{"id":1090,"date":"2020-01-31T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-27T22:28:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T02:28:03","slug":"monthly-wanderings-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-wanderings-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Wanderings: January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monthly2BWanderings2BJanuary2B2020.png?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">January has been a pretty good month. I&#8217;ve been working on my late New Years&#8217; resolution of going greener with recycling and reusable bags. There&#8217;s been some stress at work, but writing has been going extremely well and something happened that I did not at all expect to start off 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>What I did<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">1.) Writing has gone really well this month. I&#8217;ve successfully rewritten the first five chapters of <i>Red Hood <\/i>and I&#8217;m currently working on edits!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.) I got to join the Georgia March for Life. I&#8217;m a huge supporter of the pro-life movement seeing as I was adopted from a young mother. This is the largest march I&#8217;ve been to and it was an honor to stand for the lives of the unborn.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/84062565_2626943087403403_5295504146923782144_n.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1202\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83196463_2501542536639626_6540114248293416960_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">Well big news guys, I&#8217;ve got my first boyfriend ever! I&#8217;ll be updating with a pic of him tomorrow since I forgot to take one during our first date last Saturday because I&#8217;m so used to not wanting to remember any date I&#8217;ve been on. XD But his name is Ty and that&#8217;s his hand up in the header image! He&#8217;s a nerd, so kind, and loves God and I&#8217;m so happy God brought him into my life. ^ ^ We had our first date at the Atlanta Chinese New Year Festival!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83755378_177604990251183_8186107902675648512_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83792203_193003225226232_6777831161889554432_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Lion dance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83844240_177108406722840_5418197086099210240_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Flowers Ty gave me. ^ ^<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83890750_814985952261843_6034527611789508608_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Dragon Dance!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">3.) I finished <i>Sky in the Deep <\/i>by Adrienne Young and <i>The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek <\/i>by Rhett and Link and I&#8217;m currently reading <i>The Progeny <\/i>by Tosca Lee and <i>The Queen&#8217;s Resistance <\/i>by Rebecca Ross.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">4.) I&#8217;ve picked up some writing gigs at Culture Eater and HG101! I&#8217;m excited for them to go up in the coming months!<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83975922_233660270977974_7376698247475101696_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Geeky Department<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.) I got to meet Andrew Rea aka Binging with Babish! \ud83d\ude00 I&#8217;ve been watching his cooking vids for years and it was so cool to see him in person in Atlanta!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7t6TteASNl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7t6TteASNl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7t6TteASNl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12.5px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 14px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-top: 2px solid transparent; height: 0; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); width: 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 8px solid transparent; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; transform: translateY(16px); width: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; transform: translateY(-4px); width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-left: 8px solid transparent; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; height: 0; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); width: 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7t6TteASNl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Victoria Grace Howell (Tucker) (@travelingtoristories)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-01-24T21:23:50+00:00\">Jan 24, 2020 at 1:23pm PST<\/time><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.) I&#8217;ve been playing and dabbling in several games this month. I tried <i>The Witcher: Wild Hunt <\/i>and <i>Final Fantasy XII <\/i>but they were just not sticking with me so moved to\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: white;\">Shadow of War which almost has a five-star rating if the last portion of the game didn&#8217;t drag so much that I ended up just watching the YouTube vid of the last cutscene. I finished <i>Child of Light <\/i>which I started way back in November before <i>Horizon <\/i>came into my life and swept me off my feet. It was pretty good. I need to like reread the plot because I forgot some of it in two months. Now I&#8217;m currently playing <i>No Ni Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch<\/i>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7Ol4ejgCUv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7Ol4ejgCUv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7Ol4ejgCUv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12.5px; margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 14px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-top: 2px solid transparent; height: 0; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); width: 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"border-right: 8px solid transparent; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; transform: translateY(16px); width: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; transform: translateY(-4px); width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-left: 8px solid transparent; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; height: 0; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); width: 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7Ol4ejgCUv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Victoria Grace Howell (Tucker) (@travelingtoristories)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-01-12T17:28:53+00:00\">Jan 12, 2020 at 9:28am PST<\/time><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">3.) I&#8217;m hard at work on my Tamaki Amajiki cosplay which I&#8217;ve been chronicling on Instagram and building armor for him! I&#8217;ve gotten some great progress!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83636108_166881108058929_2779187433600712704_n.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/84435939_2687413511489418_5330004193283407872_n.jpg?resize=300%2C400\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1200\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">4.) I&#8217;ve finally seen <i>The Mandalorian<\/i>! I really enjoyed it. I think it&#8217;s one of my favorite Star Wars stories! I&#8217;ve always liked the Mandos and it&#8217;s so cool to see a whole plot centered around them.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><i>My Hero Academia <\/i>has been a punch in the feels and I&#8217;m currently obsessing over &#8220;Might*U&#8221; by Makayla Phillips from the show.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border-radius: 3px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7J1sk4gSpL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"align-items: center; 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color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"background: #FFFFFF; line-height: 0; padding: 0 0; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B7J1sk4gSpL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"align-items: center; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-01-10T21:10:52+00:00\">Jan 10, 2020 at 1:10pm PST<\/time><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: , 'blinkmacsystemfont' , 'segoe ui' , 'roboto' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">5.) I haven&#8217;t been able to do as much Pokemon GO hunting as I would like because the weather has sucked all month. -_- But I&#8217;ve got a few new ones.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83625718_217944686028392_9090330554368262144_n.jpg?resize=225%2C400\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83846669_263207317985842_5751902627520577536_n.jpg?resize=225%2C400\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83915075_1068061753593319_2794547529436364800_n.jpg?resize=225%2C400\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nWhat I&#8217;m Going to Do<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.) I&#8217;m going to finish editing my <i>Red Hood<\/i> chapters then send them off to betas! \ud83d\ude00 Pre-thank you to everyone who said yes to my request for your time! While they&#8217;re looking at them, I&#8217;ll be revising my proposal and working on <i>Silver Hood<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.) I&#8217;M GOING TO THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER! My sweet friend Cadi got tickets for me, Amy, and Casey so we&#8217;re going to have an amazing day in the world of magic!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">3.) I&#8217;ll be reading <i>Firstborn <\/i>by Tosca Lee and <i>Mistborn <\/i>by Brandon Sanderson!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">4.) I&#8217;ll have a review of <i>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/i> up on Culture Eater!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Last Month on Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/01\/why-retconning-is-writers-deadliest-sin.html\">Why Retconning is a Writer&#8217;s Deadliest Sin<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/01\/introducing-scribetunes-peaceful.html\">Introducing ScribeTunes &#8211; Peaceful<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/01\/a-book-review-of-blood-spell-by-cj.html\">A Book Review of The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/01\/writing-lessons-from-video-games.html\">Writing Lessons from Video Games: Forgotton Anne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/01\/scribetunes-soft-tension.html\">ScribeTunes: Soft Tension<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Coming Soon to Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>February 4: A Book Review of Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman &#8211;<\/b> I loved this book and now I&#8217;m going to rant about how much I love it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>7: <\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">Writing Lessons from ??? &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\"> Still debating on this month&#8217;s Writing Lessons, but I will come up with something cool lol.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>11: The Lament and Revelations of a Christian Geek &#8211;<\/b> My rant about how I love Christianity but I can&#8217;t stand the Christian culture, how it&#8217;s hurt my walk with God and how I&#8217;ve thrived in my faith after I distanced myself from the stereotypical Christian church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>14:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">ScribeTunes: Romance &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;\">\u00a0Another ScribeTunes is coming up and this is just in time for Valentine&#8217;s Day! This playlist will include pieces for kissy-kissy butterflies in stomach scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>18: Florida Trip Winter 2019 &#8211;<\/b> A full summary of my trip for Florida and adventures in the Wizarding World!<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>21: A Book Review of Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young &#8211;<\/b> I really enjoyed this book and I can&#8217;t wait to talk about it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>25: ScribeTunes: Tragedy &#8211;<\/b> Another playlist coming your way! This one will be for the saddest moments your character will experience: deaths, burnt homes, all of the things that bring tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">February<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><b>28: Monthly Wandererings: February 2020 &#8211;<\/b> Like this but for February. \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BNorse2BMythology2Bby2BNeil2BGaiman.png?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">My world was definitely rocked with Ty coming into my life. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing what else 2020 has in store for me! And if you want biweekly life updates and snippets of my writing sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeNbDAWljzy8E9S5r7aHW3QFM9C2PFcU_36W0eMbaAe2QvKXQ\/viewform\">my mail list<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/im-on-hiatus-till-19th\/vegvisirpagebreak-png\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VegvisirPageBreak.png?fit=1600%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VegvisirPageBreak.png\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VegvisirPageBreak.png?fit=300%2C85&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VegvisirPageBreak.png?fit=1024%2C289&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/VegvisirPageBreak.png?resize=1600%2C451\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">How was your month? What did you do? Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming posts?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; January has been a pretty good month. I&#8217;ve been working on my late New Years&#8217; resolution of going greener with recycling and reusable bags. 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