Busy bee energy!!
WOW…it’s been a hot MINUTE (or should I say, two-ish months or so…) since I last did a blog post! Hello!!
Based on the title of this blog post, I bet you can see where this is going…I’ve been BUSY AF. But seriously, I have. It’s a problem lol. To the point when people ask how I’m doing, I answer with “busy” or “busy but good” which is pretty much all I can come up with at the moment. Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of good things I’m staying busy with, but ya girl is tired. But I digress…onto the blog!
April and May have been beautiful months full of book events, wedding planning, a writing retreat, work, dog fostering — all the things!!!!
That being said, I like staying busy. Of course, I try to give myself grace and remember to rest and relax when needed (and sometimes I have to literally force myself not to look at dog videos on Instagram or play Pokémon Go before bed and just SLEEP…iykyk). But overall, I think in the times I’m not keeping myself busy, I tend to overthink/get anxious/emotionally spiral. So then I tell myself that as long as I’m keeping myself busy with good things and not wasting time on the things that can preoccupy my mind with unnecessary stress, then I should be just fine. I’ll just continue buzzing about my hive and resting up when I’m tired of making all the honey and just bee (pun intended).
I feel that I’ve been mostly venting about the flip-flop dynamic that I can’t seem to shake between balancing my life professionally and emotionally. But hey, if I’m slightly off balance with wedding plans and dog videos mixed in with work and poetry, I’m alright with that. After all, it’s almost summer, so I’ve got my flip-flops ready to go. :)
To everyone that has seen first hand how busy I’ve been, thank you x100 for being patient with me, and a HUGE thank you to my Mama Shel for being the best co-wedding-planner-even-though-we-have-a-hired-wedding-planner-planner that I could’ve ever asked for…we truly should start a business together with everything we’ve been doing at the moment (it could be our SHEmpire - like an empire but just for us or SHEmpire like Shelly’s empire).
Recent movie(s)/tv show(s):
Bugonia — Ok this movie is INSANE but so good…I’d recommend just going into this movie as blind as possible…that’s truly all I can say. But if you’ve watched this movie, let me know, because I need people to yap about it with haha.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — Such a good sequel even 20 years later from the first movie…Meryl Streep? Iconic. Anne Hathaway? Iconic. Emily Blunt? Iconic. Stanley Tucci? Iconic. One of my favorite things about this movie is that it doesn’t try too hard to be like the original but it still references things from the first movie that I feel we can all appreciate.
The Testaments — If you are a fan of Margaret Atwood’s books, female rebellion in a f*cked up world, and/or strong character stories woven into a plot of what it would be like to live in a dystopian horrorland (that does truly make you think about how many parallels there are to real life) then you will LOVE this show. After watching The Handmaid’s Tale and as I’m (currently) reading the books, The Testaments truly takes the continued story of the women living in Gilead and all that they go through to a whole other level. Worth watching, trust me!!
Recent book(s):
Misery by Stephen King — This book (like most Stephen King books) had me on the edge of my seat with each chapter. I mean, I’ll be honest, maybe not each chapter…I found that the beginning of the book was a bit slow (for me, at least) but then it got GOOD. Very intense thriller (which is also available to enjoy in movie form) would highly recommend.
Thank you for reading! Until next time.
~Hannah