FEBRUARY 2020

I had a whole intro written out about how it was Leap Day and it was pretty cool that I was posting on Leap Day because I wouldn't have another chance to for four years... and then I didn't post it on Leap Day.

So, happy day after Leap Day! (someday I'll be responsible enough to post on time every week. but today is not that day.)

Buuuuut anyway. Time for February highlights! I can't believe February is over and March is here. 2020 is already flying by. February was a good month in some ways and a meh month in others. I'll just let the highlights speak for themselves.

To Kill A Mockingbird: 4 stars

Just Ella: 3 stars

The Spiderwick Chronicles: 3.5/4 stars (I'm just bunching all three SC books I read together)

I'm currently reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and am enjoying it so far. Although I'm starting to wish I would have waited a while to start it because it's like 600+ pages, and I'm 150 pages in and barely feel like I've made a dent. xD I'm also still reading Power Rangers: The Ultimate Visual History and really enjoying that.

Overall, a great month! Definitely feel like I got more reading in than I did in January.

Oof, I'm already struggling with writing this year. xD Or rather, struggling with NOT writing.

I did some brainstorming for Fall Into Time earlier in the month, got excited about the story again, and then got bored with being back at the planning stage again. If I haven't already mentioned, this story NEEDS some help. It's too big of an uncertain mess to do much with past the point I've written to, and that brainstorming NEEDS to happen. It's just hard to stay motivated when all you want to do is just WRITE, you know? So hopefully I'll be able to pick that back up again because honestly, it's high time this story gets finished.

I had a short story published in Havok! If you're a member and you missed it, you can read it HERE.

February 3rd was the one year anniversary of when I got my dog, which had me feeling like an emotional, proud mother. I love him so muuuch. *cries*

February 3, 2019 and February 3, 2020. The second picture's not that great, but those things in front of him are dog-safe cupcakes we made. xD

I'm not gonna lie, after the super-strong start to the year I had in January, February was kind of rough. You know, the newness of the new year wears off and with it goes a bit of your excitement and motivation. So my workouts/drinking water dwindled, and I began to slack off a little with staying organized. (okay, a lot. my bullet journal is suffering.)

But I'm going back uphill now, retracing my January steps and getting back into it! Pro tip, guys: if you have habits you want to upkeep, try really hard not to let yourself slip even once, because just that one time will set the stage for a lot more times and it will be much easier to decline. (but if you do regress a bit, don't beat yourself up! there's still time to make it right!)

NOW THE ULTIMATE HIGHLIGHT.

I WATCHED ENDGAME.

*lip quivers*

*whimpers*

*BURSTS INTO TEARS*

THIS MOVIE BROOOOOKE ME. I know I said that last week about Infinity War, but for reaaaals guys. ENDGAME. WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME LIKE THIS.

I won't say much about this here because I'll have a loooot more to say on that subject next Saturday. (Stay tuned for my incoherent, emotional rambling. *nod*) But it was amazing. And I don't know HOW all you people who keep up with this stuff as it comes out in theaters survived the year of waiting between Infinity War and Endgame. Are you okay? Are you still suffering? BECAUSE I WOULD BE.

The night we watched it I made dinner and it was basically the best thing ever: shawarma!!

And fondue!!

And Marvel cupcakes!!

I ran out of heroes to represent and starting writing quotes. xD 

Basically I was just way too extra and went all out. xD

The fondue kind of stopped... fonduing after a while (we had to take it off the stove to move it into the living room where we were watching the movie and it got really thick and undippable totally a word), but guys the SHAWARMA WAS AMAZING. I didn't expect to love it so much, but it was sooo good. And perfect for the occasion.

Happy first of day of March! March means spring, the Havok anthology release, and MY BIRTHDAY! :D

Usually I'm not too excited about winter melting away and warmer weather moving in... but this year, I'm ready. It's been one of those winters (which has become kind of normal these past few years, honestly) that just keeps giving us all these little snowfalls that give us enough snow to make the ground a muddy mess for the next week and a half, but not enough snow to actually constitute a REAL snow with sledding and snowmen and the like. So, I'm just ready to push winter out the window and welcome in playing-outside weather. (And reading-outside weather.)

How about you-- are you ready for spring? How was your reading in February? How are your 2020 goals going so far? I hope everyone has a fantastic March!