Day 52

New Year's Eve plans are thus: Take my cousin's down to the local 神社（じんじゃ）Shinto shrine where we will toss a few coins in and say a prayer for blessings for the New Year. The boys' grandmother's house (grandmother, aunt, uncle, and mother) will not be going to this annual midnight outing, out of respect for the passing of a close relative this past year. So the duty falls to me, and I am very pleased to step in as I know the boys are excited to go.