WATCHED
- New Girl, season 3 – Unpopular opinion alert? I’m not a huge fan of New Girl. I’m going to move on to something else. It’s fine, but the humor just doesn’t work for me.
- RuPaul’s Drag Race, season 1 – I’m committed to watching all of the seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, after watching the most recent season last year. It was a rough first season, but I can see the little glimmers of what RuPaul made the show into today.
- Friends, season 5 – I totally forgot that Rachel and Ross got married in Vegas at the end of season 5. My Friends knowledge is severely lacking!
- The Greatest Showman (HBO) – I started this movie on a whim on a Friday night. I had scrolled through Peacock and Hulu, and none of their movie options were calling to me. So I pulled up HBO, and this was one of the first movies that popped up. I’ve never seen it! It was excellent, and I had the songs stuck in my head for days.
- Project Hail Mary – Ryan Gosling 4ever. This movie was everything I wanted it to be, and then some. I enjoyed the humor, the science, the score. Everything was perfection!
LISTENED TO
- Noble Blood (podcast) – I have a whole bunch of podcasts that I want to listen to, except I have a completionist personality, so I always want to start from the very beginning and listen to every single episode (or most of them). So that’s what I’m doing with Noble Blood, which has over 280 episodes in its queue. Luckily, the episodes are short, so I try to listen to a few at a time. I really love the setup of this podcast, where host Dana Schwartz walks you through a fascinating tale about a royal from history. There’s a lot of tragedy in the noble line! Each episode almost feels like a vignette, and Dana’s soothing voice brings me right into the story.
- Chappell Roan, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (album) – Chappell Roan’s album came out in 2023, and this is the first time I’m giving it a listen. I like it, but don’t love it. Favorite songs: Femininomenon, After Midnight, HOT TO GO!, and My Kink is Karma.
BOUGHT
- Throw pillows – I’ve been on the hunt for new throw pillows for my couch, and I found the perfect ones at Home Goods. While they weren’t cheap ($25 per pillow), I couldn’t help myself. They feel like relaxing on a cloud!
- Planner notepad/habit tracker – I used my expensive planner for a good 3 months before I gave it up for something else. Now, I’m using this planner pad to write out my weekly to-dos and get an idea of my week at a glance. I also bought a habit tracker so I can check things off throughout the month, which has been very satisfying.
- Keurig – I mentioned this in a previous post, but my beloved Keurig broke last month, and I didn’t waste any time ordering a new one. I can’t live without my coffee!
LOVED
- My reading retreat – My reading retreat was everything I hoped it would be! I am so glad I gave myself the gift of a reading retreat, and it will definitely become an annual tradition for me.
- Our reading crawl – My friends and I met up for a reading crawl downtown, where we visited multiple bookstores and clocked 2.5 hours of reading time total. There was also a lot of chit-chat involved, don’t you worry!
- A peaceful mom – My mom is thriving. She is making her house her own, enjoying the quiet, and seems to have more energy and pep in her step. When I told her I noticed a difference in her, she said that what she felt most was peace. And I couldn’t ask for anything better than that.
LOATHED
- Steroid side effects – The side effects from being on prednisone for three months started to take their toll. I’m dealing with puffiness, heartburn, overheating… I’m very much ready to wean off the steroids, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet with my pain management. All in due time.
- A ripped reading chair – Oh, my beloved reading chair! It ripped one evening, and I was so disappointed! Thankfully, my sewing wizard Mikaela was able to sew it up for me, and I was delighted to have my baby back.
- Grief – The saddest part of the month was saying goodbye to a dear friend’s beloved dog. This came as a surprise, as she found out on the last day of March that her dog had cancer, and within a few weeks, she knew it was time to let him go. My heart is so broken.
SUPERLATIVES
- This month’s chapter title: Booked & Busy
- Weather notes: It’s hot. It’s going to get hotter. I’m trying to prepare myself.
- Favorite meal/snack: I nearly devoured an entire large pizza by myself from my favorite local pizza place one evening (I’m blaming that intense steroid hunger because I am not someone who can do that ever!)
- Something I learned: I’m learning a lot about codependency in therapy. Specifically with my mom and the intense fear I have of failing her as a daughter. (There’s a lot more I can say on this topic, and maybe someday I will. Right now, there’s been a lot of excavating emotions during therapy.)
- An unexpected delight: A full belly laugh during game night that came with tears, wheezing for breath, and aching ribs. Nothing like it!
What’s something you watched in April?
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