Around June 2019, I moved in with my boyfriend (now fiance). He owned a small two-bedroom, 1 ½ bathroom house in a small city near Chicago. Fast forward to June 2020: because of the pandemic, he was permanently laid off from job and I was furloughed. The last thing we...
Screen-To-Stage Adaptations I’d Like to See
CW: fake blood It’s popular for musicals to get inspiration from other forms of entertainment. Musicals can even find inspiration from the silver screen. Sure, there are popular screen-to-stage adaptations like Hairspray, Kinky Boots, and Once. There are plenty of...
Book Review: The Sun Down Motel
Two of my favorite topics for the podcasts I listen to are true crime and the supernatural. Usually, if a place has a history of death or terrible events, it tends to attract the supernatural. It’s not often that the supernatural and true crime get mixed, and author...
Oshkosh Public Library Winter Reading Challenge
I’m always in the mood for a good reading challenge. The Oshkosh Public Library, my local library in Wisconsin, recently hosted an adult winter reading challenge that I participated in. It was super exciting to participate because I was able to visit inside the...
Books I’m Re-Reading in 2021
When I started reading again for fun, I didn't think about including books I read before would be as fulfilling. Boy was I wrong. Adding books that I've read before helped me complete numerous reading challenges in 2020. I ended up re-reading seven books in 2020, and...
Living with Migraines
CW: migraines, nausea A migraine is not a headache. That's been the hardest to explain to people once I started getting migraines. My worst migraine happened in 2019, and last for five days. I ended up going to urgent care because the pain and the nausea were so bad....