Hey buddy, it’s been a loopy week. We’ve spent chunk of this week maintaining with family and friends who stay within the LA space, and though the folks we all know have 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 fireplace 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 working round the home on the lookout for 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 following day. I additionally vividly bear in mind calling my neighbors, who weren’t house 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’ll be able to transfer all through your every day existence in a comparatively regular style, 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 reminder that there’s no time like the current; I’ve been which means to publish these footage that I took in Hawaii not too long ago, and as we speak’s day as any.
When Connor and I have been on Oahu final month, we took a day journey to the japanese 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 a variety of family members buried, and within the cemetery there’s a Buddhist temple known as Byodo-In. It open to the general public and should you get the prospect to go to, please do. It’s lovely and peaceable. Each time I see these footage, 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 excited about recently is how, in some ways, I miss working from house, 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 woman from Russia. She needed data 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 folks, particularly in individual. I believe 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 approach, feels good.
One final thing. On a beauty-related be aware, yesterday I sat all the way down to placed on make-up within the morning, and I used to be completely shocked to search 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’ve got left. Anywho, I gotta cease by Ulta as we speak. 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.
Pondering of you and hoping that you just’re okay. Completely happy Saturday!
Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,
Karen
