Fridaze 069

Happy Fridaze! I've missed chatting with you all. I don't have a good excuse except for the fact that life got ahead of me. With the exception of changing my site's logo, I haven't really done anything relating to my blog recently.

Today, I did have the chance to go read all of my friend's blogs and do a huge catch up, which is always really nice.

Typically when I spend so much time away from the blog, I like to do a big catch up, but this time, I'm just going to stick to the highlights. So grab a cup of coffee or tea (I'm currently drinking a homemade brown sugar & cinnamon latte), and let's chat!

TTPD

Happy The Tortured Poets Department release to all that celebrate! I didn't know how I was going to feel about the album before it was released. I was so pleasantly surprised, and I honestly loved it from the first listen. The music and lyrics are so pretty. It makes me feel so many different things while listening, and I'm just so happy we have 31 new songs to enjoy.

My current favorite TTPD songs (in no order)

1. Fortnight
2. The Tortured Poets Department
3. down bad
4. so long, london
5. guilty as sin?
6. Who's afraid of little old me
7. I can do it with a broken heart
8. the bolter
9. the black dog
10. the albatross

friend catch ups

Even though I've had a much needed slower month, I still made the time to see some of my close friends this month. Both times my friends came over and we sat on the couch chatting about anything and everything for hours. Time flew by, and I just really needed that.

I don't know why, but in the winter I have trouble connecting with people. Even though I make it a point to catch up with my close friends as often as I can, I still feel very distant. It's a little hard to explain, but I just feel a disconnect with them. It probably has something to do with the SAD I struggle with, but now that the sun's been out, I don't feel that way, which is always a relief!

making changes to the apartment

Me and J recently re-signed our lease, and I felt like it was time to make some updates! I changed our duvet cover to a beautiful linen one. I added another bookshelf (I could not be more happy about this one). We added a coat rack at our entrance. I also made a few other small changes.

I really want to get a new rug for our bedroom, so I'll probably do that in the next month or two! Our place feels so homey, and like a good blend of the both of our personalities, I love it so much.

going through my physical tbr slowly but surely

Since I got a second bookshelf, I reorganized my books, and what I've noticed is that I have a lot of physical tbr books. I mean a lot. So I've made it a point to read at least 1-2 physical books every month! This past month I read The Final Offer by Lauren Asher & Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood. Next month, I think I'm going to add Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan, finish off the tandem read by SJM, and Legendary by Stephanie Garber. Let's see how far many of these I actually end of finishing!

lil things:

• Enjoying the Fallout show so much, deciding to play Fallout 4 (I played the third one, but never the most recent game!)
• Sitting on my balcony with a blanket and a good book.
• getting a new duvet cover, and being completely obsessed with them (got these ones from Quince)

games I’ve played:

• Stardew Valley [PC]
• Fallout 4 [PC]
• Dave the Diver [PC]

Shows/Movies I’ve Watched:

• Brooklyn 99 [Netflix]
• Solo Leveling [Crunchyroll]
• One Piece - Water 7 arc [Hulu]
• Dune Part 2
• Fallout [Amazon Prime]

Books I’ve Been Reading (Let’s be Goodreads Friends!) (Let’s be StoryGraph Friends!) :

• Iris Zero 7 by Takana Hotaru
• The Emperor (Darkverse #3) by RuNyx
• The Final Offer by Lauren Asher (Dreamland Billionaires #3)
• Heartstopper #4 by Alice Oseman
• Manacled Volume 1 by SenLinYu
• Pageboy by Elliot Page
• Tower of Dawn by SJM
• Empire of Storms by SJM
• Legendary by Stephanie Garber
• Game Plan by Viola Herman
• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
• Don't Let Me Fall by Kelsie Rae
• Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
• That First Night by Jenn McMahon
• That First Date by Jenn McMahon
• That First Flight by Jenn McMahon
• Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• Reluctantly Yours by Erin Hawkins
• Unexpectedly Mine by Erin Hawkins
• Always and Forever Laura Jean by Jenny Han
• Accidentally Ours by Erin Hawkins
• Surprisingly Us by Erin Hawkins
• A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• Hypnotized by Love by Sariah Wilson

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I know it's been a while since I've written, and this one is kind of short, but hopefully you'll hear from me soon! Tell me what you have been up to over the past few weeks! Read/watch anything good? Maybe a good recipe to share? Share with me down below!