December 2018 Monthly Wrap-Up
Everything I did for the first 25 days of December was documented in Blogmas; start here if you missed it. The final week of the month was filled with organizing my room, reading, watching Netflix, procrastinating working on a query letter/synopsis/finding agents for World on a String, sleeping, playing the piano, and playing Catchphrase. I also went to lunch with Brooke, and Joshua and I spent a day with the Coxes. It was such a great break.
Reading: Dancing Through Life, Cameron Candace Bure. Metaltown (WOW WOW WOW), Kristen Simmons. Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, and Among the Free, Margaret Peterson Haddix (reread). Life in Motion, Misty Copeland (reread). Article 5, Breaking Point, and Three, Kristen Simmons. American Panda, Gloria Chao. A Very Large Expanse of Sea (so good), Tahereh Mafi. Wild Blue Wonder (YES), Carlie Sorosiak. Downriver, Will Hobbs. When Chronic Pain and Illness Take Everything Away: How to Mourn Our Losses, Esther Smith. Outrun the Moon, Stacey Lee. Louisiana’s Way Home, Kate DiCamillo. Bunheads, Sophie Flack. Always Never Yours, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka. Reign the Earth, A.C. Gaughen. 20 total.
Watching: Boy Meets World season 2. Good Will Hunting. The Good Witch season 1. Mary Poppins Returns. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II.
Listening to: Shawn Mendes’ full Illuminate album and most of the songs from his latest self-titled album. Sabrina Carpenter’s album Singular Act 1. Various Christmas music. Probably every video of Shawn Mendes and Cole Sprouse on the Internet.
Loving: Shawn Mendes’ Rolling Stone feature. Stop Apologizing for God, Desiring God. How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships, Recovering Grace.
Grateful for: Sitting on a family friend’s couch and laughing hysterically for the first time in a long time (to both). Sharing a hymnal in church with my favorite ten year old. Lying on a trampoline with my brother on a rare sunny day, laughing and talking.
What did you do in December?
