1 – Moving my desk! My beautiful standing desk is on wheels so it’s very easy to move around. I think I’m going to try to move it every 3 months or so just so I can have a different view. Previously, it was facing the big window in my living room and now it’s facing the wall next to the window!
2 – Visiting my mom, who just tested positive for Covid. Since I just had it, I’m one of the only people who can visit her without getting sick, too! I brought her lunch and we played some games together.
3 – Starting Good Girls on Netflix. The first episode was so good!
4 – A low-key 4th of July. I slept in, did a long workout, visited with my mom, and took a short nap.
5 – Making a yummy dinner for myself.
6 – Watching the Big Brother premiere with my mom (and the dogs!)
7 – Sleeping in until 8 and then having snuggle time with Lila before getting up.
8 – Making a Reel (my first one ever!) for my mom’s birthday. I also went to dinner with my friend Amber and we had a really good conversation about dating, singleness, and loneliness. I can’t stress enough how amazing it is to have another “single in our 30s” friend to talk with.
9 – Snuggling up with baby blankets that Mikaela brought into Starbucks from her car during our writing date. It was freezing in there!
10 – Scheduling an emergency therapy appointment. Today was a hard day for my anxiety and I’m glad I reached out.
11 – A really healing therapy session. I cried a lot and it felt so good.
12 – Making a small speech in a meeting with 200+ people. It was so scary, but I was proud of myself for saying yes when my director asked me to do it.
13 – Putting together the cat’s new tower! It’s so much bigger and fancier than their previous one.
14 – Ellie spending most of the day on the cat tower. I was really expecting both cats to ignore the tower for a few weeks, as they normally do with new things. But she wanted to use it right away!
15 – Ordering in pizza and watching a comedy special on Netflix.
16 – Recording the last two episodes of season 1! I can’t believe we did it!
17 – Being able to sleep longer in the morning because the coffee date I had planned for that day was canceled. His loss!
18 – Starting off the week with a strong workout (20-minute spin, 20-minute strength, and a walk around the block)
19 – Taking a walk in the morning to take pictures of all the crepe myrtles around my apartment complex. Crepe myrtles are my favorite!
20 – A day off! I took Eloise to the vet and she received a sparkling report. Later that night, I had book club and it was a wonderful time.
21 – My robot vaccum was delivered! Once it charged for a bit, I let it do a spin around my bedroom and it did an insanely wonderful job!
22 – A really long, satisfying nap.
23 – Working on some podcast stuff, like finalizing our cover art and drafting some Instagram posts to announce our trailer episode. It’s all coming together for real!
24 – A movie date with Amber to see Where the Crawdads Sing. I really liked the movie!
25 – Booking a Labor Day getaway with Bri and Amber. We’re spending a few days at a gorgeous resort in Orlando that has a huge pool and lazy river. !!!
26 – Cooking a new recipe that was so good, and will definitely be a part of my regular rotation. (Recipe here, and yes, it’s from Tik Tok.)
27 – A lady date with Bri where we talked through some emotional friend stuff I’m going through, ordered pizza, and watched a comedy special.
28 – Buying some items off a friend’s classroom wish list. It felt really good to be able to support her in this way!
29 – Getting a massage that was so relaxing that I fell asleep. Oops!
30 – Celebrating mom’s birthday finally with game night and cake. My nephews were both in really great spirits, too, and my younger one, especially, had us cracking up with his one-liners. (I swear he’s going to grow up to become a comedian!)
31 – Publishing our podcast! Eeks… so nerve-wracking and exciting!
What was a highlight of July for you?
I love these posts! I just finished reading Crawdads too and LOVED it. Really looking forward to the movie. Reading that book was definitely a July highlight for me. 💕✨
I hope you love the movie as much as I did! I thought it was a pretty great adaptation of the book.
That cat tree is so gorgeous. I wish I were one of your kitties and I could use it! I also think you were smart to go with a gray color. We have a cream colored one and it’s officially just a gross color of cat fur now – it’s impossible to clean! It seems like yours will be better in terms of hiding fur.
My husband and I made A Decision about things and it’s taken a lot off of my mind. I’m hoping that, starting in September, I can return to being the person I want to be and not as stressed out all the time! That has been my shining moment recently.
Oh, I didn’t even think about cat fur! I just liked the gray color better and now I feel very proud for making a great decision without really thinking about it, haha.
Here’s to making it through August and looking forward to a much better September. <3
Thank you for sharing the crepe myrtle tree pic! We don’t have those here and they are so very pretty!
I am glad you got lots of time with friends this month. I am sure that filled your cup! Female friendships are so so so important so I am glad you’ve got a great tribe of women around you. Your Labor Day getaway sounds amazing! I am hoping to go on a girls trip in 2023. I feel ready and like I really really need it, and listening to Jen Hatmaker talk about her me camp has really inspired me to make it happen no matter what!
Yes! I am excited that you will be taking a girls trip next year. You have definitely earned some time away!
ROOMBA!!!! I LOVE IT!
Your Labour Day weekend getaway sounds so nice! Looking forward to hearing about it!
I love that little Roomba with my heart and soul! Whenever she gets stuck somewhere, I say, “I’m coming, Roomba! I’m coming to save you!”
I’ve been happy to hear that the Crawdads movie has been getting such good reviews. I really enjoyed the book, which always makes me nervous when I hear that there will be a movie made of it, ha ha 🙂 I’ve heard nothing but good things though, so I’m thinking I should give it a try!
I saw on your IG that you had COVID after having dodged it for so long. Glad you’re on the mend though, and I’m assuming your mom is, too. That must have been so nice for her that you could come and visit since the isolation and quarantine is often the worst part of the whole thing for many people (or at least those of us lucky enough to have gotten fairly mild cases).
Here’s to a fun and productive August for you! And congrats on the podcast!
The isolation of Covid is the worst part, isn’t it? Especially once you’re feeling better but still not out of the safe zone of being in public. I’m glad I was able to visit her when she had it so she at least had someone to talk to other than my stepdad!
Congrats on recording all of season 1 of your podcast! I can’t wait to listen to it 🙂
And congrats on making a speech in front of that many people – that’s awesome!
I am so glad Eloise had a good vet visit and that the girls are loving their tower. Yay!
And yay for your upcoming labor day trip! I cannot believe that is almost here. July and August have flown by so far!
I’m really proud of you for scheduling an emergency therapy appointment when you needed it. Good for you for recognizing that & acting on it!
I love your monthly recaps. I used to do them for a while, then just stopped (for whatever reason and never restarted). Do you take notes to have something to write about every day? Or do you have a draft and write as you go?
I feel like the last person who uses a regular, really old vacuum cleaner (and I hate it btw LOL)… I just don’t see myself investing in a Roomba, although it sounds so convenient.
I keep a running list in my Notes app, and I try to add to it every day! Sometimes I get behind and then it can be difficult to remember what I liked about a particular day, ha.
My Roomba was around $250, which actually isn’t all that more than a regular ole vacuum cleaner! And you can get other robot vacuums for even cheaper!
I love this approach to monthly recaps – highlighting the everyday moments reminds us that there is SOMETHING worth remembering in every day, even when (in the moment) we’d like nothing more than to forget at least some of the days. )