Weekly Wrap Up | 8/13/23

Aloha friends!

What a week. So my kids went back to school and they had the first day jitters. My daughter had an incident the second day with the girl sitting next to her. I guess the girl grabbed her arm because she thought my daughter was hiding a toy in her palm, which she wasn’t and the girl wanted to see. My daughter wasn’t okay with the arm pulling so she cried – and now sits next to someone she had in Kindergarten. She was sad because her whole Kinder class was split up – she only has 2 kids from her kinder class in her 1st grade class. Her bestie is in another class which made her sad but the rest of the week was great and fun for her. As for my son, he was having 5th grade drama lol…his two besties got into a fight. So he was being mediator….and they are all friends again! Thank goodness – it’s only the first week of school.😅

Tuesday was a really messed up day. My parents were flying to Vegas and they got delayed because of a problem with the plane, but the wind. The wind was crazy from Monday and Tuesday. We had Hurricane Dora passing 100’s of miles SOUTH of us…it was not close to us at all, so we had no Hurricane warnings meaning we weren’t going to be hit by it, but we did have high wind alerts. I’m on the island of Oahu and it was so windy my dog was scared to go in the backyard because everything was blowing around. The wind kept me up at night, everything was banging around and I texted my friend who lives in the valley (I live on the drier west side) and she said it was super windy but hot too. I was even telling my kids wow, I can’t believe a hurricane so far away is generating high winds on our island. Sometimes we get these freak high wind days (without a hurricane around) and I stay wary because trees and branches will come down on the road. Anyway later in the day, there was news of a major wildfire destroying the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui.

I have cousins on Maui but they don’t live in Lahaina so they are safe. 🙏🏼 There were multiple fires burning on the island but the one near Lahaina really exploded with the high winds. Talking to so many friends and family, they know families and friends that lost homes, businesses, and we are still waiting on news of some missing people (my mom’s friend). It is devastating. Last time I went to Lahaina was 20 years ago and I was 25….anyway my kids and I donated clothes yesterday and I’ve been donating money online to different organizations. Living on an island is hard when a disaster hits because we are so isolated, we have to fly in help and resources so that takes time. The death toll is now at 89, and we are heartbroken, mourning and are praying for the families, people, rescue workers, volunteers and everyone affected by this major tragedy. Please keep them in your prayers!🙏🏼

Here are some ways to help:

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/help-maui-fire-victims-heres-how-you-can-donate/

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Books I Read:

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Shows/Movies I Watched:

  • The Summer I Turned Pretty – …Belly 🙄 leave those brothers alone ugh….I know she won’t since I read the books lol
  • Okay did anyway watch Taylor’s concerts on Tiktok? I was trying to catch them here and there to hear the surprise songs but I definitely stayed longer to watch on her last show because it was the last show. Thank YOU to all the people streaming the show on tiktok…I mean how awesome we get to watch for free lol. Also to hold your phone up for like 3 hours? I couldn’t do it!

How was your week? Did you get a lot done? Watch anything good? Read any amazing books or books you didn’t finish? What are you reading?…Leave me a comment below!

6 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up | 8/13/23”

  2. Glad to hear you and your family are safe and your mother’s friend and everyone else affected by those fires are in my thoughts. 💚 Where I’m at in the US, we were getting lots of smoke from the wildfires happening in Canada even though we’re so far away. The air quality was pretty abysmal. I can’t even imagine being actually in one…

    On less heavy topics, I’m second-hand happy & proud of your son for successfully mediating a fight between friends. What a smart and thoughtful kiddo! I know grown adults who can’t even do that effectively. 🙃 And I’m sorry to hear your daughter is struggling without her friends in 1st grade though… I hope it gets better for her and she makes some new ones over the school year.

    Main Character Energy looks cute! I’ll have to look into it!

    Have a great week! 💚

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    1. I heard about the fires, my in laws are in New York where they had those few days of bad smoky air! It’s week 2 of school and my daughter has gotten sick already. She has covid so yeah…school germs are back! 😩 Main Character Energy was enjoyable – my review for it will come out closer to when it’s published since I’m on the book tour for it.

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      1. Oh noooo. I’m sorry to hear that! I hope she feels better soon. I’m not sure how it is now but I had it about a year and a half ago and it was still pretty wicked even with the shots and such.

        Can’t wait to see your review! 💚

      2. Thanks! Same, I had it last year, with the shots and everything and I was laid out. She’s been resting most of the day and trying to get her fever to break. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day for her!

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