Aloha friends!

What a week. I think I said that LAST week also. But my daughter came down with a fever on Sunday, tested her for Covid on Monday – she was positive and missed the whole 2nd week of school already. Of course I still had to bring my son to school, but I already felt a tickle in my throat on Monday, but I tested negative on Tuesday and Wednesday, low grade fever on Thursday, full fever on Friday and positive on Saturday (sure I was positive on Thursday but I ran out of home covid tests until my mom brought me one on Saturday). Anyway I already knew it was covid with how the fever sneaks up on you on the 4 or 5th day and I lost my sense of smell (which sucks because everything I eat taste like nothing…bleh…). Anyway it was a rough weekend, and my kids had to kind of take care of themselves, my son did such a good job with helping feed his sister as I tried to quarantine – by the way my daughter is perfectly fine now, she was good by Thursday. But yeah he dealt with her tantrums lol – she wanted ME to make her food, not him, of course but she had to deal with it at least for one day. My parents came to help out on Saturday thank god. I’m already feeling much improved compared to Friday which was the worst day and I need to get better because it’s another week of school for the kids and I need to do a major grocery run.

My son’s 11th birthday is next Sunday and I’m going to watch him for any symptoms. I tried my best to stay away but I did have to use the kitchen at times and I tried to disinfect afterwards. I’m praying he didn’t get enough exposure but that’s hard when my daughter who had covid had to be with me at school drop off and pick up. I’m just glad kids had a 3 day weekend and I got full blown sick on the day they weren’t in school. I slept a lot! Anyway it was a long week, I’ll be so happy to feel better and get back to myself!

I’m still sharing links to help the people who lost their homes in Lahaina, Maui. My cousin in-law’s family’s home burnt down and they are facing other challenges as well. Please check out this link to read their story and help if you can.>> http://spot.fund/plvj4sc

Blog Posts:

• Goodreads Monday: Heart of Night and Fire
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• Happy Book Birthday | New Releases | 8/15/23
• WWW Wednesday | 8/16/23
• Midnight at the Houdini by. Delilah S. Dawson | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️💫
• The Firsts of 2023 Book Tag

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

Shows/Movies I Watched:

• The Summer I Turned Pretty – …Belly 🙄 why do I torture myself? lol…I actually love the friendship story between Beck and Laurel. Also why is it when Taylor stays Steven it reminds me of Kristen and Stephen on Laguna Beach! lol…

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!

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:

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• WWW Wednesday | 8/9/23
• Her Radiant Curse by. Elizabeth Lim | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Together We Rot by. Skyla Arndt | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
• Bookish Travels – July 2023 Destinations
• Sign of the Slayer by. Sharina Harris | ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️
• Monthly Wrap Up | July 2023

Books I Read:

Currently Reading:

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!