Well, it’s been a wild week around these parts. I don’t think I’ve known what day it was at any point, so it’s a miracle this day-specific post is going up! 😂

One contributing factor to the craziness is that my uncle passed away suddenly last weekend. Even though he’d had serious health problems over the past few years, it was still a shock. My dad and my uncle were very close and golfed together often, so I have a lot of fond memories of the funny things they would say or do on their outings. And my uncle would always get to our house about 40 minutes early, despite my dad always being late for everything. 😂 Funny memories seem to help in times of grief.

Setting that sadness aside, there were still some things that brought the sparkle this week:

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I finished a book! Like a good English major, I typically never read anymore, but I really wanted to read something during these quarantine times. (If not now, when?) So I read a YA book that I loved in grade school. (I had gotten a bunch of my favorite random ‘80s-’90s YA books off Amazon years ago.) I can’t say that I loved Term Paper as much as I did in sixth grade, but it was still pretty good and a page-turner! I blew through it in a little over a week, which is a miracle because I rarely finish books I start—even if I like them!

I’ve reached the last challenge in the main storyline of Harvest Moon! …except that that means I have to make friends with TEN villagers so they’ll tell me their wishes. Ugh! How exhausting! The only villagers I had befriended before this were the purple-haired dude I’m trying to marry and the guy with the headband who fixed the bridge and mine cart for me. So now I’m running all over town, delivering herbal tea and seashells and tomato juice to various people, in hopes of making friends. But we’re all still “acquaintances” at this point. 😫 The only ones who are my true friends and have told me their wishes are… the purple haired guy and headband guy. 🤦🏼‍♀️

A bunch of things I had ordered in April finally arrived last week in a two-day span, so I did what any girl would do—FaceTimed my bffl and did an “unboxing” of sorts! 😂 Some of it was not very exciting (like prescriptions that came in the mail), BUT I did get this sweatshirt from Aerie, and it is super-soft inside! (But not in a fleecy way… it’s pretty lightweight.) I really like it but am a bit conflicted that maybe I should have gotten an S instead of an XS. The reviews made it sound like it was quite oversized, so I sized down, but I wish the XS was just a smidge baggier.

I can’t believe I watched the entirety of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart. But Pops loved it even more than I did. On Tuesday, out of nowhere, he was like, “I’m still upset we didn’t get to hear Rudi sing Whitney!” HAHA! True dat. (Luckily, she did sing a bit of it on Instagram the next day.)

Lastly, I tend to listen to music on YouTube while I work because, that way, I can pick a specific song and then skip like crazy afterward (even though it will usually automatically either play songs in the same genre or play songs that I’ve played recently). Admittedly, most of my choices lately have been in the realm of disco… but literally, every time, YouTube will inevitably start playing “Shake Your Groove Thing.” YT is apparently very invested in me shaking my groove thing regularly! 😂🤷🏼‍♀️🕺🏼

Hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend! (When my mom told me that Monday is Memorial Day, I could.not.believe it.) xo