December Recap

Dec 11th, tide pooling in Pacific Grove

I wrote all this the first week of January but for some reason never got around to posting. Well, here it is, my first monthly recap for this blog! How exciting! Looking back now this month seems like it lasted forever. I am surprised at the amount of outings I was able to squeeze in before Christmas, and even more surprised that I finished all my gifts for everyone before Christmas. It was a hectic month for sure. My final exams for school had me so nervous, I stressed so much at the last minute, but thankfully everything turned out alright and I didn't get any grades lower than a B! I am most proud of the A I secured in my Chemistry Lab, especially given that chemistry is one of the hardest subjects for me. I had a presentation for my Intro to Environmental Communications class about the effects of light pollution on sea turtle nesting that I was soooooo worried about, but I ended up getting 105% on it! Overall I would say December was a good month. Busy for sure, and free from heartache, but I feel I've learned a lot about myself, the world, and others. 

Notable Events of the Month

December 11th, my roommates and I went tide pooling near Asilomar State Beach. It was surprisingly warm that day so I was able to wear my new dress and denim jacket with faux fur lining. The water up here is so clear, I kinda freak out every time I'm at the beach. Water is also very cold, but it wasn't so bad this day. The only life I really saw was hermit crabs and one sea star and a couple other mollusks. I have really never seen so many hermit crabs in my life though. They were EVERYWHERE.

                                  

December 4th, Kayla, my roommate, led us through a full moon ritual. It was much more insightful and enlightening than I expected it to be. This full moon was the cold moon, the final full moon of the year, a Super moon, and the brightest and biggest full moon of the year. It was so bright it looked like a giant flashlight pointing at the earth the whole week of the full moon. Very magical being able to have night vision for a week.

Outfits I wore

                   

                         loved my tidepooling outfit so much

new sweater that I'm obsessed with

loooove this shirt. wore with a denim
jacket with fur collar and sleeves

               loved this shirt. towards the end of my braid era.
           was wearing all new clothes this day, felt really cool

December Soundtrack

been loooooving The Cardigans. like so much its all I've been listening to. Listened a lot to 'Junk of the Hearts', 'Been It' and their cover of 'Iron Man'. something about it has been hitting so hard and i'm a little surprised i didn't start listening to them before now.

listened to this album a lot while i was at home during winter break. was so appreciating being back in socal and having warm weather and wanted to blast some california teenager-y summer songs. this was really just encapsulating how i felt driving around on the pch.

My mom used to put this on near christmas, so in recent years its become my holiday study music. i always remember seeing this on her ipod nano

kayla put me on. such good summer vibes. i ended up throwing this on a lot while driving just to have something fun playing while i went to pick up my friends. truly missing summer.