Gift from God

Today I woke up late and rushed to work. I was greeted by a Japanese teacher who kindly explained that my class wasn't on their schedule for that particular day. I immediately called my company, whom is a contractor for the Board of Education and explained the situation. It turns out the mistake was made by my employer. They told me I could go home and that I would be paid for the day! Yea! So now I'm sitting at home on a cloudy, rainy day getting paid. Here are some photos from a recent trip with the Obasan's (aunts). We went to my grandparents memorial and left flowers and prayers. Afterwards, we went to Asaksa which is where the photos were taken. I received a bad fortune, (I think I shook the fortune thing too hard) which my aunts promptly remedied by tying my fortune to a particular tree near the temple. I think the same thing happened to me last time I went. I'm not worried though, because a giant budda gave me some extra good fortune. I'm going to buy a rabbits foot and throw some salt over my right shoulder just to be sure.