May is here and with it has come finals – YAY! Well, in a way at least. I’m happy to have some classes over but I’m so not happy to have the amount of finals work I’ve got on top of everything else. How is it that teachers save ALL of the things for the last week of classes? Plus once this semester is over my summer classes start which means 3 condensed classes so I can still graduate on time next spring. Please send help + cookies. 
The Month
→ April was a month of so many pretty highlights! My Erin Condren Notebooks finally arrived, I got just enough stickers to get me through a week, and last month’s Birchbox was way too pretty.
→ Our poor baby Master Manolo Gracey Panda XVI ended up with a bit of an ear infection so to keep him from scratching it we gave him an Elizabethan collar. Which we put on him about 3 seconds before this photo was taken. Here, you can see the puppy who has given up on his life in his natural habitat. Also, my mom had her birthday on the 4th and I got cookies! Wins all around (but none for Mani).
→ We love smoothies!! And Monopoly Deal (as I’ve said before)! And also my homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies. Mmmmm, I miss them so much.
→ Basically the rest of the month consisted of random walks and errands and school (of course). I didn’t mind all that much though – look at how gorgeous it is right now! Plus, mini pep talk, anything can be beautiful! That black & white shot up there is actually a parking garage corner that I happened to see with just the right sun streaming through. Like seriously, everything has way too much beauty for me to handle.
The Articles
• Just so you know, there was a hoop skirt/skirt cage under Cinderella’s pretty amazing dress. I can finally rest easy.
• Am I a massive nerd? This article on the Egyptians packing food for the dead is sososo awesome.
• Imma make these Apple Roses like, yesterday. Along with this Sweet Potato Banana Bread. Yes, please!
• What we consume is what we become. Goodness, all the yes.
• We had already wanted to try out river cruising, but now that Disney is getting into it I guess we’ll have to!
• Love this piece from Un-Fancy of small change becoming big change! It sounds like things the dude & I are working on as well
• This has some language but John Oliver’s Red-Tailed Hawk coverage is the best video I’ve seen. Like ever.
• Clickbait with no explanation necessary: 48 Epic Dream Hotels to Visit Before You Die.
• Please read this article from World of Wanderlust on Instagram’s Headquarters. It is awesomeness.
• Holy goodness, this new/old seating concept for airplanes is kind of amazing.
Well folks, let’s hit the ground running in May! I’m going to have to since Andrew & I registered for the Color Run again, which is coming up in October. I very much plan on not hurting myself prior to the run and actually completing it. Plus there’s a medal this year so I basically have to. I’m like, really competitive
How was your April?
Wishing you freaking awesome Red-Tailed Hawks and cookies,
Shantelle
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