In the night at 9:30 p.m., I had an online meeting with my attorney. At our last meeting, he told me my brother’s attorney sent the detailed of inheritance and their calculation of tax that my brother and I owe to the Japanese tax office. It was during my trip to Japan. I sensed that it was not an honest document. So intuitively thought I should wait until I come back to America. I didn’t want to ruin my fun days in Japan.

Even after I arrived at America, I was reluctant to see the document right away. I had been suffering from jet lag anyway so that I didn’t have enough time and energy to deal with it.

Then my attorney noticed that my brother sent a letter through his attorney, and it was conveyed to my attorney, then passed it to me.

These two notices were not present to see. My intuition was right.

The first letter was the calculation for our tax amount. My brother lied about the gift money before our late dad’s death. He received almost 1.5 times as I received, but he put his part as zero and put only mine, so that I need to pay more tax than him. The fact that he lied about the numbers made me feel uncomfortable.    

The second letter was written by my brother’s attorney. It was a strong voice that my brother blamed me for leaving my dad’s company and not taking over his position. Also, the letter strongly insisted that all my late dad’s money belongs to my brother due to his efforts to support my dad’s company. In the second letter, he mentioned that he does not want to divide it equally. He suggested to give me only 25%. He threatens me if I don’t accept it, he would fight against me no matter how long it takes.

My attorney shared one of his past cases that he experienced. It was a similar case with us. In their case, it took 7 years until it settled down. The result was preferable one to the sister, and the brother lost. However, everybody wasted their precious time of 7 years.

I thought of it. If I fight in the court, I know the judge will give the instruction preferable to me that is divide it equally. But it takes years and extra cost to deal with the court.

I made my decision that I would let my brother win and take whatever he offers, even though it is not fair.

My attorney appeared to look being relieved of my final decision.

Now that I am fully back to my normal good health, I needed to work on my job as the financial consultant. One of my previous clients contacted me and asked me for support in order to increase the face amount of her life insurance. She actually contacted me with this request right before my departure to Japan, when I didn’t have the extra free time for myself. So, I asked her to wait until I come back to America and settle down.  

It was not a simple request, because of my situation. I transferred the insurance broker in September. My request of the broker change was approved by the insurance company. My next step was to submit the insurance company to change agent request signed both by my client and myself. There was one issue. The previous broker would never sign for release document for me. After I talked with some representatives of the insurance company, they recommended me to submit the reason so that they can accept my request without the previous broker’s signature.

The process took several days, and now I can finally proceed my client’s request.

It was a tiresome procedure, but all in all, I appreciate these procedures. All the processes have given me the opportunities to experience and knowledge, so that I will be much more smoothly able to assist my clients in the future.

After I came back from the trip to Japan, I noticed the difference of water quality. I purchased a high-quality water filter for myself and my family. It does make a huge different. The tea and the cooking with the filtered water taste much better than before.

It is my late dad-in-law’s birthday. Happy birthday to my Navajo dad. I know he had lots of his fans, and even now, many people are missing him and cerebrating his birthday. Happy birthday my Navajo dad. I wish you all the best in the spirit world.

In the morning at 9 a.m., I had a monthly maintenance appointment for my biofeedback device.

It is the 7^th day since we came back from the trip to Japan. I can tell I am completely well, got over from jet lag. I could stay up without feeling sleepy and slept through all night.  

It is the wedding anniversary for my late parents. I don’t think they are together up in the spirit world. Happy wedding anniversary to my parents anyway. Without your wedding, I wouldn’t be here at this time, so I want to express my cerebration to my late parents for their wedding anniversary. Thank you, mom and dad, for bringing me to this physical world.

I have been noticing that the water tastes dull. It doesn’t taste good at all. I mentioned to my daughter and she agreed with me. Then, my husband mentioned about the water quality. We’ve got used to the soft water in Japan and maybe it was the reason for that. Now I really miss the soft and tasty water in Japan.

I still have suffered from jet lag. I am feeling sleepy during the day time and have a tough time to sleep through at night. On top of that, I am suffering from the nerve pain in my right hip all the way down to the right foot.

I took care of the pain by offering myself a biofeedback therapy and a red-light therapy, but the pain was still there. I guess I have to sleep and rest more.

Yesterday we slept more than 15 hours, we both had a tough time to sleep last night. We tossed and turned until 3 a.m. and finally fell asleep, but we woke up at 5 a.m. We gave up trying to sleep. We went to the grocery store that opens at 6 a.m.

In the morning at 9:30 a.m. my daughter had an online meeting with her homeroom teacher.

In the daytime we were busy to unpack our baggage full of souvenirs. We had filled with items in 2 large suitcases, 2 large cardboard boxes, and 2 carrier cases.

The time went by so quickly. I completely forgot that it was Halloween.

Shockingly we woke up at 3:30p.m. When my daughter mentioned it is 7:30 a.m. in Japan, we started laughing. Our body sure enough well-adjusted to the time in Japan. No wonder why we never suffered from sleepiness or tiredness while in Japan. Now back to our own county in America, we have to deal with jet lag.

It was our last day of the trip to Japan.

We enjoyed the hotel buffe for breakfast.

We quickly walked (actually run) to a couple of stores to purchase our last-minute items.

After the shopping, we enjoyed the last-minute hot bath in Japan. I was glad the hotel allowed us to stay until 1 p.m.

After checkout, we headed to the airport. At the airport I was annoyed and irritated, but my biggest feeling that I felt at the airport was sadness. I was shocked to see there were a whole bunch of foreigners at the airport. I am not talking about the tourist but the workers. I felt scared that the country of Japan has been taken by the neighbor foreigners.

In the international flight, we took the middle seats. My next seat was vacant so that I could freely use the next seat’s table and space to extend my elbow and arms. I watched two movies; Planet of Apes, the Kingdom (2024) and Onmyoji (2024).   

At the local airport, when I saw my husband waiting for us, I shed tears. I felt so happy to see him again. I felt America where my husband lives is my home.

After we came back home, we took a relaxing long and hot bath, and comfortably slept in our own bed. I sent an appreciation prayer to all people whom we spent time with in Japan,