I’ve had migraines the past 3 days, but Luke found the one place open serving caffeinated beverages on Good Friday (since everywhere else in our very Christian nation is closed) and brought a latte and snacks to me in bed after he finished working. I feel so lucky and happy to be so loved.

One unexpected side effect of making more time for the things you love is that time truly flies by while you’re having fun. My weekends fly by in an instant now that I fill them with crafting, reading, video games, and spending time with Luke. I wish every day was a weekend day. 🥲

I finished another book last night so I’m ahead of schedule for my goal of reading 20 books in 2025. And I’ve still been making time for my other hobbies (mostly crafting) and my relationship. Moving overseas was the best choice for my mental health. 💖

Two days I ago I finished my 6th book of the year. I’ve been sick all weekend and stayed home from work today, which allowed me to get in lots of reading time between long naps and incessant coughing/sneezing. Now that I’m feeling better and the story is really picking up I can’t put the next book!

We will not be buying “Bundy,” but Luke and I are going to try to boycott American products. 🇦🇺💛💚

My favorite part of being in Melbourne is it’s the only place in the world you don’t have to listen to insufferable Melbourne coffee snobs complain about the coffee.

“‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.”

Another one down means I’ve completed 20% of this year’s goal to read 20 books. I finished today despite a week of horrific migraines and have still made time for my other crafty hobbies (like building this little cutie). 🥰

It’s bottle brush and leave your windows open when you sleep season. I’m so excited for summer to end and Autumn to begin. 😍😍😍

It’s beginning to feel like fall in the mornings! 🥰🥰🥰

After a week I’ve finished another book which makes 3 for 2025. Getting through the growing mountain of unfinished crafts hasn’t been going as quickly as my reading, but I’m glad it’s still going slowly but surely. 2025 continues to be the year I make time for the things I love (no doom scrolling).

Currently explaining Groundhog Day to Luke and it’s going exactly how’d you’d expect it to go.

First craft and second book of 2025 done and dusted. This makes me sooo anxious and excited for the new ACOTAR book! Luckily I still have the Throne of Glass series (and so many craft projects) to keep me busy until then. 💖

Day 2 of fighting off the worst stomach bug of my adult life and boy isn’t that humbling. There’s a few things I miss about the US and one of the top things, I’ve realized in the past 24 hours, is I miss having a functional immune system that knows what it’s doing. 🤢👍🏻 Help

It's almost as if that Nazi salute we all witnessed was indeed a Nazi salute. I'd be eager to hear how the Magats spin this but hearing about Nazis makes me want to vomit. Australia is not far enough away from the US 💩show these days.

I love Australia and I feel so proud and fortunate to live here. I hope to one day celebrate on a day that isn’t full of grief and mourning for the original owners of this beautiful country.

I appreciate everything about libraries and 110% support them, but only allowing me 21 days to read 5335 pages is crazy. That’s 10 pages/hour if I don’t sleep or work 😂 Help.