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...
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Maui Day 2: Road to Hana + Charley Young Beach
We felt a little beached out after our marathon first day, so we decided on our second day to brave the road to Hana (or at least part of it). But first my son ...
Off we go again!
Today we leave on our final trip of the summer. This is our last minute trip to Maui, which we made because we were invited to spend a week with friends in a la...
Time is a flat circle
We’re at the KOA. It feels strangely like we never left. Being here last year was our attempt at normalcy. Our kids had been in school for 10 days the whole sch...
Tail End of Trip #1
We’re coming up on the end of our first trip of the summer. We have three more nights and 2.5 more days in St. Louis. The farm was incredible and I want to writ...
Meramec Caverns
My husband arrived Thursday night and he’s leaving Tuesday, so yesterday was his only full day in the St. Louis area. He’s been to St. Louis many times and done...
Ready for the summer travel to start…
The kids and I leave this morning. My husband leaves later this week. Our neighbor will be taking care of the house and pets while we’re away. I have to s...
Grief makes way for rage
I think I was numb all day. I kept reading article after article trying to make sense of it. Trying to remind myself that it was real. Late tonight I looked awa...
How we survived the Antocalypse Antmageddon Antvasion
Yesterday it was 95* in San Francisco (a place where literally NOBODY has air conditioning) and I guess that was hot enough to trigger an ant mating swarm at ou...
Ping Pong Thoughts on a Monday Off
We get today off (Juneteenth observed) so the kids don’t have camp and my husband doesn’t have work. My parents took the kids last night and my husb...