It’s a legal day. J’s brother came and picked me up from the hotel and took me to the registry to deregister mom, and for some legal papers. It turned out they need another document, so we had to go back to the hotel to get it. I really hate the Chinese legal system. They couldn’t verify that I am here when I am standing in front of them, they have to get some document to prove that. It’s very funny to think about it afterwards but it was very annoying when you have to travel back and forth for a silly document.
J’s attorney friend will help me complete the legal procedures with these documents. It’s so very difficult to handle legal matters here, it seems every procedure requires tons of documents and proof of your seal, proof of your person. yuk yuk yuk
We then went to the funeral and burned some incense for mom and had lunch together. I was again exhausted after I got back to the hotel. Good thing there is nothing planned for tonight. S called and I told her I’ll go over after a short nap. Don’t want to spend the rest of the day here in the hotel. Don’t want to deal with the emotional stuff yet.
One more thing。 On the way to the registry, I was telling j’s brother some story about mom when the rear view mirror dropped off and startled us. I jokingly said that mom didn’t want me to talk about her. I don’t know if that was true, but it was a strange coincident.
Tomorrow is the 3rd 7th day ritual. It starts at 9:30am.