Real, Not Ideal

Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I’ve posted a book review post, so this is quite the list! I would say I’ve definitely been enjoying a lot which is lucky. I set out to read 60 books this year, and I’m currently sitting at 37. I’m hoping to get to 50 by the end of the summer which is entirely do-able. For now, please enjoy my last round of books. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel – Jason Reynolds – 4.5 Stars I made a bit of a mistake on this one. I meant to request the physical copy of this book, but I ended up with the eBook version. I think the experience would have been so much better as a physical book since it was a graphic novel, but nevertheless, I loved this. This story told is tragic and heartbreaking. The images bring the story to life in such a vivid fashion. It is so well written and I love how it takes place in a single location. It emphasizes just how quickly lives can change. I highly suggest this one. The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson – 3 Star

  Looking back at my last goals update , it is interesting to see where I’ve been in this year. I can’t really say it’s been the best year can I? This injury – and subsequent surgery – have affected my life in a lot of different ways. I’ll trust you to read my previous goals update posts from the year to see what I’ve been going through, but I can say that I’m in a totally different spot now. The surgery took away my ability to do things on my own. These days, being able to make myself my own coffee has been the biggest deal. I’m aching for the days I can make my own meal again. That being said, I recognized my need for more structure last week. I’m working on doing the things that have helped me in the past. Journaling, meditation, movement, and learning Italian have been tasks that motivate me and help me stay grounded. As well, I need to be doing my physio three times a day so I can recover, so that is important to me. I want to write blog posts a little every day so I don’t ru

 Hello everyone! As I mentioned last week , I am back after taking some time off after my knee surgery. Before I went into surgery and recovery, I watched a few videos from people who have been through it to see what their recovery was like. I figured I would write this post with a few tips that helped me through this first month of recovery. I briefly mentioned my initial injury a while ago, but I didn’t know the extent of my injury at that point. I completely tore my ACL (which is the thing that stabilizes your knee) and had a complex tear in my meniscus (the thing in between your knee joints to stop it from grinding). My surgery was for an ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Because of the meniscus repair, it is going to take a long time to heal fully. I am on crutches for the rest of the summer and into the beginning of September. For a full recovery, it is going to be about a year. I can do a week by week process of my recovery is anyone is curious, so please let me kno

 Hello everyone and happy official summer! I am glad to say I am back after recovering from my knee surgery. I’m not entirely recovered yet (it will take about a year to fully recover), but I’m definitely on the right track at the moment. More on that coming soon. I figured I would just show you guys some pictures from the past month from what I’ve been doing (other than recover). I feel like this one really sums up the first couple weeks. My dad brought my bed downstairs, and I barely moved from this room. All my meals were brought to me, but the nice thing is that I got to have lunch with my dad every day! I spent this month doing an online course  for another teaching subject qualification. I am grateful I had it because it kept me going and killed a few hours of time every day. This is the first time I put makeup on and wore something other than sweat shorts and a baggy t-shirt! My friend is getting married in less than a week, and due to my lack of mobility, I was unable t