we're all mad here
I feel like this probably isn’t a surprise? My entire wrap-up for April was just me waxing poetic about how tired I was, and I think it’s probably expected that I’m taking some time off. There are a lot of things going on in my personal life, and the blog has become something stressful in…
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I am not excited about this check-in. It’s been a rough year so far. Between a lot of travel, an insane uptick in business at work, and just a whole slew of little things, I have gotten very little done. Although maybe I’ll surprise myself? I don’t honestly remember what about half of my goals…
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If you’ve read any of my non-bookish content on here, you know that I have a messed up lumbar, and it’s been the cause of a lot of pain in my life over the last decade, but particularly in the last couple of years. Since I started going to a chiropractor regularly in 2021, things…
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I am at the very beginning of my adventures traveling alone, and I’m not even sure that there will be a whole ton alone. As I draft this, I’ve just pitched Scotland to one of my friends for my 2023 adventure, and if she’s down with the hiking in the Highlands & kayaking on Loch…
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From the flight to a hellish first day to consistently not being able to get inside my Airbnb, Madeira was kind of a nightmare. I don’t at all attribute everything that happened to the island itself because Madeira is absolutely stunning, and I do really want to come back someday and actually tackle Pico Arieiro…
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Real talk, I read almost no books while on vacation. I think I read one? This is my shortest wrap-up ever not just because of the books, but also because I watched nothing, and I’m just going to link my Portugal posts in my life section, so uhhhhh, hello and goodbye in about four seconds?…
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Not gonna lie, I was in São Miguel for one whole day before I decided that I liked it more than anything I’d done previously. Don’t get me wrong, I’m really glad that I saw Lisboa & Porto, and I’m going to carry those memories with me forever, but I also don’t think I’ll ever…
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There are so many hills in this country. SO MANY. I heard Lisboa called the city of seven hills, and I joked it should be seventy, but ALSO SAME FOR PORTO. I somehow saw even more churches & monasteries while I was in Porto, and I’m hella excited about it, so read on for more…
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On my first day in Portugal, Erin said she was shocked that I hadn’t already come up with a book. On my second day, my mom asked if I’d been there eight days already. Each day does truly feel like I’ve fit four days worth of activities in, but it’s been absolutely perfect, and Lisboa…
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I can’t believe that I leave tomorrow. That’s insane to me. I’ve spent years waiting for other people to give me the time of day so that I could travel, and finally saying screw it and just going by myself feels like madness. I mean, I’m going abroad, for the first time in my life,…
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Mary and the Words 