Hello there, it’s been awhile since my last Weekend Update. We’ve been busy with daily life and last weekend (March 7th) we celebrated Emi’s first birthday. In true Hawaii-style we invited everyone we know in the area to the party and about 40 some people showed up. I did have some concerns about coronavirus (with 9 cases in my county at the time, 4 of which were community spread—now it’s 29 cases). But I really didn’t want fear to ruin her first birthday so we went ahead with it. Only time will tell if that was foolish. In the meantime I’ve been trying to do more social distancing though it hasn’t been complete. I did go to one yoga class this past Monday and even though no one was coughing, I still felt it was a bit like playing Russian Roulette since the virus can be spread even without symptoms. I’m probably not going to go back for awhile. And of course I’m taking the utmost care with handwashing and using hand sanitizer. I got lucky and purchased both big bottles from Amazon in February as well as fancy ones from Touchland during their Black Friday sale. Oh and I should mention that I’m sorry if my earlier Weekend Update posts sounded panicky—no this is not the 1918 flu pandemic. And for the most part, the general population will be fine. Yes social distancing will suck, but it’s necessary to mitigate the spread (flatten the curve, amirite). Thank goodness for the internet no? Besides I do some of my best interactions over the interwebs (as evidenced by this blog). Anyway I hope you and your family pull through this time as best as possible. And for those who pulled their money out in time, the stocks are on super sale (and I’ve been very slowly repurchasing what I sold off, but you might want to wait since I’m not sure when it’s going to bottom out).

In other news, I’ve been stress buying a lot of things online under the guise that it’s my birthday and I’m going to buy myself a birthday bag. I haven’t actually committed to anything and have just returned a bunch of stuff (including the Celine mini in the photo above—I couldn’t deal with the bright blue color). You’ll see it all when I post my “what I bought (and returned) in March” post. But I recognize the consumption problem and am trying to be more mindful about online purchases (and yet I still don’t have a bday present for myself… lol). And this year due to coronavirus I canceled the celebration of my bday with friends. So I quietly celebrated on Friday with my husband and daughter and still had a grand ‘ole time :)