My mom texted me. She will be discharged from the hospital today. Her body functions normally after the surgery, so the discharged day came earlier than they thought.

I hope my mom will be able to rest well at her own home, instead of doing a whole bunch of choirs while she was out of home.

I just found out my mom’s cancer was not in a bad stage. The surgery was a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor didn’t cut her tummy. Instead, he made two tiny holes in her tummy and put tube through the holes.

I am glad to know it was a senior-friendly surgery.

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My daughter and I went to the canyon hiking this morning. There were many people walking in the trail, so we felt safe.

During the hike, one male hiker came up to us and started talking to us. He was excited to tell us that he just run into a mountain lion. He opened his both arms horizontally and said the mountain lion was that huge.

He said the mountain lion was pretty calm. It noticed at him because they had an eye contact each other. But it kept on walking on his way instead of attacking him. I am glad to know everything was fine with him.

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I received an email notice from the DNA test company. My test sample arrived at their lab. They expect test results report will be delivered to me around July 30th.

According to other people’s review, this company delivers the test results much sooner than their expected date. I hope it will arrive soon.

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This afternoon my daughter and I went to the indoor pool.

For the previous three years my daughter attended the summer class. She would leave the house in the morning and come back in the evening. This year she stays with me every day during the summer break.

I like having her with me every day. She seems to be enjoying staying with me too.

Together we have been enjoying our Arizona hot summer.

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It came “all of a sudden”. I was tempted to cut my hair to very short.

The temptation was so strong that I could not resist. I grabbed my pair of scissors for haircut and cut it by 20 cm (8 inch).

I cut it to very short. I am surprised at the short length myself.

After the haircut, I jumped into the shower and washed my hair. It was so comfortable to have such a light amount of hair.

After dried my hair, I looked myself in the mirror. I love my short hair. I think I did very well.

Since I was small, I’d always had bangs. It was pretty common to have bangs in Japan. After I moved to America, I started growing my bangs. My bangs are now long enough to the bottom of my chin.

Now that I had cut my hair to my chin line, this is my very first time to have one-length hairstyle. I like it very much.

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My family and I went to the creek preserve hiking. This place was new to us. We just heard about this place yesterday, at the canyon hiking check-in counter.

It took us a 45-minute drive to get there from our house.

When we arrived at the office, nobody was there. The official homepage says it opens from 6:30 am every day. We purchased an annual pass so we didn’t need to pay for the admission fee.

In the trail, we didn’t encounter any humans, but did encounter a whole bunch of wild animals. We were greeted by a pack of deer and javelina in a different places.

There were many huge and old trees giving the trail nice shades. It reminded me some scenes from the movie “My Neighbor Totoro (1988”).

However, it was a bit freaky that we didn’t not encounter any other hikers. We didn’t take chance to go all the way to the trail and turned back to the office.

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When we came back to the office and passed it by, the window blinder was now open. When I took a close look of the inside, there was a female worker and her cute small dog in the office.

The worker came out from the office and greeted us. She was friendly and kind. When I mentioned we didn’t go all the way to the trail, she said there was nothing for us to be afraid.

According to her, there should be wild animals such as javelina, deer, mountain lion, and snake. As long as we try not to attack them, they should be calm and pass by us without harming humans. The creek is dried up right now, but in next month which is the monsoon season, it will be filed with water.

So we decided to try again. This time we headed to all the end of the trail.

She was right. We encountered many animals again, but all of them were pretty calm.

It took us about two hours to explore all the trail. It was a nice hiking. We will definitely go back there soon.

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This morning my family and I went to the canyon for hiking. Their parking lot is extremely small. They can accommodate only 23 cars including the workers and volunteers.

We woke up early and left early so that we could park our car. With our effort, we could find the parking lot. If we were late for 30 minutes, we would not have been able to find the parking space.

In the afternoon we went to the outdoor pool. We were lucky enough to be the first and only customers for one hour. After swimming for one hour all by ourselves, I was satisfied. My husband and daughter wanted to stay longer, so I went back home alone.

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After I left, my daughter’s friends showed up to the pool. They had a good time playing together. My husband and daughter finally came back in the evening. They stayed in the pool for four hours.

We all had a great amount of exercise today. We fell asleep right away at night.

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In the afternoon I received a text message from my mom. The doctor decided to stop her IV today. My mom feels comfortable walking around without the IV set. The doctor also mentioned about the date of her discharge from the hospital. They are waiting for my mom’s healthy bowel movement. Once it happens, she can get

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Yesterday while I was laying down on the bed with my daughter, she stared at my mouth. She told me one of my teeth had a crack.

At first I thought she was just joking. I didn’t take it seriously.

Late at night I remembered what my daughter said. I looked at my teeth in the mirror.

I was shocked at what I saw.

She was right. My upper left tooth, next to canine, had a big crack starting from the top ended in the middle of it. I didn’t have any pain, but I worried about it.

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I woke up with a weird dream. In my house there was a tiny mice. My dad-in-law got rid of it.

I looked up the meaning of the dream on the Internet. One website says a tiny mice usually represents the dreamer’s concern or worry. When the tiny mice was gotten rid of, the dreamer will be able to avoid the trouble.

My dream reflected my concern about the cracked tooth.

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I called the dental office in the morning to see if the doctor could see me today. Luckily the doctor was in the office today. They made an appointment of diagnosis for the cracked tooth in this morning.  

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At the dental office, they tool some X-lays on my cracked tooth. The doctor said it was just the old filling came off and it should be fine for a while. He wants to put a crown on the tooth next week.

The receptionist gave me a quotation of the crown treatment. I was shocked at the amount. It was beyond $1,000. My insurance company will pay some, but I will still need to pay my part, which will be more than $500. The receptionist made an appointment on Thursday morning in following week.

I am reluctant to have a crown. The dentist will drill most of my tooth to do so.   

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The other day I purchased a DNA test kit. I am not very much interested in my ancestry, because I will be in high percentage of Japanese lineage. This company focuses on the health. So, my main reason to try out this DNA test is to know my health condition.

Yesterday the kit arrived. I need to swab my inner cheek for 60 seconds with the attached Q-tip as a test sample. The instruction says not to eat or drink 30 minutes prior to take the test sample.

This morning, right after I woke up and before I ate breakfast, I took my test sample.

This afternoon I sent the test sample to the lab.

I look forward to the test results report. The company says it will take 4-6 weeks.

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My mom had a surgery on June 12th, which was yesterday of my time. Right before I fell asleep I asked my family spirits to protect her during the surgery.

In my dream I felt my soul departed my physical body to go see my mom. I also felt my mom did the same; her soul departed her physical body and freely visited here and there to any places where she wanted to visit.

When I woke up from my dream state, I had a good feeling. I felt my mom’s surgery went well.

I knew after the surgery, my mom needed to have enough sleep to rest. So I waited until today and emailed her about her health condition.

I wanted to call her and hear her voice, but my mom asked me to communicate with emails.

Last time when I talked with my mom on the phone while she was in the hospital room, the nurse came into the room right away worrying about my mom. So, that was why my mom wanted to avoid talking on the phone.

My mom is staying in a private room, and she is officially allowed to use her cell phone to talk. So, nothing is wrong with her talking on the phone. But she doesn’t want to make the nurses worry about her while she is talking on the phone.

Anyways, my mom replied back to me right away. She said her surgery went well.

The next line surprised me.

She said the doctor told her to walk around in the hospital, instead of staying laying down on the bed.

I was happy to know my mom can already walk around even right after the surgery.

She also mentioned about my dad. He is satisfied with the maid’s work for him.

I am glad everything is going well for both of my parents.

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My daughter’s school offers breakfast and lunch during the summer break for free of charge to kids. Toady’s lunch was my daughter’s favorite menu, so I took her to the cafeteria.

Today’s menu was called “walking taco.” Both of my husband and I have never heard of it. I was curious about it.

The lunch lady opened up the bag of Doritos. She put some cooked ground beef and shredded cheese in the bag. She served it with pinto beans and chopped vegetables in the plate.

They shake the bag and eat with fingers. Since I am not a child, I was not served. I didn’t eat it but it looked good.

It makes sense to me about the name of “walking.” People can eat it walking by fingers. It was interesting to know. It is similar to our Onigiri for Japanese people. Both can be light snack and easy to eat.

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I had my monthly period. I am glad it came regularly this month. Last month it came one week earlier than the scheduled day, so I have concerned it might be the starting point of menopause.

I felt tired and dizzy all day today. I lay down myself on bed, and within some seconds, without knowing by myself, I fell asleep.

When I woke up, I was shocked to know I had taken a nap for one hour. It was not my intention.

That being said, it was a moment of bliss to take a nap in a hot summer afternoon.    

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