What Happened this Week
This week has been a little hectic. Thankfully, my migraine was gone by Monday afternoon. I’ve had some minor headaches since but I think it’s because I keep clenching my jaw due to stress without realizing I’m doing it. I tried using a mouth guard and it gave me a worse headache. I’ll have to figure something else out, I guess.
I still had some things to do to get ready for school starting this Wednesday. Fortunately, I’m ready now and excited about my classes.
My BFF’s son’s birthday was the 14th so Corey and I went over to their house for his birthday party. He turned 4 and it was fun watching him interact with all the people and his excitement over his gifts.
I met with my new old therapist on Thursday. “New” because he’s not my DBT therapist I had been seeing since 2021, and “old” because he was my therapist before I moved to DBT. It was nice to talk with him again.
I made a new reading spreadsheet. I like it a lot better than my last one. I still have some tweaking to do but I’m really happy with it.
We also had a ginormous rain / hail storm on the 13th. Even though the storm only lasted for 20 minutes, we got a month’s worth of rain in that single go. It caused all kinds of flooding, including turning a local skate park into a pool. I’ve never seen that much water or hail in my life from just a storm. (Utah is a desert after all.) It was so loud and I was worried the hail was going to break our windows.
I took a video and posted it to Instagram. The video does NOT do the sound and the amount of water and hail justice. It doesn’t really show the flooding in front of our place either. Fortunately, we’re one of half the units in our complex without a basement and a window well. Every unit with a basement and window well flooded with 4-6 inches of water. At the end of the video, you’ll see the hail I picked up and put in my hand. There were a lot larger pieces. The one I picked up was the largest one I could reach without getting pummeled / soaked.
What I Blogged
Here’s what I posted on the blog this week:
What I Read and I’m Reading
I finished reading IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros on Friday. I loved it just as much as FOURTH WING and I’m on pins and needles now waiting for ONYX STORM in January.
I also finished the audiobook for THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn last night. I actually really enjoyed it. It was a lot like the first season of the Netflix show and I look forward to reading the other books in the series. I’ll be posting my reviews for both books this week.
I’ll start reading A FIRE ENDLESS by Rebecca Ross today. I’m so excited to read this book. I loved its predecessor and can’t wait to see what happens. This evening, I decided that it’s been too long since I read A RIVER ENCHANTED and want to reread it before I start A FIRE ENDLESS. However, when I got my book out, I noticed the binding has ripped and I don’t want it to get worse. I put in an order for binding tape and glue on Amazon and after I fix my book, then I’ll start reading it. For now, I’m starting ARIADNE by Jennifer Saint instead.
I’ll start listening to the audiobook of SUNSET BEACH by Mary Kay Andrews tonight. It seems intriguing. Let’s hope that’s true.
How was your week? Anything exciting happen?
