June in Review

Hey, welcome back!!

Today starts a new series of posts I hope to implement–that of the monthly wrap-up post. I’ve always enjoyed other people’s month-in-review posts, but was too lazy to try it out myself. What with college creeping up on me and my recent ghosting streak, I think it’d be splendid to start a series of un-creative, guaranteed one-per-month-at-the-very-least posts.

So, here we go!! (please disregard the fact that we’re over a week into July now; you saw nothing 😶‍🌫️)

Important Happenings

• I WENT TO CAMP Y’ALL AND MY TEAM WASN’T EVEN LAST THIS TIME. It was my last year before I age out, and a good time was had by all. Leaving was literally so sad bc I knew I wouldn’t be back 😔 stayed up until two in the morning on the last night because–why shouldn’t I.
• had chocolate ice cream on National Chocolate Ice Cream day
• totally looted a shoe store
• played disc golf against my will (but y’all, I’m getting better at it :D)
• HAD 230+ PEOPLES IN THE LIBRARY SIMULTANEOUSLY AHHHHHH
• discovered that Elijah Queen is engaged now; mind is officially blown
• tried to build a miniature of London, but after multiple hours was only half-way done so packed up all the pieces and haven’t touched it since.
• went to college orientation. Really made the entire thing seem a lot more real and closer than is perhaps comfortable. also met my roommate; we’re probably way too similar considering our first in-person conversation was about Emily of New Moon. Got to sleep in the dorms, but not in the one we’ll be in bc THEY NEVER TOLD US ABOUT HOW TO CHOOSE HOUSING so we’re on the literal fourth floor of the other dorm that has an unspecified location (aka I have no idea where it is).
• came up with names for up to six of my future children (if none of them have red hair imma crash out)
• started watching Marvel movies again and AAHHHHH POOR LIL PETER
• consumed far too many string cheeses
• wrote a poem about a fellow Substacker and brought literal tears to her eyes.
• went swimming and saw fireworks with my bestie, Madi.

Listening To

• Miracle ~ for King & Country Y’ALL THEY’RE MAKING MUSIC AGAIN AAAAHHHHH
• Devil in the Water ~ Hailey Hutcheson aaaahhhh this song is so good!! I heard someone mention Hailey Hutcheson while at camp and investigated when I got home. No regrets; 10/10
• Butterflies ~ Kacey Musgrave this song is just so summery and gorgeous and sweet and innocent–
• la di da ~ Avery Anna such a vibe y’all.
• lovesick ~ Avery Anna somehow I managed to play this at least four days in a row 👀
• Downstairs ~ Twenty One Pilots Journey mentioned that Owl City should definitely do a cover of this song, and I think she’s right. It’s just got those vibes.
• Give Up On Love ~ Joseph O’Brien I will always be thankful for Spotify’s Release Radar, even when it doesn’t work the way I want it to, for it gives me such gems as this.

Reading

I read eleven books this past month, which is…actually the same amount I read the month before that XD

I struggled immensely to find a way to include all the covers of said eleven books and spent over twenty minutes fighting Canva and emerged with a subpar collage. The struggle is all too real, I’m afraid, for a amateur user of Canva with a free account who’s trying to wrangle book covers into a graphic. I then had a moment of inspiration after a good night’s sleep and remembered image carousels are a thing.

Shoutout to the Bachelor and the Bride for the best plot twist, the Blue Castle for being the most nostalgic despite never having read it before, and the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows for being the best nonfiction title of the year thus far.

All four and five star reads here, folks!! I have impeccable taste 💅

Photo Dump

Coda

I hope all y’all’s June was as good as mine, and that your July is off to a great start!! Have you read any of the books I read this past month?? Any song recommendations?? Opinions on off-brand miniature lego Londons?? Coping strategies for wrangling Canva??

If so, do tell 😊

Always,

Ava 🔆

p.s. also many many thanks to the Humorous Bookworm for lending me her monthly-wrapup post format unbeknownst to her. she’s very accommodating 👀