November Monthly Wrap Up

I'm about five days late for this post but better late than ever. November is officially over! And I'm kind of sad... and freaking out a little that we have one more month until 2020. I don't know what to do with that information.

November was a month for me. I feel like it was just one thing after another. My anxiety and depression were acting up big time at the beginning (and the middle), there were a few very emotional moments and now that November is almost over I feel like it's finally settling down. I'm getting rid of the format I usually use for monthly wrap ups for this post because... I don't feel like using it. I'd rather just make a nice long list of everything that happened in November. There were some good things that came out of this month though. Here are a few of them:

I started St. Croix Falls 3 and got to 50,000 words in it! I won Nanowrimo when I didn't think I could. This month was a much needed break from all other writing obligations. I worked on something that won't be published for a few months at least.

I wrote a fun paper about Windigos and how to compare them to modern society. I wrote it for my Native American religions class and I am honestly really proud of it. Especially the first paragraph. I've always been fascinated by the Windigo, so I loved getting to write about the monster and compare it to society and all that fun stuff. I felt very smart and stuff write writing it haha

Also to do with my classes, I had a major break through for my final paper and actually am excited to write it. This one is also for my religions class. This class has had so. Much. Writing in it. Which I've enjoyed but also... it's a lot of work and a lot of thinking and a lot of writing. I'm honestly really excited about this one. I'm going to be writing about how to become indigenous and why I don't believe Christians should or can become truly indigenous to the land. It's a fun topic and I get to bring my faith and God into it which I've never gotten to do for any of my other papers before so it'll be interesting to write.

I read actual books this month! I have been in such a reading slump and I feel like I've finally snapped out of it.

I finished The Beautiful by Renee Adieh which is now one of my favorite books. It was fantastic and I just loved the whole vibe of the book. The characters were enchanting and amazing.

Umm also? Legacy came out this month!! So many answers to so many huge questions! Thank you Shannon Messenger so much for finally giving me the answers I need. Or at least enough to get me through the next year. But also... a not so thank you for that awful cliffhanger. I can't wait to see what happens next.

Then, of course, there's The Queen of Nothing. Gosh... that book was just fantastic. I loved everything about it. I read the book in an evening and a day. I haven't devoured a book that quickly in amazing. Holly Black really is the Faerie queen and a genius and just a beautiful, amazing writer. I went in with totally different expectations and it blew my mind the way the story ended. It did not go the way I thought it would at all!! Thank you for an incredible end to a magical trilogy. Please, please, write another book in the world of The Cruel Prince.

And now, I am finishing An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson. I've been drowning in the Fae this month I guess between The Beautiful, The Queen of Nothing and even Legacy has elves in it. It seems fitting to finish off my month of Fae with An Enchantment of Ravens. Truly this book is so original and Rook is absolutely perfect. I'm a sucker for a good autumn prince.

I saw Frozen II on Thanksgiving. I have a feeling this is going to be a very unpopular opinion but... I didn't enjoy it. I went to see it in theaters with my two little brothers, my aunt, a teenage cousin and a younger cousin. None of the little kids liked the movie... they thought it was boring. One of my brothers was whispering with my cousin almost the whole time and my other little brother was fidgeting and restless the whole time. None of the other kids in the theater were sitting very well through it. Personally... I really love the song Into the Unknown. I think its really beautiful and I can relate to it a lot. The animation was gorgeous... but the story felt a little all over the place to me. It felt like they couldn't decide on what plot line to follow through with so they just sort of mashed it all together. The songs felt forced and a few of the scenes felt choppy and sudden to me. I really loved Kristoff's song while listening to it the day before I saw the movie. I thought it was really sweet and stuff but then watching the movie... it felt like they used his sweet and sincere song about his feelings for Anna as comedic relief. Like they didn't take it seriously and that really frustrated me because they would never use Anna or Elsa's songs about their feelings as comedic relief, but let's make Kristoff's song super cringe-y and dramatic because he's a guy and guys don't need songs that are sincere and beautiful. I don't know, I went in with high expectations and a lot of excitement and it just sort of fell flat for me. But anyway! This post is not about Frozen 2... but I just thought I'd throw out my two cents about it. To all who enjoyed the movie I'm really happy you did, I can understand and see why a lot of people, especially teens and adults could relate and enjoy the movie... it just didn't do anything for me. 

So, yeah, that was my November more or less. Those were the good things that happened amongst the stress and anxiety and just overall not feeling good a lot of the time. Really, I got through this month, especially the beginning of it through God. He got me through the hardest times. I don't know what I would do without Him and I am just so thankful to Him for giving me the peace and good health, mentally, emotionally and physically, to be able to enjoy my Thanksgiving and finish the month out strong.

How was your November and how was your Thanksgiving?