What I Read

1. Duchess by Deception ~ Marie Force {ARC from Goodreads}
2. Alaskan Holiday ~ Debbie Macomber {ARC from Goodreads}
3. Avalon ~ Mindee Arnett
4. The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House ~ Stephanie Lam {begun, not finished yet}
5. An Impartial Witness (Bess Crawford, 2) ~ Charles Todd {begun, not finished yet}

What I Watched

Movies:

• Bird Box {again}
• 2036: Origin Unknown {hard pass}
• The Osiris Child {not awful}
• Occupation {meh, but a fun watch}
• The Commuter {I love Liam Neeson}
• IO {pass, even with Anthony Mackie}

TV Shows:

• King of the Hill {almost done!}
• Shut Eye {this is the one Shane and I are currently watching}
• Brooklyn-99 {OF COURSE}

What I Cooked/Ate

1. Hummus wraps with veggies and {a fairly mild} hot sauce. They also have cucumbers, onions, mushrooms, and banana peppers.
2. Sweet potato hash with chorizo and eggs.
3. Eggs Bennies, of course. We’ve been cutting back but it still happens.
4. The traditional Steak n Shake monthly meal.
5. We also had pizza twice and got Chinese take-out once. I’m trying to not eat out, but it was a rough month. This was not the total amount of fast food I ate in January.

What I Did

Sat on the beach with Shane as the sun rose on New Years Day. A super hopeful beginning to the year.

Visited Huntington Beach State Park with Shane and his mom. We went to see Atalaya again, since she’s never seen it. I love that park.

I also spent a weekend at my parents’ place. I stopped by on my way home from campus on Friday and left on Sunday morning. Shane even came and spent the night with me on Saturday night. This is big because my parents’ dog has a habit of biting at Shane.

I can’t talk abut a lot of stuff that happened this month, but basically it’s been a really rough month and I spent *a lot* of time sitting on the couch playing Solitaire on my phone.

Used a couple bath bombs from Christmas and they made the water look like Kool-Aid. Big fan.

Finally found a doctor down here. The appointment was rescheduled twice but 3rd times the charm. I really like my doctor and she’s super responsive.

~S~

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