hiking in the morning of the weekends, but today was irregular. My daughter wanted to go there in the evening after my husband came back from work.

When we got there, it was past 5 pm. The sun was still up and blight, but the air started cooling down.

Toward the end of the trail, my daughter whispered us that she heard some low sound. We stopped walking and listened carefully. We heard some growling sounds.

Followed by the sound, we saw something swiftly crossed the trail in front of us. It was about 10 meter (30 feet) away from us.

It was a cub of mountain lion.

We quietly looked at each other’s face. Maybe the low growling sound came from the mom of the cub.

We turned back and went back the trail. Luckily we didn’t run into the mother mountain lion.

***

After I came back home, I looked up the information about a mountain lion in the hiking trail on the Internet.

According to many different websites, many hikers in America, especially in California, cross paths with a mountain lion during hiking. However, the death rate by being attacked by a mountain lion is very low.

They warn the readers not to run away or turn your back to it, because it might trigger a mountain lion to chase you.

Instead, make yourself look bigger and stronger than a mountain lion. Put your hands in the air and stand upright, so as to make yourself big and tall. If you have a small child with you, without bending over, hold the child up high so that the child also look tall and big. If you have trekking poles, raise them high. If you have a bear spray, get ready to let it loose in case a mountain lion approaches you.

I have met some hikers who have cross paths with a mountain lion. They all said the mountain lion didn’t approach them.

I think the important thing for us is to be aware of them and try to keep good distance from them. As long as we don’t do anything to them, they won’t harm us.

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My mom sent me a text message while I was sleeping last night.

I always feel scared to open her message. I always pray before I open it so that her message does not contain any bad news.

In today’s message, she said her doctor decided to give her the first chemotherapy treatment today, which was two days earlier than his previous plan. His original decision, that he made right after my mom’s surgery, was to see her health condition without a chemotherapy.

Since I didn’t talk with my mom directly over the phone, and she always does not write her text message with full sentences, I don’t know the process and the reason why the doctor keep changing his decision.

I replied back to her, that if I were in her situation, I would discuss with the doctor about other options for me to avoid a chemotherapy treatment.

As usual, my mom never replied back to my question or comment.

***

After I sent her my reply, I thought about a chemotherapy. I want to avoid a chemotherapy because I have read many medical articles about the side effects. And from my personal experience with the medical doctors and nurses, I have learned the importance of making a decision on my own. Therefore, I am willing to have a second opinion about the doctor’s diagnosis and an intense research on any kinds of medications that I will need to take to my body.

However, I also know I have to respect everybody is different.

I know my mom well. She is not a type of person who is willing to have a second opinion when it comes to a doctor’s diagnosis. She trusts her doctor and obeys any doctor’s orders.

Maybe I should stop saying anything about the chemotherapy. Once my mom decides to obey her doctor’s decision, any kind of my ideas or my opinions might torture her.

I should stay strong for continuously supporting my mom for her decisions.   

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My family and I went to the river trail.

We have gone to this trail some years ago, but didn’t explore enough. Today we explored much more than last time. We found nice energy spots this time.

I felt very strong energy field at certain spots. The energy of the spots were different than other areas.

All of us could feel tingling and warm (rather, hot) energy coming from the ground.

I thought it as a healing energy. I should go there more often to receive more healing energy for my body.  

This trail is unique. The major areas of the trail are the same as that of typical Arizona deserts. The trees are all dry and hard. However, only on both sides of the river, the trees have fresh green leaves and everything looks soft.

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Back in last April I purchased the allergy test from the British company. It took them more than one month to send the test result report, and the test report did not include all the test items. They put the only items my sample showed 85% and higher reaction. I communicated with the company representative via several emails back and forth. I didn’t have a good impression toward the company.

Today I found another allergy test. This time the company was different from the one I ordered for myself.

I read through the company’s website. This company seems to be much more honest and trustworthy than the one I purchased. Their sample test report includes all the test items.

I talked with my husband and daughter about this new company. They decided to try out this company’s allergy test. I sent out their hair samples on June 19th.

***

The test report arrived on July 2nd. It was much quicker than their description in their homepage. It took them only two weeks since I sent the test sample.

***

My daughter’s test result are as follows.

<Food High Reactivity>

• A-Lactalbumin

• Hot chocolate

• Sour cream

• Ice cream

• Yogurt

• Soft cheese

• Scarlet runner beans

• Peanuts

• Parmesan

• Evaporated milk

• Egg

• Edamame beans

• Cod liver oil

• Coconut

• Rooibos Tea

• Red Leicester

• Mozzerella

• Monosodium Glutamate

• Milk from cows

• Tequila

• Stilton

• Pork sausages

• Chinese horse radish

• Cheddar

• Buttermilk

• Butter

• B-Lactoglobulin

• Cream

• Condensed milk

 

<Non-food High Reactivity>

• Blackberry

• Apple tree

• Walnut

• Strawberry

• Meadow fox tail

• Elm

 

< Metal High Reactivity>

NA

 

<Mineral and other nutrient: the level falls below the normal range>

• Iodine

• Germanium

• Citrus bio-flavonoids

• Magnesium

 

***

My husband’s test result are as follows.

<Food High Reactivity>

• Pine nut

• Peanuts

• Noodles – wheat

• Hazel nuts

• Hare

• White wine

• Water chestnuts

• Sake

• Prawns

• Cauliflower

• Button mushrooms

• Bread – rye

• Tahini

• Chickpea

• Almond

 

<Non-food High Reactivity>

• Scotch heather

• Wormwood

• Wasp

• Penicilloyl

• Narcissus

• Misteltoe

<Metal High Reactivity>

NA

 

<Mineral and other nutrient: the level falls below the normal range>

• Copper

• Allium

***

Wrapping up, my daughter has high sensitivity to all the dairy and egg products. I will be cautious of these foods intake for my daughter’s diet. I will add the following ingredients for her.

– Fish (such as cod and tuna), seaweed, shrimp, and other seafood for iodine,

– Citrus fruits, bell peppers, broccoli, and brussels sprouts for citrus bio-flavonoids

– Red peppers, carrots, dark leafy greens for Beta – Carotene

– Broccoli, celery, and onion for Germanium

– Whole wheat, black beans, and quinoa for Magnesium

For my husband, I will add more foods from Allium family includes onions, garlic, leeks, scallions, chives, and shallots. Also in order to gain copper, I will add foods of whole grains, beans, nuts, dark leafy greens, and dried fruits such as prunes in his diet.

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I received a text message from my mom.

Her doctor was not planning to give my mom a chemotherapy treatment as of June 30th, but he changed his mind based on my mom’s health condition. I don’t know if this is a better decision for my mom or not.

My mom is going to have her first chemotherapy on July 10th. She was feeling scared about it.

I thought of her situation. If I were in her situation, what I would do. I talked with my husband and daughter about it.

I have read many articles about chemotherapy treatment. I also have heard from some of my relatives and acquaintances about their own experiences of chemotherapy treatment. They all talked about the strong side effects of chemotherapy. It kills even good cells of our body. It makes the patient feeling depressed.

Based on that, first thing I would do is to find a doctor whom I can fully trust. Then, I would discuss with the doctor about the alternative options to avoid a chemotherapy treatment.   

If that happens to me at my mom’s age, she will be 78 years old in this August, I would definitely ask my doctor to let me live my remainder life without chemotherapy.

In that high age, I would like to use my precious remainder life on every minute to fully live my life, instead of wasting my precious time for suffering from side effects of chemotherapy or staying/waiting at the hospital. But it is just my decision. I respect everybody has their own decision.

I mentioned my mom about her rights to say no to chemotherapy. She didn’t reply to me about that, so I don’t know what she thought about it.

It is her life, so she has to decide on her own. I will support her decision and pray for her.

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Last night when I came out from my relaxing hot bath, my husband shared good news.

While I was in the bath tub, two appliance guys came to our house. Since they just showed up without letting us know in advance, my husband and daughter were surprised. It was a nice surprise though. I almost gave up about their coming to our house soon.

They checked the piping and electronic condition for a new gas stove. They said they would come back today’s afternoon to install the gas stove.

I could not fall asleep right away last night, because I was so excited about the new gas stove.

***

In the morning I cleaned up the kitchen area and prepared for the new stove.

The appliance guys came after 3 pm. Around 4 pm, the gas stove was finally installed. It is a brand new gas stove. It has 5 burners. The middle burner is a large oval one, which can be used for griddle cooking.

I am so excited for cooking every meal with using this fancy gas stove. Thank you to my realtor and owner for making this happen.

***

After the gas stove’s installment, we went to the local park. There, we joined the July 4th celebration sponsored by our local town.

We enjoyed the cerebration with our neighbor friends. Our day ended with a fire work show.

We all had a great July 4th day.

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I am still in the process of the road to a gas stove. I started feeling irritated on taking such long days.

— Here is the review of the road to a gas stove so far. —

April 27th: I started cooking with fire by using a propane portable stove for camping.

May 5th: I requested the realtor to switch to a gas stove. She forwarded our request to the owner.

May 13th: I asked the realtor for the update of the situation. The owner had not replied back to the realtor yet. The realtor added this me though, “She was confident we could get it done.” She also asked me to stay being patient for a while.

June 1st: The owner approved the realtor for switching to a new gas stove.

June 4th: The realtor ordered a new gas stove, and it had already shipped to the local hardware store.

June 21st: The hardware store messed up her order, and the gas stove has not shipped yet. The store confirmed it would arrive to the local store in next week.

June 25th: The gas stove has arrived at the local warehouse store. The realtor asked the appliance guy to pick it up and call me to schedule for installment date and time.

July 1st: The appliance guy picked up the gas stove from the local store.

***

As of today July 3rd, I haven’t received a phone call from the appliance guy. I asked the realtor to allow me to call the guy and asked his plan. The realtor’s reply was shocking to me.

She rejected me to do so, because I am not the one who pays for the installment or the gas stove. Since this is not an emergency case, I should just wait for his call.

The above texts are not exactly the same as what she wrote. She always writes very short and straightforward. She never writes in a sentence with a proper grammar. Instead, she writes with some simple words, without any periods.

To say the least, reading her text made me drained. I needed to cleanse my energy field to restore true myself.

Recently I had some opportunities to communicate with Europeans. As far as my own experiences concerned, Europeans tend to write the similar way as my realtor. Their emails and texts somewhat sound cold-hearted.

I thought back about my job life while in Japan. While I was working for the German company, the majority of my coworkers were Europeans. I guessed from how they wrote that they might be coldhearted people. My guess was wrong. Every time I had an opportunity to talk to them in person, either via phone calls or face-to-face basis, I felt they were not coldhearted, rather, fun people to work with. They were well-organized and kept their words regarding the jobs.

In the end, I should not take any of texts or email messages from anybody in person. They might not have intended to hurt me. They might get used to write something in a certain way that they never intended to hurt or offend anybody.

My focus point should be that my realtor clearly confirmed I don’t need to pay for the installment or the gas stove. At least it was great to know. It must be a huge amount of money. I should stay being thankful to her for all her effort in this case.

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