Hey pal, it’s been a loopy week. We’ve spent an excellent chunk of this week maintaining with family and friends who reside within the LA space, and though the individuals 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 couple of years again the police got here banging on our door and informed 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 operating round the home searching for Rosie (she did NOT wish to go into her cat provider) and stuffing Connor’s uniforms right into a bag simply in case she wanted them for college the subsequent day. I additionally vividly keep in mind calling my neighbors, who weren’t dwelling 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 may 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 an excellent reminder that there’s no time like the current; I’ve been that means to submit these photos that I took in Hawaii not too long ago, and in the present day’s an excellent 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 reside in, Kaneohe. Proper up the road from their outdated home is a cemetery nestled up towards the mountains the place they’ve loads of kinfolk buried, and within the cemetery there’s a Buddhist temple known as Byodo-In. It open to the general public and in case you get the prospect to go to, please do. It’s stunning and peaceable. Each time I see these photos, my coronary heart feels comfortable.
Anyway.This week I marked my one-year anniversary working on the school. Time actually does fly! One factor that I’ve been fascinated with these days is how, in some ways, I miss working from dwelling, however I additionally take pleasure in with the ability to go to a distinct house 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 wished info on taking an ESL class, so I talked to her for a bit after which gave her some assets. It feels actually good to assist individuals, particularly in individual. 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 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 allows you to know precisely how a lot you may have left. Anywho, I gotta cease by Ulta in the present day. I’d been utilizing the one from Uncommon Magnificence, however I believe I’m going to return to the nice outdated Anastasia Forehead pencil only for funsies.
Considering of you and hoping that you simply’re okay. Pleased Saturday!
Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,
Karen
