Osechi (Japanese traditional new year's days food)

I went to bed at 10:30 p.m. last night. I woke up at 2:00 a.m. But eventually I went back to sleep. I feel ok now. It seems it is much easier to overcome jetlag when I come back. But when I am in Japan, I can do without much sleep. I keep going.

When I go to Japan in June this year, my younger daughter will come with me. She knows my mother will buy her good stuff.

When I called my mother one last time in Japan from Narita airport, she said, "thank you for doing so many things for us." It made feel good.