It was my birthday. Since I don’t like getting celebrated by a whole bunch of strangers, I don’t post my birthday in any of SNS. I just want to be celebrated only by my family and close friends. I had a peaceful day and received birthday wishes from my special people, which made my day. 

In the evening at 6 p.m., I attended the FH congress. Even though I didn’t need to make a presentation live, I was very nervous from the beginning. There were seven speakers including me. Everybody has 20 minutes and they used their time fully. After my presentation, I could talk to the homeopathy teacher whom I fully respect to. I felt honored to talk to her in person even it was via Zoom screen.

It was a peaceful day that I could work on registering my daughter to the high school. My daughter will become a freshman at high school from this August. I also could have time to study homeopathy study.

I started working on tax return. I started some research of the business expenses though reading the information on the IRS official website.

After many practices, I finally reached at the point where I was satisfied with my presentation. I submitted the recording to the school. I feel released and relaxed after one big task is done. Now it is time to start working on the tax return process.

Today also, I worked on practicing for my upcoming presentation. The organizer of the congress asked me to make a presentation live on zoon, but I asked him to let me record in advance. I put two reasons. One is the internet speed related concern and the other is the howling issue on zoom. But the true reason is that I would like to make a presentation without getting extreme being nervous in front of many audiences. The organizer was kind enough to accept my request. I appreciate his kind understanding.

I worked on practicing for my upcoming presentation. At the beginning of the practice, I stuttered a lot, but the more I practiced, the more fluently I could speak.

I slept soundly last night. The bed that we stayed one night was perfect. All of us enjoyed the breakfast. I usually don’t eat sausage, but the ones that they served for this morning’s breakfast was tasty. We left the hotel around 10 a.m., and head back home. It was a fun vacation trip, even though we all got exhausted from the big city’s hectic energy and the heat from the strong sun light.

My family and I woke up at 5 am to attend the school event of my daughter’s school. From our house to the event venue, it took 3.5 hour on my way trip. The venue was the zoo and aquarium. We arrived there before 10 a.m. It was a huge place. Their website recommends to have 4 to 5 hours to visit their place. We attended the sea lion’s presentation show twice at 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. I loved their show. By 2 p.m., after we walked around for 4 hours, we were completely exhausted. We arrived the hotel around 3 p.m. At the hotel, we didn’t want to do anything just relaxing on the nice comfy bed. We walked about 7 miles.

My daughter was busy finishing all the school work, and I was busy with the practicing the presentation all day. we needed to do our tasks as much as we could so that we would be able to fully enjoy our upcoming vacation trip to the big city this weekend.