Monthly Recap! April 2019

Posted May 9, 2019 by Wendy in recap / 0 Comments

It’s May! You know what that means? Summer is right around the corner and I am so excited for all the summer things! I love when the days get longer and sunny. That means it’s almost hiking and backpacking weather too! Yes! Do you have any favorite things about summer? Any upcoming plans?

In the meantime, I had a really busy but amazing April! Be sure to drop a note and tell me how your April was and what you were up to!

Favorite Things In April:

I went on a trip to California, got to see family and watch Hamilton with my sister! It was my second time watching it and I still love it so much. Seeing the choreography and the little details you don’t get when you just listen to the soundtrack is unbelievable. It’s such an experience to be there, in the room where it happens! <3

Then I met up with my Ragnar teammates as we tackled Ragnar SoCal! For those that are unfamiliar, a Ragnar race is a relay race with a total of 12 people over 200ish miles – in this particular one we ran from Huntington Beach to San Diego! Two vans and each person runs three times, all through the night. 35 hours later we ran across that finish line together! Our team name was the Prisoners of Ragnarzkaban and it was such a blast. There’s nothing like that no-sleep delirious run life! 😀 It’s all about the runner comraderie, lots of cowbell and getting real close to your van fam! <3

The view of the La Jolla coastline was so beautiful I had to pause during my run to snap a pic!

I mean… do I even have to say it. As a huge fan of Marvel, I could not have been more psyched for Avengers Endgame. I was anxious and yet so excited and I LOVED it. I won’t go into spoilers territory but just know that I cried multiple times and full on was gasping/sobbing as well. This is another reason my reading month has been slower actually! I’ve been rewatching other Marvel films now. 😀

Month In Review:

Books Read in April: 1

Yeeep. The physical reading has been REAL slow going lately! April was just such a busy month, especially with being out of town and THEN I was sick after I got back.

Books Listened to in April: 3

Favorite read of the month: Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali!

Challenges Progress:

Goal: “Grand Slam” 21+
This month: 3
Progress so far: 9/21

I checked off a few more of the Popsugar Reading Challenge objectives!
A book with a title that contains “salty” “sweet” “bitter” or “spicy”: ✓ Sweet Filthy Boy
An “own voices” book: ✓ Love From A to Z
A book with a two word title: ✓ Polaris Rising

Fitness Front:

Besides running a total of ~20 miles at Ragnar SoCal, I also ran the Tenacious Ten (10 miles)! It was a really fun event, sponsored by Oiselle and it was a beautiful day too!