Today at DVerse, it is haibun Monday, and the theme is, appropriately, “back to school.” I am happy to be out of school, since even though there were aspects of it that I liked, it would also generate so much anxiety and overwhelm. At the same time, here I am post-college, and there’s still a ton of anxiety and depression, so life’s probably not any better. Anyway, I wasn’t going to post this haibun, but today is one of those days when I probably won’t write anything better, so here you go.
I went to Hawaii with my family 2 Augusts ago. We left near the end of the month, so I was concerned that we wouldn’t be back in time for the start of the new semester. Then I remembered: I’d graduated the previous spring and didn’t need to worry about that anymore.
School anxiety —
Aloha “Hallelujah”
Let’s go to the beach!
revivedwriter 
The educational world is like that. Flashbacks so often happen
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A clever twist on going back to school… or not, in this case! Well-played!
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Yesssss! Aloooooooo-haaaaa!
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The “Aloha ‘Hallelujah'” says it all!
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Nice on Jenna
Happy Monday
Much❤love
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Alas, no Aloha this year. Hawaii has shut down, I believe. Dang Covid anyway!
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Well written Jenna. For me, the prompt just triggered the current upset and disbelief I am unable to shake.
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To the beach!
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*laughing*
Hooray!
-David
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Worried about nothing. Isn’t that great relief when you realize there is no need to be anxious.
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We all worry about things that will never happen, sometimes we just need to stop and do something else.
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Ha… then now it’s the work pulling us back from those vacation spots.
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