Ya girl is back with a new life update post! I’ve had a really fun last few months of summer and have started something HUGE for the fall so let’s chat about it! These posts contain life updates, books I’ve read since the last chit chat post, TV shows and movies I’ve been watching, podcasts I’ve been listening to, and recent purchases! Let me know what you’ve been watching/reading/listening to in the comments! I love hearing what you’re up to.
- Finished up the summer in the clinic at UD. I have officially “graduated” from the Speech-Language-Hearing clinic at UD! It’s bittersweet, to say the least. I got to know so many amazing clients and families and worked with incredible mentors. It’s weird to officially be out in the “real world” doing therapy now which brings me to my next big update…
- I’m in elementary school! That’s right, I just started my fall semester placement in an elementary school in Wilmington, DE. I started last Tuesday and it has been great so far! I have yet to meet most of the speech students I’ll be working with but today was the first day of school which was SUPER exciting! I’m there Monday-Thursday during the school hours 8:20-3:50.
- To wrap up the summer, Ryan and I took a trip to Miami. We were back and forth about where we wanted to go for vacation, but we settled on Miami since we had never been before and the flights were super cheap! Would you guys like to see a Miami travel guide post of the places we ate/things we did? Let me know!
- I had my family pup Grace over for a weekend here in West Chester and she LOVED it. We took her for walks at the park and around town — she was clearly in puppy heaven. It was so cute!
- I’ve been using my Happy Planner religiously lately. I’m having so much fun using stickers, colored pens, and highlighters to make it fun! I bought teacher stickers and decorated it for back to school this week! It was so much fun.
- I started my fall semester classes. My Friday’s are packed but it’s not terrible! I have Foundations III in the morning from 9-12 where we talk about our capstone projects, Seminar in the afternoon from 3-4 with our clinical director to go over what’s happening in our placements, and Aural Rehab at night from 4-6ish. I told ya it’s packed! It’s a long day but the classes themselves don’t seem like they’ll be too time consuming which is amazing.
- I made my podcast debut! I was asked to be a guest on the Girls Talk podcast with Abigail from Living the Gray Life and Caitlyn from College with Caitlyn. I’m honored that I was asked to be their first guest and recording the podcast was a lot of fun! You can listen to it here and let me know what you think!
- I tried my first boxing and pilates classes! Y’all know I love spin and am 100% addicted, but I had to try out boxing and pilates just to see. They both were a lot harder than I expected but it was a lot of fun to switch up my workout. I have to tell ya though, spin will always have my heart! Nothing beats being in the dark room with the music bumpin’.
- TV shows I’ve been watching: I’m still working my way through Gilmore Girls and I’ve also been rewatching New Girl in the background while I do schoolwork. Season 2 of Atypical also just came out so I’ve been catching up on that as well!
- Movies we’ve seen: Like I’ve said before, Ryan and I go to the movies together a LOT. Since my last post we’ve seen Jurassic World, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Eighth Grade, Crazy Rich Asians, and Searching.
- Books I’ve read: I have a Q3 book update coming soon buuuut since we last chatted I read Little Fires Everywhere, Sharp Objects, Crazy Rich Asians, and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
- Currently reading: I was trying to finish A Simple Favor before I go to see the movie but I decided to take a break from it and start reading the sequel to TATBILB called PS I Still Love You.
Recent Purchases.
- I just got two Be Brand headbands in the mail the other day and I’m obsessed! They have such cute patterns and they actually stay on your head which is a BIG plus. I want to try to wear them to work out and see if they hold up. Stay tuned!
- Lots and lots of Happy Planner items. I just bought a student planner to use as my “placement planner” so I can write more of my schedule down and not have it interfere with my personal life stuff.
- August Book of the Month was The Dinner List and I skipped September.
- I mentioned above that I’ve been loving boxing so I just bought my own gloves (they’re bright pink) and some mitts so Ryan can practice with me #boxerlife
- I was in need of some new lounge leggings so I picked these and these up from American Eagle and I’m impressed! They’re just what I was looking for. They both fit TTS, in case you were wondering.
What I’m Loving.
- Football season is back! I am so excited to watch more football this season. The Eagles are my team and I watch a lot of Oklahoma Sooners football because my boyfriend is from there!
- Like I said above, I also have been loving decorating my Happy Planner differently for every week and I just uploaded my very first Plan With Me video on my YouTube channel this week! It was so much fun to film and I’m thinking about making it a weekly thing. Would you watch?
