Life Update: Semi hiatus and crazy 2023

Hello blogging friends and new friends alike.

Can I start by saying 2023 was a WILD year? Or was that just me?

Why does this sound like an end of year post that should be done in December? I mean, yes, 2023 still has 3-ish months to go, but I wanted to take a moment to say: Andge is back!

(Or I guess some people may not have noticed I left, then hello again. I’m back.)

Where did I go? Why’d I take an unannounced and technically unplanned hiatus from most blogging this year? I was SO active the last two years – yes, perhaps in part due to staying home so much for the pandemic – but I had other reasons for being AWOL for the most part this year.

I started this blog when I was a student (and had so much more time, omg). I’m no longer a student, haven’t been in a while actually. (Note to self: should update my bio, whoops). But I have now moved onto another amazing milestone in life that took up way more time than expected.

I got married! *insert confetti falling from the sky*

While I’d like to think I didn’t even come close to bridezilla mode these last months, the planning is exhausting. I saved money by not booking a wedding planner but it’s a lot of work at times on top of the day job. There were plenty of highs and lows, and reading, let alone blogging, were far from my mind unfortunately.

Why’d we see so many posts from this blog this year anyway?

I want to highlight my good friend Fives posting his lovely reads while I was away even though he’s also got a lot going on this year. Thank you, Fives! ♥️

I hope you’re excited for more content we’re gonna plan for the rest of 2023 and into 2024. I’m excited at least and pumped to get back into this community and space.

See you all soon!