Happy Sunday!

(Man, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say that.)

Well, it took all month, but it’s finally warming up where I live. I’ve been wearing shorts and t-shirts for the first time since 2019 began.

And let’s hope that May's weather is perfect.

Life has been crazy this April, honestly. School has decided to pack quite a wallop. It seems that every class I’m taking has assigned a long research paper due in the next two weeks. (So if I disappear off the face of the blogosphere, you know why.)

And then allergies and a cold hit me like a truck, and I was down for about a week and a half. (Okay, it wasn’t that bad, but still - I have rough allergies.)

Easter weekend was pretty great! We visited with grandparents and got lots of chocolate. I’m trying to ration it, but . . . not much luck. XD

Honestly, Easter’s my favorite time of the year. Let me tell you, it feels great to be able to sing "Alleluia!" in Church again. :) (But, you know, also because of the chocolate.)

I also saw my friend that I haven’t seen in months, and we both threw a surprise birthday party for my other friend. It was pretty great. :)

Big Hero 6. I began listening to the soundtrack before I rewatched the movie, and I fell in love with both again. (Apparently there’s a TV show???? I’m not watching it though. I feel like they’ve dumbed it down, and besides, they haven’t brought Tadashi back yet. XD #HeIsAlive)

The Silver Eye. It was my six-month anniversary of discovering it, so I plunged into a complete reread! And I love it SO MUCH. Guys, seriously, if you haven’t read it, you NEED TO. The artwork is gorgeous and the storyline is phenomenal. (And Apen is amazing, of course.)

The Illuminae Files. I think I read Illuminae last month (?), but I read the last two this month and I really like this series! If it didn’t have so much content, I would love it even more, but I do my best to skim some of the *cough* suggestive parts. I pretty much kept reading because in book 2 we met Nik and Ella and THEY ARE THE LITERAL BEST.

The Magisterium. Another reread of the series, since I never finished the last two books. (There’s some content that I’m not very comfortable with.) The first three are great! The last two . . . well, I haven’t read the fifth yet, but the fourth is very uncomfortable for me.

Marvel. I WATCHED ENDGAME YESTERDAY. (So if I don’t respond to your comments, sorry, I’m sleeping since I got to bed super late. XD) But I’ve watched other Marvel movies this month, like Guardians of the Galaxy and the Winter Soldier. I would go on, but as I’m posting about Marvel relatively soon, I’ll stop talking. ;)

Wicked. Faith raved about this musical so much, I decided to listen to it. #noregrets. Do I agree with all the messages? No. Do I particularly like all the characters? No.

But do I think the music is extremely catchy and fun and relatable for the most part? HECK YES I DO.

If anyone has musical recs, tell me in the comments! I’m always looking for more musicals to jam to. ;)

So, Camp NaNoWriMo is in its final throes. I set a goal for 1,500 minutes.

And to be honest, I really don’t think I can hit that goal. As mentioned, Easter and school got really crazy, and my time has to be spent on more important things right now.

But I’ve still made great progress on my WIPs! I finished the first draft of the Silver Sword (still excited about that, but to be honest, I’m not as excited as I thought I would be). And I made good progress on edits for Inhumans #1 and rough drafting #2. (I’m pitching the Inhumans at RM, and I STILL haven’t come up with a name. *terror*)

This month I participated in the Shared WIP Tag: Goals edition! So here are Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4!

Meanwhile, around the blogosphere. . . .

(Some of these links might lead to the comment sections of the post. Sorry about that. XD)
Rosalie did a fabulous post about why she’s still writing that was just awesome.

Kathryn posted some amazing things this month, but two of my particular favorite were this short story and this poem.

Emily showed us all her bullet journal and I AM IN LOVE OKAY.

Melody wrote about pantsing and used BIG HERO 6 GIFS. This post was perfect timing and I still smile thinking about that.

And in honor of Endgame, Faith wrote a GORGEOUS post about Tony Stark. Even though I’m unapologetically #TeamCap, I really loved it!

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Well, guys, May is upon us! I’m ready for the school year to be over - are you?

Next week a Marvel Party post will be going up. So brace yourselves, because I’m drafting it now and it’s SO LONG. XD

Have a great May, guys!

-Nicole <3