On Saturday we met with the doctor for her re-evaluation. they do NOT believe an operation will be necessary. BUT she will have to continue the physical therapy for another two weeks for a month or maybe even longer.

I forgot to mention one other part of the Setsubun celebration. That evening we scattered soybeans in each room of the house and tossed more soybeans out of every window. In the rooms we cried "Good luck, come in!" and when we tossed the soybeans out the window we cried "Goblins go away!"

I went to my first Japanese lesson on Saturday. That was a trip. I felt like a child in a remedial reading group. The teacher (we were working one on one) spoke English but kept to Japanese as much as possible. He even worked in hiragana and katakana when illustrating his points. I have two alphabets to learn! Sigh.