thunder + work
and other musings from this month
It’s only right to start this monthly update with a chat about the weather: so much thunder! 🌩️ It’s been a weird month of intense humidity and crazy storms.
Now the weather update is done, what actually happened this month? I think where I work every day, the days just bleed into each other. It’s not a bad thing necessarily, I genuinely love what I do, but the time does feel like it slips away. And suddenly it’s the end of the month and I’m sat here trying to think of fun updates to share. Like literally what happened.
Looking through my camera roll, July was full of a lot of hobbies outside of work: weightlifting, crocheting, gaming, knitting, reading… 🏋🏻♀️🧶🎮📚 I know my life won’t always allow for spare time to dedicate towards hobbies, so I’m making the most of it now!
I also had a look at my calendar and realised my upcoming trip to Canada is approaching faster than I thought. It’s going to be a busy one (with a 3-day Hen-Do and my best friend’s wedding) so I won’t have as much time to film/edit/work. I’m hoping to get a decent backlog of completed videos up and running so I can film in Canada but not have to worry about editing until I’m already back in England. We’ll see! It never goes exactly to plan but it’s good to plan anyway.
I haven’t been back home in the autumn since I first moved to the UK! 😳 My yearly trips home have always been July, so I’m really excited for some fall weather. There’s something so special about the changing colours, hikes in the woods and some local apple cider.
A+N Updates
Youtube was varied this month! We chatted about funny British words, my first time in Manchester, trying northern food on a picnic, diving into your British hobbies and reacting to Sarah Millican!
One of the things I love about content is variety: just like food, music, books, I want all the genres! Certain genres are definitely more popular than others, but having the ability to create variety creatively helps me so much. I would lose my mind if I could only do one format.
On Twitch this month we played a weird spooky game, cooked in a chaotic kitchen together, completed some crafts and played the new addictively-frustrating game Peak.
As a special stream this month, we had an A+N Slumber Party! 💤🎉 I streamed an extra Friday night from dinner until 2am! It was so much fun and I hope we can do it again sometime. Thanks again if you joined, whether you popped by or stayed for all 8ish hours!
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This month for my exclusive content I shared what I’ve read so far this year, making (and taste testing my own) ice lollies and a charity shop adventure!
I also posted a video reacting to British darts 🎯 Originally this was to be a Youtube video but was annihilated by copyright claims. Rather than try to cut it up and avoid the claims, I posted it in its original form (the form I wanted) as an Exclusive video instead. Hope you guys liked it!
What I’ve been watching + reading
Recently I read The God of the Woods by Liz Moore and totally loved it! It’s a proper murder-mystery that had me guessing the whole way. I loved that there were so many interesting characters and it’s told across decades out of order. I’d definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a new mystery!
I finally got to the cinema and saw the new 28 Years Later - it was pretty good! 🍿 A bizarre ending but still really enjoyable. I’ve also finally got around to watching Shogun. Even though I’m a bit late, I avoided spoilers and thought it was fun! 🏯🇯🇵
I’ve also been enjoying the new Netflix “Trainwreck” series where each episode covers a different topic. If you like true crime (but also non-murder-stuff) you should check it out!
Bits that made me laugh
Hope you have a great August! ☀️🍦🌊 I have zero plans and honestly I’m very excited. I just hope the rain will stop soon!!!!
Alanna x