August 2020 Recap

We're heading into the last quarter of 2020. This month was super busy for me, but mostly in a good way. I've been in a bit of a negative head-space lately, but I will try to focus on the good stuff that happened this month.

What I Did

• I got to Poiema, a Christian young adult retreat, at the beginning of August. It was in the mountains of Virginia and I had such a good time. It was so nice to get away from masks, rules, and all the negativity of the world. It was refreshing mentally and spiritually.

• Afterwords my family got to spend the weekend at a cabin a friend let us borrow. We got to eat out for the first time in months, get coffee, go to Michaels, all that fun stuff.

• My birthday was Sunday, and it was great. I still can't believe I'm 23, but here we are.

• I've been behind keeping up with my bullet journal. I think in October I might go for a super simple theme for a bit of a break on heavy duty drawing.

• Got to go to B.I.G. again for the first time since the pandemic started. It was so nice and I got way more books than I should have. But I got a whole stack for $22, so I can't complain.

Read

The Kingdom of Back- Marie Lu (4 stars)

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Vol. 2: Hostile Takeovers- Tom Talor (4 stars)

Howl's Moving Castle- Diana Wynne Jones (5 stars)

The Isles- Sara Francis (3 stars)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes- Suzanne Collins (4 stars)

Mere Christianity- C. S. Lewis (5 stars)

Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed- G. Willow Wilson (5 stars)

Ms. Marvel Vol. 4: Last Days- G. Willow Wilson (5 stars)

Ms. Marvel Vol. 5: Super Famous- G. Willow Wilson (5 stars)

Watched

• Work It (funny, but inconsistent)

• Feel the Beat (super cute and has Sofia Carson!)

• Batman Forever (I made it through, which I can't always with Batman movies)

• The Outsiders (an interesting film with a lot of young stars)

• Jumanji: The Next Level (better than I thought it would be, a decent sequel)

• The Current War (not super historically accurate)

Writing

I wanted to finish edits on Horsemen and Hollows this month, which I didn't quite get to. If I hadn't gone on vacation and actually had time and focus to edit more, I probably could have. But I did edit almost every day this month, for an hour when possible, so I'm happy with it.

On the Blog

• My most popular post was Why You Should Watch Old Movies, which I enjoyed writing, so I'm glad you guys liked it too. My favorite post was my TV show/book recommendation post.

• I've been working on a side project which I'll announce next month. I'm very excited about it, so stay tuned for that!

• I hit 200 Instagram followers! I plan to do a giveaway this week or next to celebrate, so go ahead and follow me there if you'd like to participate!

Art

I still didn't get to a lot of art this month, but I did more than last. First up we have this colorful abstract piece inspired by an art video I saw. Looking at it makes me happy.

Then I decided to customize my sketchbook cover. It came out so cute! I love it.

September Thoughts

• I will finish H&H edits and send it to my sister so she can tell me how to make it more scary. Because I highly doubt it's even a tiny bit frightening right now. And, you know, any other parts that need help.

• I need to figure out what I'm writing for NaNoWriMo. At the moment, I have no idea what I'm writing. Help.

• Hopefully I can get more creative things, like reading and art, done. Or just watching things. I feel like I haven't felt really at ease in my schedule since work restarted.

How was your August? Did you get to go on vacation this summer? Tell me in the comments.

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