April 2022 Monthly Wrap-Up
There’s nothing like April in Georgia. Everything is so GREEN! This month was filled with work, music, and sweet time with my church family whom I love–plus a lot of medical difficulties and feeling miserable, but what else is new.
This month I’m…
Reading: The Diamond Eye, Kate Quinn. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, Lucy Adlington. Trusting God in A Twisted World, Elisabeth Elliott. Always Jane, Jenn Bennett. I Must Betray You, Ruta Sepetys. One For All, Lillie Lainoff. Find Your People, Jennie Allen. The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare (reread). Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman. Castles in Their Bones, Laura Sebastian. The Right Fight, Chris Lynch. Ginger Pye (reread) and Pinky Pye, Eleanor Estes. Wishing Upon the Same Stars, Jacquetta Nammar Feldman. 14 total.
Listening to: My April 2022 playlist (everything from The Lion King musical to Jonah Kagen to Billy Joel). Lizzy McAlpine’s new album. The Stuff You Should Know podcast.
Watching: YouTube: Thoraya, Natalie Barbu, The Frey Life, Kiara Madisen, Jordan Bauth, Natasha Bure, Monica Church. Movies: Ender’s Game and The Sun Is Also A Star (rewatch). TV shows: Fate: The Winx Saga.
Writing: Work-wise, my income was higher this month than it has ever been (without me even trying), so that was pretty cool. I wrote about 5,000 words (ugh) in my novel The Art of Staying, and wrote three songs and one prose piece for Escapril. I also did volunteer work for the Diamonds Conference and People Hope as well as writing letters to pen pals. (Oh, and click here to watch my vlog from the Blue Ridge Writer’s Conference!)
Buying: Flights and concert tickets. New stickers for my laptop. An outdoor tent for my cat (which she does Not like). Storage for my music books and tubie pads (thank you Joanna Gaines).
Grateful for: My favorite little one at church catching sight of me and running through a big crowd to find and hug me. A friend texting after a rough day, saying she was praying for me to sleep well. Easy work projects for rough health days. Clair de Lune alone at night. Windows down weather. My broken AC getting fixed. Being able to be out in the world.
What did you do in April? What kind of music are you listening to these days? Have you read any of the books I read this month? What’s your favorite thing about spring?
