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After this weekend, I’m definitely moving to Vietnam

So in China, when it’s a kid’s bday, the bday kid doesn’t bring cupcakes for everyone, they bring gifts! Look at the journal one of the students in the school gave me for her bday🥹

Figs are so good I absolutely understand why Jesus cursed that tree

And it sucks cus we have a a super fun unit planned. It’s called The Inventors, they’re gonna invent things yall and I had students bring in all kinds of stuff for them to use.

So I’ve been on break for a few weeks and we just got back. Second Friday into the new semester and these kids already doing the most😭

Going home to watch Abbott🥰

It really was! I’ll never get the feeling of watching that for the first time again and that makes me sad lmao

I read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and It’s One Of Us. Addie LaRue was a bit of a slow burn but very good! It’s One of Us was predictable lol

55?! Girlllll tell me why I’ve read 2😭😂congratulations! Definitely would like to hear your recommendations!

So I’m finally watching The Last of Us but I want a cute lil rewatch in between too. Should I rewatch Invincible or Shameless?

Also, why’d we stop calling it Ebonics?? African American Vernacular English is a mouthful lol and Ebonics is just cuter. For the ebonies and ebonies onlyyyyyy

It annoys me seeing white people and other non-Black people try to use Ebonics like please stop lol

Speaking of journals, 5 years ago when I moved to China, someone gave me Michelle Obama’s Becoming journal and I just found it. I now have 3 journals😂. A daily one to write in, a travel journey to draw pictures in and now Michelle’s😂😂

I’ve been journaling a lot more and omg I can’t stop! I’ve tried for years but the habit never stuck. I think switching to writing in cursive has made all the difference. It’s so fun. Seeing the words flow and look so beautiful. I love that for me🥰

I hold no interest in trying to explain myself to people who are committed to misunderstanding me.

1, 7, 9

🤗🤗thank you!

Honestly the lips are what I’m most proud of. It’s always been the hardest part of the face for me. I’m definitely gonna practice my eyes more cus these are not it😂😂

Looking at it, I can see in the nose where I could add more color. I’ll do that now

Ok so this is an *attempt*. I couldn’t sketch properly because I lost my eraser lol so there are lots of mistakes but my focus was more on learning how to mix and layer the colors which I think turned out pretty nicely. Still learning

Aw! Thank you so much!🫶🏽☺️

My first try at watercolor. A friend gave me some a loooong time ago and all the tubes were dried up😭I also had no idea how to use them but I think it came out pretty decent for a first attempt! I’m gonna buy some new colors today and hopefully build a wall of watercolor for my living room

Searching ‘I love you’ in my Messages app and seeing that 90% comes from my man🥰

One of my students is such a little crybaby omg lol every single class he cries. If the class votes to play popcorn with the stuffed seal and not the rabbit, he cries. If I don’t choose him to answer, he cries. If he gets out in Hot Potato, HE CRIES. He def knows that’s how he gets his way at home

I’ve been obsessed with making okra salads. They’re so good and easy to make. Great healthy and lazy food option.

These are the books I read in 2024. I haven’t decided on a goal for 2025 yet but 25 seems like a good number.

I didn’t really have a reading goal in 2024. I was just reading lol but I also got my kindle this year and just recently got kindle unlimited so I think that’ll boost my numbers but under the circumstances, I’m proud of my 20 books lol

Y’all wanna see my 2024 Year in Books list on Goodreads?

Like I can see it play out with a clarity that makes me so calm. It’s like it’s already happened.