Hey buddy, it’s been a loopy week. We’ve spent a great chunk of this week maintaining with family and friends who stay 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 instances.
I don’t know if I ever talked about it right here, however a number of years again the police got here banging on our door and instructed us we had half-hour to seize our issues and go away as a result of there was a rising hearth on the hill behind our home. The fireplace division was capable of put it out rapidly, 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 service) and stuffing Connor’s uniforms right into a bag simply in case she wanted them for varsity the subsequent day. I additionally vividly bear in mind calling my neighbors, who weren’t dwelling on the time, and asking them in the event that they needed us to get their pets out of the home.
The occasions this week jogged my memory that when you possibly can transfer all through your each day existence in a comparatively regular trend, it’s really 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 a great reminder that there’s no time like the current; I’ve been which means to publish these photos that I took in Hawaii not too long ago, and right now’s a great 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 stay in, Kaneohe. Proper up the road from their previous home is a cemetery nestled up towards the mountains the place they’ve lots of kinfolk buried, and within the cemetery there’s a Buddhist temple referred to as Byodo-In. It open to the general public and if you happen to get the possibility to go to, please do. It’s lovely and peaceable. At any time when I see these photos, my coronary heart feels relaxed.
Anyway.This week I marked my one-year anniversary working on the faculty. Time actually does fly! One factor that I’ve been interested by recently is how, in some ways, I miss working from dwelling, however I additionally get pleasure from having the ability to go to a special 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 needed 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 feel that simply could 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 method, feels good.
One last item. On a beauty-related notice, yesterday I sat right 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 feel somebody must invent a twist-up forehead pencil with clear packaging or one thing that permits you to know precisely how a lot you will have left. Anywho, I gotta cease by Ulta right now. I’d been utilizing the one from Uncommon Magnificence, however I feel I’m going to return to the great previous Anastasia Forehead pencil only for funsies.
Considering of you and hoping that you just’re okay. Glad Saturday!
Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,
Karen