Hi guys! It’s been awhile since my last update, but we’ve been busy settling back into life in California. So far we’ve gotten our first vaccine dose, caught up on doctor and dentist appointments, and met up with some friends. It’s been fun but hectic. I don’t really have anything in particular I wanted to share but here are some thoughts I’ve had over the past couple weeks:

April 22nd was Earth Day and tbh I felt it was too commercialized, like a Hallmark holiday. And even though this is a cliche, everyday should be Earth day. To think of our impact on the Earth for only one day a year is not going to help us out of this climate crisis. I tried not to “fall for it” but I did end up purchasing this Jordan dress from Two Days Off at 22% off. In the end I thought it was worth supporting my favorite BIPOC, climate-neutral brand on Earth day 🤷🏻‍♀️. But next year I’m going to be more vigilant and not make this “holiday” about buying more stuff (oh the irony 🤦🏻‍♀️).

But I did watch Seaspiracy for Earth Day, which was something I put off because who wants to know that eating fish is funding the fishing industry that’s killing our seas. True the documentary got a lot of things wrong or made exaggerated claims, but I don’t think they were too far off. I mean the popularity of sushi and poke bowls has sky rocketed in the last decade, and where are we getting all the fish from? In our household, my husband doesn’t like seafood so that has cut down on our consumption quite a bit. But I did end up eating a lot of poke in Hawaii (the best of which is hands-down at Off the Hook in Manoa pictured above). I think for my own part I’m going to start limiting my consumption of sushi and poke in general, and only eat it on special occasions. Why does it seem like all signs point to humans needing to have a primarily plant-based diet for the health of planet (as well as their own health).

In other news, I’ve started up my closet shop again (and an Insta account for the closet shop where I decided to make fun outfits with the clothes). I came home from Hawaii (and my five month suitcase capsule) and felt like I just have too many clothes. And not only that, a lot of them are now too small for me. I purchased a couple things right after pregnancy and my hysterectomy when I was the skinniest. And I was able to keep the weight off a bit when I was running several times a week (but that quickly caught up to my knees and I had to stop—I’ve had an old knee injury from running for decades). Well instead of keeping those “skinny” clothes and hoping to fit into them again, I’ve decided to let most of them go. I’m ok with my bigger body for now and want clothes to fit who I am right now. I do plan to start up a strength training and yoga routine for my own health and happiness, but I’m not going to do it to fit into some clothes.

How have you guys been? Can you believe it’s already May?