I’m so so SO excited I can finally share this exciting news!
After a bit of a lengthy application process that involved some forms, background checks, a home visit, an orientation, and more forms, Ryan and I were not only approved to host a foreign exchange student for the 2026-2027 school year, but also actually got a student…
…and have been in touch with her!
Kristina gets here in just a few short weeks. We are beyond giddy!
It has been a moooooonth.
This past Tuesday was the first day I’d had off work since mid-June because fire season f*cking showed UP.
I managed to squeeze in four books in June before fire season popped off for me, and I had to return an entire stack of unread novels to our library.
6/12.
Well, it’s officially fire season in the U.S.
5/12.
I swear I was all over the place this month.
I read a few library books, a few Kindle books and a few books from my own collection at home.
I really struggled to finish books this month, for who knows what reason. I returned an unfinished library book (more on that below) and at one point I had four books simultaneously in progress before I finally found the motivation to finish half of them.
Still working on the third, and the fourth is the one I returned.
I’d been meaning to write this post a few weeks ago, and add some “hey, if you’re around in Flagstaff, come check out my last class!” promotion on here.
But, every time I opened my computer and started to type, it just felt overwhelming. The denial is stroooong.
I’m sad to say YogaSix Flagstaff, my home yoga studio for the past four-plus years, permanently shut down this past weekend.
4/12.
This month was nice and quiet with a lot of unexpectedly rainy days that made for nice reading conditions.
The best part of owning a home is definitely the nights I get to sleep outside of it.
I spent this weekend hiking up to the top of Sedona’s Wilson Mountain with a few friends, where we took in the views over Backpacker’s Pantry dinners, braved the brutal mountaintop winds and sipped coffee while staring out at some absolutely insane views.
