A Month in Review-May 2022

May is always busy for my family. And this year was no exception. From finishing the school year(!) to volunteering at different events, May flew by but was filled with many sweet memories. <3

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 Reading 

Reading slowed down a bit this month from April, but one big thing that happened was that I finished the a.m.a.z.i.n.g. Refuge series by Kristina Hall (that last book...*clutches heart* it was a spectacular conclusion to the series)!

~Shadow by Kara Swanson

~Place of Refuge by Kristina Hall

~The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There) Remember when I co-hosted March Muchness and how I kept saying that I wanted to read Alice in Wonderland again? Well, it took two months but I finally did!! It was such a refreshing, funny read! I forgot how quirky and crazy Alice's adventures are, and a few quotes just cracked me up. Here's an example:

       -Background info: Alice is talking to the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon about school lessons and Alice asks how many hours a day they did lessons. The Mock Turtle responds with "Ten hours, the first day...nine the next, and so on." Alice is quite surprised by this and the Gryphon explains "that's why they're called lessons...because they lessen from day to day." #mindblown. If only that was the way schools worked today. We would get a lot more breaks, am I right? 😉

Writing

*squealing* Y'all I am QUITE pleased with my writing this month. 

~I ended up pausing on a story I was trudging through because it was just not going well at the moment and I needed a break. 

~SO I started a new WIP that I adore and I'm really happy with it so far. I sent the first chapter to a couple peeps and the responses were encouraging so I'm excited to write more! 

~Also...I'm back on YDubs! I participated in Crazy Writing Week in January and then was part of the Young Writer's Workshop for a month, but left due to some reasons (nothing bad, lol). But this past month, I joined again and it's been so fun!! The writing resources are spectacular and I can't wait to grow in my writing more by using it! (If you're on YDubs, I would love to connect! My username is Emma C.) 

Life

May was amazingggg!!! As I mentioned before, it was super busy, but so fun! 

~Helped host an event with a leadership team that I'm on. We had been planning this for several months and had no idea how it would turn out. I was kinda nervous that no one would show up, but we got a pretty decent turn out and it went on without a hitch! That day was one of my favorites this month, and I truly feel so blessed to have been a part of that. <3

~Participated in my annual music recital!!!! It was one of the best ones ever. 

~Rode a bike. Y'all this might seem so insignificant, but it has been literally YEARS since I got to ride a bike. It took me a few minutes to get used to riding it again, but once I got the hang of it, I did not want to stop. It was just too fun. 😜

Relatable/Memes/Quotes

This is a new category that I've added and while I honestly have no idea how much I'll do it, I just wanted to try it out for today. 

It all started when I was reading a literature book earlier this month. This book, The Old Man and the Sea, was kinda boring. Its title literally says what the whole book is about. It's about an old man who's out on the sea fishing. So I don't really recommend it (there are a bunch of other better classics out there) but if reading about a guy fishing sounds interesting to you, then go for it! ANYWAY, I was trudging along in it when all of the sudden the old man said something of great significance. Something that caught my interest. Something that made me connect with the old man. XDD Here it is:

Isn't that the most relatable thing ever?!?! Seriously though, if the old man and I had one thing to agree about, it's that. BEDS ARE THE BEST. My bed is totally my friend! XD And then he goes on to talk about beds being a great thing and it's so awesome. That's literally my favorite quote out of the entire book. 😆 

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How's your May been?

Any exciting summer plans?

What's your opinion on beds? XD