I ordered some books for school, and they came in such a way that there was no wasted space or frivolous packaging. There were two different kinds of books, and they filled the box exactly. I ordered different amounts of each, and they were almost the same height, again filling the box exactly.

It was so interesting, I had to take a picture. But now looking at the picture and re-reading what I’ve written, maybe this isn’t as amazing as I thought. Maybe it’s simply curious. Reddit has a whole section called “Mildly Interesting”. Maybe that’s more like it…

Today is my first day back to school after Fall Break. Yesterday after church, I spent most of the day at school. Report cards are due, which means an extra bit of record-keeping. I got most of it done, so that’s good.

I am anxious to see the kids again. All this preparation and paperwork and anticipation makes me nervous. Once I see the kids, it’ll all be ok.

I finished before dark yesterday, so that was good. The sunset was starting. I enjoyed the skies a little before driving home.

The moon was out, so I tried to take a picture of it. In the picture below, it’s right above the church roof. I don’t know why it looks so big in real life, but so small in pictures. Maybe it requires a special camera?

I worked on the native Hawaiian plant bed at school yesterday. There was a big delay in getting the plants, but I finally got them yesterday morning.

I worked all day long.

I spent a lot of time arranging and re-arranging the plants.

I decided I would have one area for the succulents. This area would be mulched with lava rock cinders. Planting the plants through the landscape fabric was tedious.

The other section was bigger than I thought. The center piece of the garden is an ohia tree. It’s very small right now. Hopefully it grows quickly. The rest of the space is filled with five varieties of native plants. I repeated them in order to fill the space.

I didn’t get a proper “after” picture. I was running the sprinkler system to test it and to soak the soil. And I was really tired. It was late afternoon by then.

This morning, Russel is taking me to get some wood mulch from a friend of his. I’m so glad! The bagged mulch at Lowe’s and Home Depot is crazy expensive!