It was nice to rebound out of a foul mood yesterday into a more balanced mood today. As an aside on I alone in having a tendency to always view a current state of mind as being the "constant"? It's hard to always recognize our delusions as such when the are occurring. Lauren got up and joined me at Jikoji for the 7am Zazen. The network issue they have had since Saturday was the same from about 6 months ago-somebody unplugged network gear in order to power a sewing machine. It's a complicated environment up there. When we arrived I went directly to and confirmed the reason before plugging it back in and getting everything back to normal. The meditation went well. Lauren followed along and knew what to expect. One surprise was a guest from Felsonder, Switzerland, reading the heart sutra in German. This break from routine seemed odd at first but quickly became an opportunity to be reminded of how Buddhism is something internationally practiced. We chatted after with Oshin and make before heading back down the hill. On the way to the intersection of 9 and 35 we came upon a large object on the road to the left side of our lane. A rock. about 4-6 inches tall. It was hard to judge at first glance. Vering to the right would have caused me to run off the road. Going around it to the left would have required a dramatic sudden swerve into the oncoming lane. It was unoccupied, and my impulse was to do so, yet we came upon it so quickly that I had to shift my plan to try to go over it, hoping the car was high enough to clear it. It was not. We felt the impact, heard the crunch and I looked behind me to see a cloud of dust and crushed rock. It startled us. I stopped at the parking lot and found cracked and shattered plastic hanging from the mid-center section of the front of thecar. I handled it calmly. Shit happens. We dropped it at their service center to have it inspected and repaired. We all four went to breakfast at L. G. C. U. The Lauren and I got fluids for the PT cruiser, cleared and cleaned it from top to bottom, inside and out. We drove it to my moms to visit and she was impressed. The car ended up only havingdamage to the undercarriage cover and nothing more. Tommy started but had issues with cleaning Lauren's headlights. I was successful getting the new bulbs in, though. Hopefully he can complete it tomorrow. Lauren's returning to driving well. She will take the car to Sae. tomorrow. We ended or night driving thru the "Fantasy of Lights" at Vasona. The kids shouting out windows and standing up through sunroofs were annoying but the rework of the final section was cool. Yogurt followed as did a sudden sighting of Karate Carl at Crumbl! We drove around a bit to look at Christmas lights. This was a day filled with good vibes all around, even amid sudden changes.
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