Bailing with a too-small bucket
It was a loooong week. It felt even longer. The first three days with students went well, but each one required an incredible amount of effort. Just so. Much. E...
Month: August 2022
First Day of School is Done!
Well, I did it. I survived the first day of school. And it was fine! Imagine that. It was a short day and each period was abbreviated. 35 minutes goes by really...
Last day without students!
{Um… I just published this on my old blog because I wasn’t looking carefully in my app when I started. For f*ck’s sake…} Getting up at 6am in rough y’all. I am ...
Back to Reality
Re-entry hasn’t been as bad as I was expecting, but it hasn’t been easy either. Tuesday we were all a little out of our minds from exhaustion, but t...
Never mind – Boo!
UPDATE: Hey, so it turns out converting to tankless will cost us a TON of $$$ because of (our house always makes shit hard) reasons, so we will be getting a reg...
Holy Moly
Well, our 10:50pm flight did take off on time, and we did make our connecting flight in LA, and our bag made it too. It was a LOOOONG 14 hours in Maui’s a...
Spoke too soon (air travel edition)
Well, after seven hours of pushing back our flight, Alaska Airlines finally had the balls to cancel it. Luckily (?!) we rebooked on a red eye to LAX and then a ...
Maui Day 5: Lahaina + Kapalua Tide Pools
By Saturday we had checked most things off our “must do” list so we were feeling pretty chill. My son and I started the day trying to track down some turtles wi...
Last Days of Summer
We head to the airport in one hour. I’m writing this on the hammock, listening to the waves. I still can’t really believe we got to come, and that no one tested...
Maui Day 4: Snorkeling at Molokini Crater and Coral Gardens
On Friday, my daughter and I got up early to be at the harbor for our snorkeling tour. I reserved for us on Wednesday, and was very excited for the chance to sn...