Back Again

Written By Monica Kustritz

Wow, this is why I could never be an influencer. My lack of posting consistency is astonishing. Regardless, here I am, back again, with a whole host of updates. I know it has been devastating to my 2 whole readers for me to be gone so long.

Update speedrun:

Sweet Lady Pesto

  • Aunt Rosemary came to visit

  • Went to Iowa for a conference

  • Got a second cat - her name is Pesto and she has thumbs

  • Finally finished decorating my bedroom

  • Bought 11 books from Thriftbooks

  • Got pinkeye and had to basically quarantine for a week

  • All of the students left, so now I’m in full summer mode on campus

  • Saw Challengers and bought a tennis racket shortly after

  • Put cute colorblock window clings in my apartment

  • Went to the beach for the first time this year and made the sandwich of my dreams to bring with

  • Cut 6 inches off my hair

I’m working my way through reading The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and I’m currently on The Two Towers. I’m an avid watcher of the movies, so it was BEYOND time for me to read the books. They’re a lot more different from the movies than I expected, but I’m having a good time. Speaking of books, here is the full list of the ones I got from Thriftbooks:

  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

  • Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield

  • Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

  • Crush by Richard Siken

  • The White Album by Joan Didion

  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

  • A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

  • Supper Club by Lara Williams

  • I Gave Myself the World by Catarine Hancock

  • The Orange and Other Poems by Wendy Cope

  • Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis

I am so super excited to read them, especially Supper Club and The Bell Jar. My to be read list is so super long, it’s actually so daunting, but it’s okay.

Songs that I’m obsessed with right now are:
Don’t Walk Away - specifically the Cheyenne Jackson version from the Xanadu soundtrack
not a lot, just forever - Adrianne Lenker
Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Don’t Delete the Kisses - Wolf Alice

Anyway, today has been so rainy and gloomy, so I’m gonna go take a nap.

Love you, byyyyeeee

Monica Kustritz
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