Aloha friends!
Another week is over and here’s what happened:
+ It’s wild times in the news these days and I’m losing myself in books because of it. 😞
+ I got caught in a lock down at my daughter’s school on Thursday. It was 5 minutes to the final ringing, I heard police sirens around the area, but that isn’t new. The school opened the side gate for parents to come in and then the bell started ringing, but 5 times. Teachers then were telling us parents to get inside a room because there was a lock down happening. I think my first thought was why are they doing a lock down drill 5 minutes prior to the end of school? No…the teacher or staff who had her walkie talkie said police were in pursuit of some guy and he climbed the fence at the front of the school. It barely lasted 10 minutes, but I had to text my son I’d be late to pick him up at his school (he was freaking out), and all I could think about was how I was so close to my daughter who was a building away yet still so far from her and I wanted to protect her. I did NOT like those thoughts…the police said they got him (I heard on the walkie), it was all clear but we had to wait for the all clear bell. Us parents went to our kids classrooms, and when my daughter’s teacher opened the door some of the boys ran out laughing but saying “whoa that was scary!”, and the girls…two girls were bawling their eyes out. Other girls had tear streaks and I just was anxious to see my daughter, saw her and she was okay and I gave her the biggest hug. As we walked through campus I saw girls with tears on their faces, I heard parents and grandparents explaining to kids how the school kept them inside to keep them safe. I heard a mom tell her daughter she almost cried (the mom).
My daughter seemed “fine” but I thought maybe it didn’t hit her yet? Because watching your classmates cry – I know it scared her – but she was trying to keep everything normal. In the car ride home, she said some of the kids grabbed their scissors, in case someone came through their barricaded door. These are 3rd graders! 😞. The were hiding under their desks trying to stay very quiet. 💔 At dinner time my daughter’s emotions spilled out – she was frustrated with something and then burst into tears. So we talked about it, I told her I was in the next building waiting to get to her and that I know how scary that was. I told her they did such a good job and the drills helped them prepare for a moment like this. This is their world…and it’s a scary one! I will say though, the school was very prepared and worked fast when that 5 bell system rang – especially because it was almost final bell, they got all of us parents into rooms and locked that door fast. I will say as parents in the room (4 of us and 2 staff) we failed at barricading the door. We didn’t do that at all. A parent even joked if we need to get under the table and we just did the nervous laugh thing.
Also, I gotta give it up to teachers and school staff. Their lives are on the line teaching in this day and age. I’m just glad everyone was safe and it wasn’t a worse situation! But it reminded me things can happen in the blink of an eye.
Blog Posts:
- Midnight on the Celestial by. Julia Alexandra | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- The Dragon and the Sun Lotus by. Amélie Wen Zhao | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- Monthly Wrap Up | February 2026
- New Book Releases This Week | 3/3/26
- Dark Academia Books | TTT | Top Ten Tuesday | 3/3/26
- The Library of Amorlin by. Kalyn Josephson| ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- WWW Wednesday | 3/3/26
- A Vow in Vengeance by. Jaclyn Rodriguez | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Heart of Mischief by. Emma Noyes | ALC and ARC Review | Audiobook and Ebook ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Let’s Talk Bookish: Women Who’ve Shaped Your Reading Life | 3/6/26
- Toe to Toe by. Falon Ballard | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
- Half City by. Kate Golden | Book Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Blood & Betrayals by. Jeanette Rose and Alexis Rune | Book Review ⭐️⭐️💫
Books I Finished
- Deathly Fates by. Tesia Tsai
- The Shippers by. Katherine Center
- Life: A Love Story by. Elizabeth Berg
- Half City by. Kate Golden
- Eternal in the Night by. Alayna Ravenwood
Currently Reading:
- The Poison Daughter by. Sheila Masterson
- Burn the Kingdom Down by. Annie Thorley
- Never Ever After by. Sue Lynn Tan
- The Thorn Queen by. Sasha Peyton Smith
Shows/Movies/Music I Watched/Listened To:
+ Bruno Mars is on repeat – I gotta learn all the songs before the concert in 5 weeks! So excited!
+ Also Olivia Rodrigo made a cover of the song called The Book of Love – for the HELP (2) album created by War Child UK. War Child works in 14 countries – from Gaza to Ukraine, Lebanon to Sudan – to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through war. All proceeds and donations from HELP(2) support the War Child Alliance’s work around the world.
Check out the song below, it’s such a beautiful song 🥹 and don’t forget to give the album a listen!
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!
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