It was my fourth day of studying CE. Today I learned about Medicare.

In the morning at 9 a.m., I had a telephone conference with the biofeedback device dealer people. With the young female technician’s support, it was confirmed that the president/repair service man of the biofeedback devise dealer mistakenly used the wrong electric adapter for my laptop and sent the wrong one to me. We have talked almost one hour, but the president didn’t settle in the best solution that I have been requested for.  

I know everything will turn out good in the end, but going through the process is tough and I need to keep having a faith and trust.

I woke up 7 a.m. I think I finally got over jet lag. As usual, it took me one week to get over from jet lag.

It was my third day to study about insurance agency CE. Today I learned about advanced variable Annuity.

In the evening I talked with my maternal cousin over the phone. I didn’t tell him of our visit in Japan this time and didn’t see him in Japan. I thought I should not see him in Japan so that I don’t put him in any possible uncomfortable situation. He reminds me of my late mom in both good way and bad way. You know what I mean by saying that, right?

I am still suffering from jet lag. I woke up naturally without the alarm sound at 7 a.m., but staying in bed was nice and warm that I stayed there for a while. Then I fell asleep back. The next time I woke up was 10:00 a.m. I want to get back to the normal routine by starting the day from 7 a.m. from tomorrow.

I continued studying the CE study for the insurance agency license. Today I learned about ethics in doing insurance business.

I had a dream that my laptop for biofeedback broke down again.

In the morning at 9 a.m., I had a monthly maintenance appointment with the technician of the biofeedback device dealer. The technician worked for almost 3 hours and told me everything went well. At the last moment, in order for her to confirm my laptop was fine, she repeated the restart the computer three times. On her last trial of the third time, my laptop didn’t restart and showed the black screen and froze, and never started up again anymore. Unfortunately, my dream came true. We decided to discuss with this topic via telephone conference with 4 people including the female technician, the president of the dealer company, my husband, and myself on this coming Thursday.

I started studying the study material of the CEs for the insurance agent license. Today’s material was about the traps for elderly people tend to fall.

I have noticed that I was supposed to finish the requirement Continuous Education (CEs) to renew my state license of insurance agent. I purchased the online Continuous Education courses and started studying. At first glance, I felt overwhelmed the volume of the study material. But on my second thought, I know I will be able to go through. I just need to commit myself to make the time to sit down and study every day. Then, eventually it will be done.

My husband and daughter went to the archery field for exercise. The massage therapist in Japan strongly suggested my daughter to start some exercise and keep it constantly. She said that my daughter has originally good muscle but has not used it properly. In order to maintain the good posture and muscle, she mentioned the constant exercise will be beneficial for my daughter. It was her very first time to try the archery, but she did well and enjoyed doing it.

After the archery, they had lunch at the steak restaurant.

I stayed behind at home and started tackling at the to-do-lit items that I had missed while in Japan. While in home, my friend stopped by at my house and delivered her sewing machine gift to my daughter. She added some more bland new items that are needed for sewing projects such as threads, a pair of scissors, and a how-to-book for a sewing beginner. Since she was interested in Japanese foods, I showed her my traditional Japanese foods such as homemade miso, mirin, and some other homemade spices with fermented rice (koji).

In the late afternoon, after my family came back home, we all visited my new friend’s house. She purchase her house one year ago and made the house to be a relaxing and cozy place.

I still feel sleepy and tired due to jet lag. I have many seminars and lectures that I have to catch up with. I still haven’t unpacked the items that we have brought back from Japan.

In the afternoon, I talked with my mom-in-law. She told me that she and our chihuahua dog have been missing us and they want us to visit them as soon as possible. I was happy to hear that, but I told her my daughter and I would be super occupied for the upcoming 2 months with school works. I promised her that we will visit them at the end of May.

I was planning to get up in the morning, but due to the jet lag, I couldn’t wake up in the morning. Today is the Day-2 and not bad as yesterday, but still, I had slept for 12 hours or so.

I run into my neighbor friend. I could not tell her of our trip to Japan in advance. She has noticed that we had been gone somewhere, so I mentioned that we had been gone to Japan for the past 3 weeks. She was happy for me that I could go through the long hour flights and enjoy the stay there.

During our conversation, I mentioned about my sewing machine. I purchased my sewing machine in 2012 or so, when my daughter was going to the preschool. I had used my sewing machine for many years, but now it does not work properly. My daughter wanted to use a sewing machine and so, we have planned to purchase a new sewing machine after we come back from the trip. My friend told us it was a great timing to hear about a sewing machine. She purchased a new sewing machine but could not use it and gave up on using it. Now her bland new sewing machine has been just sitting at her house without being used. She offered us to hand it down to us. It was a nice offer that she made.

I usually don’t like to receive any items including clothes from somebody as a second hand, but in this case, she told me her sewing machine is almost bland new. And so, I decided to accept her nice offering.

Last night, I went to bed around 10 p.m. I woke up with an alarm at 6:30 a.m. and took out the trash bin to the street. I knew I should have stayed up to deal with jet lag, but I was so tired and sleepy that I went back to bed. The next moment I woke up was 4 p.m. in the evening. I had slept for 18 hours.

In the evening we went to the grocery store. Our refrigerator was almost empty.

I cooked healthy meal for all of us with vegetables and rice. Now I feel at home and comfortable.

It was our last day of our trip. I woke up at 6 a.m. and enjoyed a nice and hot bath. I was planning to have the curry at our favorite café for lunch, but they only open at 11:30 a.m., and we could not make it.

We left the mansion around 11 a.m. and headed to the airport limousine bus stop. The weather report showed 100% rain, but I prayed to hold on the rain until we get on the bus. The spirits listened my wish. The sky was full of clouds but it was not raining. We walked about 10 minutes to the bus stop without rain. Once we got on the bus and the bus started, it started raining hard. It was amazing that the spirits always take care of us and protect us.

Our 2 flights departed and arrived on time. We safely came back home. I had a good sleep in my own bed at my own house in America.