We woke up early in the morning and left for my daughter’s school event. The venue was the 3-hour drive away from our house. Once we arrived the venue, we were greeted by many school teachers and workers. The first place we visited was the picnic area where they served us barbecued hamburgers and hotdogs with side dishes of potato salad and beans and flesh vegetables. All the food was served as hot and we enjoyed the lunch. Our next visit was a miniature golf. My husband and daughter played golf for the very first time. Then we went to the go-cart area. There were many people forming a very long waiting line, so we gave up on that.

For the night we stayed at the hotel close to the venue. We had stayed at this hotel many times before. We like this hotel because they have an outside heated swimming pool with a jacuzzi. They offer free drinks including alcohol in the evening. This time though, there were a whole bunch of hotel guests because of the gem show in the area.

All in all we had a good day at the school event and the hotel stay.

It was still cold all day. I could not do much progress in anything today. Just barely finished cleaning some areas of the house and got ready for the one-night trip on tomorrow night. I love cold temperature but I cannot do much in the cold weather for being lazy.

It was another very cold day. We had a sprinkling rain. It changed to snow for a while. It was not enough to stay on the ground though.

In the morning, I sent out the legal documents to my attorney in Japan. This time, I wrote down lots of instruction on the envelop such as legal document, time-sensitive document. I also wrote down to send this document with the shortest route via Los Angeles. I hope it will be delivered much more quicker than we think.

In the evening at 6 p.m., I had an online meeting with my attorney and a tax accountant whom my attorney introduced me. The new tax accountant was a female. I like her. She is around my age and has a good sense of humor. If this meeting was only her and myself, we would end up chit-chatting for much longer time.

My attorney for some reasons seemed to be irritated from the beginning. But I know it is nothing to do with me. Maybe he was having a bad day today. Except for that, my case seems to be going well so far.

We came back home from Navajoland. I am thankful that our house was well protected. Having a short trip is fun, but coming back home and sleeping on my own bed is the greatest gift after the trip.

Our area was still in the cold temperature. The inside of our house was very cold.  

Yesterday we found out the water pipe outside of the kitchen of my mom in law was broken due to freezing air. Luckily, she could get hold of a Plumer and he came down to see the situation. The cold-water line was dead but she can still use the hot water line through the water heater, so that she can still keep using water for the bathroom, shower, and cooking. The life in Navajoland gets tough for the elderly people living alone, especially in winter.

My husband helped his mom with other things all day today.

For dinner we had snow crab. I cooked some side dishes such as spicy vegetable soup and rice. We had a good time with good food tougher.

We went to the flea market with my mom in law and my family. We enjoyed shopping from many different vendors. We purchased some white safe from California and several earrings for my daughter.  

We had king crab at dinner. My mom in law was so happy to have it with us. While my dad in law was alive, we often enjoyed having king crab and beef steak meal. I hope my late dad in law were there with us. I am pretty sure he was there with us and enjoyed the conversation with us in spirit.

We woke up early and got ready to leave for Navajoland. Right before we left, I received a phone call from my mom-in-law. She asked me to bring some sage because she wanted us to smudge all the homesite area including her house and our trailer. Interestingly, about 5 minutes before she called me, I had an instruction that right before she called me, that I should bring some sage. Her phone call was a great way to prove that we telepathically communicated before we actually communicated physically over the phone.

Our trip went smoothly. We made it to arrive there with a 7-hour drive. It is always back to Navajoland and see my mom in law and Bucky the Chihuahua.

It was a busy day. My daughter had the benchmark test on math in the morning. I had some chores that needed to be done within today. For the past one week, it has been very cold all day long, and the cold temperature has slowed me down to finish up the to-do-list items. I was irritated of myself that I haven’t accomplished not much today. Thankfully, my daughter comforted me. She told me it is okay to slow down sometime, especially during the cold days. All the living creatures are supposed to rest well in winter. She is absolutely right.  

My attorney submitted the extra supporting documents to the family court to support my situation. He has been doing great in his job. He is amazingly quick and accurate in job. On my side, I created some supporting documents for his information.