In the morning I had the inner child therapist certification exam online. There were 2 types of the exam. The first one was the actual knowledge test, and the last one was the interview. They were much difficult than what I had expected. The first instant that I saw the question on the exam, I felt overwhelmed. But on the next second, I told myself that I could do it well. I took a long relaxing breath, and started. I am glad that I could focus fully on the exam. I think I did well. I hope I would pass the exam and receive the certificate, so that I can start working as a professional inner child therapist.

I was in tense in preparing for the upcoming exam, that is scheduled on tomorrow. I almost got panicky that I noticed I don’t have all the files in hand. Two files were missing. Most likely the files were not successfully downloaded for some reasons. I didn’t want to disturb the school worker, but I sent a request to them if they could send me those files. I was lucky enough to have a very kind worker to open my email. She sent me the files right away. She also added some thoughtful wordings and encouragements. I appreciate for her kindness.

It was Rittou (立冬) in Japan. It is the first day of winter according to the lunar calendar. To me, it is amazing that Japanese people still value the traditional teaching based on the lunar calendar.

Today I needed to take my daughter to the orthodontist’s office. I was reluctant because I knew the orthodontist is not nice or friendly, but I needed to talk to him about my daughter’s orthodontics’ progress.

I asked my husband to deal with him, but he was reluctant to talk with the orthodontist due to the same reason that I have.

As I expected, the orthodontist never smiled at me, kept on having a sulky look on his face. I needed to ask him twice nicely not to get mad at me. He replied back to me saying he was not mad.

After we finished our conversation and the orthodontist left our booth, the nurse told me that the orthodontist was not mad; he is always like that. She told me that he seems to be mad, but that is his ordinal face expression. Interestingly, while the nurse was telling me that, we heard the orthodontist’s angry voice to another client in other booth. It was the proof that what the nurse just said was right and it happened at the right timing. We just laughed together.  

It was a good lesson that I still expect people to act what I wish them to be, but I should not expect anybody anything. They are all unique and they don’t belong to me. I have to release my expectation and let things go.

I needed to take my daughter to the orthodontist’s office because one of the brackets on the braces came off. I hoped I would not get lost to get there. Last time I was there was almost two years ago. My husband was the driver and I didn’t pay attention to the direction. Even though I have lived in this area for more than 16 years, I am still not familiar with the location where the orthodontist’s office is located. Luckily, I could arrive without getting lost.

I have been wishing for a biofeedback equipment. The unit that I want to purchase costs $24,550.00.

I’ve been trying to persuade my husband to purchase it, but he has been rejecting it because of the high price. But I want to purchase it. It doesn’t need to be right now, but I will keep having the desire in my mind.

It was the last day of summer time. even though Arizona does not apply summer time, my insurance related seminar is held based on California time, so I need to change all the starting time of the seminars during winter time.

I have been dealing with the bill amount issue on the cell phone bill. It has been so frustrating. Even though I have talked with multiple different workers, nobody has solved the issue yet. I happened to see a post in FB where Japanese people posts their daily concerns. One person experienced a bad service just like what I had experienced. Her husband told her “Welcome to America.” The husband mentioned this type of bad service is pretty common in America. We will eventually have to file a complain in BBB that is Better Business Bureau. I hope the company worker will solve the issue so that I don’t need to file a complaint in BBB.

I focused on preparing the material for my first upcoming class. I am so excited to this class, but at the same time I feel little bit nervous. I hope I will be able to provide good awareness and learning with my precious students.

I had a lot of chores in the morning. I needed to receive the delivery item from the online purchase. A maintenance person came to switch the swamp cooler to the heater.

In the evening, I attended the seminar presented by a Japanese realtor from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., then the inner child therapist course seminar from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. My day went by so quickly. I enjoyed the seminars and am satisfied with the progress that I made.