Hey good friend, it’s been a loopy week. We’ve spent chunk of this week maintaining with family and friends who dwell within the LA space, and though the individuals we all know had been braced for evacuation, they by no means needed to do it, thank goodness. So yeah, loopy occasions.

I don’t know if I ever talked about it right here, however a couple of years again the police got here banging on our door and instructed us we had half-hour to seize our issues and depart as a result of there was a rising fireplace on the hill behind our home. The fireplace division was in a position to put it out shortly, thank goodness, however part of me will always remember frantically operating round the home in search of Rosie (she did NOT need to go into her cat provider) and stuffing Connor’s uniforms right into a bag simply in case she wanted them for college the following day. I additionally vividly keep in mind calling my neighbors, who weren’t residence on the time, and asking them in the event that they wished us to get their pets out of the home.

The occasions this week jogged my memory that when you’ll be able to transfer all through your day by day existence in a comparatively regular style, it’s actually a present. I’m counting my blessings, together with the roof over my head, my little household and my well being.

It’s additionally been reminder that there’s no time like the current; I’ve been that means to put up these photos that I took in Hawaii lately, and right this moment’s day as any.

When Connor and I had been on Oahu final month, we took a day journey to the jap aspect with my in-laws to the city they used to dwell in, Kaneohe. Proper up the road from their previous home is a cemetery nestled up in opposition to the mountains the place they’ve a variety of kin buried, and within the cemetery there’s a Buddhist temple known as Byodo-In. It open to the general public and if you happen to get the prospect to go to, please do. It’s lovely and peaceable. At any time when I see these photos, my coronary heart feels comfortable.


Anyway.This week I marked my one-year anniversary working on the faculty. Time actually does fly! One factor that I’ve been enthusiastic about currently is how, in some ways, I miss working from residence, however I additionally take pleasure in having the ability to go to a unique area the place the boundaries between work and residential are very clear.

It’s additionally been very cool to work together with college students on their studying journey. Yesterday I helped an older girl from Russia. She wished info on taking an ESL class, so I talked to her for a bit after which gave her some sources. It feels actually good to assist individuals, particularly in particular person. I believe that simply is likely to be the important thing to keepin’ on with a smile in your face; being able to make a distinction in somebody’s life, even in a small means, feels good.

One final thing. On a beauty-related word, yesterday I sat all the way down to placed on make-up within the morning, and I used to be completely shocked to seek out I had no extra forehead pencil left. I believe somebody must invent a twist-up forehead pencil with clear packaging or one thing that permits you to know precisely how a lot you may have left. Anywho, I gotta cease by Ulta right this moment. I’d been utilizing the one from Uncommon Magnificence, however I believe I’m going to return to the nice previous Anastasia Forehead pencil only for funsies.

Considering of you and hoping that you simply’re okay. Completely satisfied Saturday!

Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,

Karen