JUNE 2019

Happy summer, guys!

I can't believe it's almost the end of June... and it's summer... and the Fourth of July is almost here. (only two more months til fall!) Hopefully those of you who are still in school are enjoying your vacation, and those of you who aren't are having a good time doing whatever it is you do in the summer. xD

Now for my monthly highlights post! *ignores that ridiculously awkward transition*

READING

Reading was... pretty rough this month.

It's not that I read any bad books. Actually, I finished reading a fantastic book (A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes) and read another great one, A Thousand Perfect Notes by CG Drews, aka Paper Fury. Unfortunately it did have some language, but I enjoyed the story.

The other book this month is Falcon In the Glass by Susan Fletcher. It's literally taking me weeks to read this thing. And the frustrating thing is that it's not because I'm not enjoying it. The book is actually shaping up to be pretty cool. But I'm just going through a dry spell, I guess, for reading.

I will finish this book by the end of the month, and I think I'm going to like it. I'm just not overly motivated right now. *shrugs*

WRITING

I haven't done a whole lot of writing this month. My dry reading spell dragged with it a dry writing spell.

Buut I AM doing Camp NaNo next month! In hopes to get back into the groove and get some ACTUAL work done on Fall Into Time.

Also, on the subject of Camp NaNo... in case you guys didn't see my Instagram story earlier this week, I really want to be a part of a better cabin this Camp. Last Camp I decided to be randomly assigned to a cabin and it was... pretty unenjoyable. First, I'm not big on throwing myself into situations with a bunch of people I don't know at all, plus some of the content these people were talking about being in their books... I just couldn't get into it. SO if anybody's starting a personal cabin and wouldn't mind me invading on that, let me know. xD

ALSO I just want to say that the day I started Camp NaNo planning for Fall Into Time was June 23rd. WHICH IS THE DAYYYY THAT "THE THING" HAPPENS IN THE STORY. TOTAL coincidence. Blew my mind.

DRAWING

This is a new addition to the monthly highlights posts, and hopefully I'll be able to feature something here every month! I used to draw a lot but haven't done it that seriously in a few years, so I've been enjoying getting back into it. This month I drew two pictures:

Taylor Swift

Asher, from my story Fall Into Time.

Neither one of these is perfect, and I still have some more work to do on Asher. But I'm pretty happy with how they turned out considering how out of practice I am.

LIFE

This month I went to the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois.

Noel Neill statue

Batmobile some guy made when he was 17!!

I've been to the Celebration three times before. It's always so fun, especially for a superhero lover like me. ;D This year I got to see Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 movie; and I met Erica Durance, who played Lois Lane on the show Smallville.

Erica Durance

Helen Slater

Me and Erica Durance

Me and my mom went to a local festival celebrating the man who founded our town, and there was this epic pirate ship/play thing for the kids.

Also I had this pineapple lemonade and it was delicious.

I applied to college.

So if all goes according to plan, I'll be starting this fall. *deep breath*

I finished my bullet journal and started a new one!

It's so satisfying looking at it and knowing that I've filled all those pages! Every single day I've lived
since September 1 is recorded somehow within those pages.

Also, unfortunately I don't have any pictures but some guy keeps bringing his pet monkey through the drive-thru where I work and the monkey snuggled me so that's definitely a highlight. xD

Oh, and dog.

BLOGGING

And that's about it! Seems like I had a pretty full month. o.o I hope your June was great! See you in July!

What did you do in June? Are you a summer person or do you prefer to sit in the shade and wait for fall? ;) And of course the important question, who's doing Camp NaNo?