This summer was amazing. A staycation and a trip to California for my and my nephew’s birthday in August. I’ll see if I can get some travel photography up. I also took two classes over the summer - Instructional Strategy and Digital Citizenship (now I only have only 28 credits to go). The former, I discovered UIUC’s grades offer pluses and minuses?!? I got an “A+” on Instructional Strategy. I'm embarrassed to be so pleased.

There’s been a lot of planning for the fall as well. This is truly my season. First on the docket will be a trip to Disney (and Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party!), a quick jaunt down to Berwyn to attend Greg and Dana Newkirk’s Haunted Objects Show, and then a camping trip in Wisconsin. And after that I’ll still have about three weeks left of October to prepare for Samhain and Halloween 🎃

Over the summer I’ve become enamored with collage art/scrapbooking/journaling. I don’t have a system though. Just a fat beloved journal I’ve had since last September. It’s a softcover DesignWorks Ink notebook (found at TJ Maxx). I've been around on Masto (#LibraryMonsterMakes), Insta, and Tiktok with it (yeah I'm getting along with Tiktok rn). I'll put some select spreads (that don't reveal anything personal) into my art page at some point.

Ta!