Pandemic Posts - May 2020

 Hello again!

After a whirlwind of a week and a half traveling, I'm back! My heart is so full after these past couple of days and it definitely deserves its own post, so I'll save all that for later. 

Right now, it's time for another pandemic post! Once again, I didn't remember much about May, but looking back at pictures, it was a lot of exploring my new neighborhood. By May I was settling in to this work from home situation and actually enjoying it! I never thought that I would like working from home, but I was actually starting to prefer it. 

How very resolute are humans, when not even two/three months later I was settling in to this new way of life. I've talked with many people about this before, but I always have been impressed by people's will to survive in end of the world type movies. I always figured that when confronted with something like that, I would just let the natural disaster, zombies, vampires, aliens, etc take me. But, here I was  several months in to what felt like the end of the world, surviving. With the help of snoballs and daquiri's, of course. 

Watching Golden Girls and sipping on daquiri's became quite the usual pastime. 

My first snoball from the infamous Hansen's. 

Coffee, as always continuing to get me through. The real MVP. 

Got to buy lots of wine with fun names too! 

Community Book Center (https://readcbc.com/) with mural by Bmike. 

Local grocery store mural. 

Pop-up art installation by Josh Wingerter. 

Neighborhood strolls.

Lovely card sent to me by Siani! 



And, of course, the memes were still fire. 

April showers, brought more the the same in May, but I was getting better at weathering the storm. Until next time! 

                                    love, 

                                            ktv

Pandemic Posts - April 2020

 Hello again! 

In honor of my sister's coming down to visit me (AHHHHH!!!) I have decided to do another pandemic post. This one dedicated to the baby girl, Charlotte, since this time last year she was turning 25. But, we shall get to that! First up, I remember April being so emotionally difficult. I was supposed to be going home and getting the rest of my stuff, but instead I was back at my aunt and uncle's and had to cancel my trip. I remember distinctly one afternoon listening to Ed Sheeran's, Dive, and just crying uncontrollably, because I just felt so helpless and literally had no idea what was going on and what was to come. 

I'm so thankful though, that I had family to fall back on and wasn't totally isolated. The introvert in me loves recharging by myself, but my goodness that time would have been exponentially worse. This is why I love doing this series though, because I remember this being an incredibly dark time, but looking at the pictures that I took, there were moments of such joy. 

I was able to start using sweet gifts that people gave me. Shout-out to Laura for this lovely notebook set. 

There were lots of fun (some people may have find them annoying, lol) challenges floating around on Instagram. I dug this old baby picture out for one of them. 

I built my kitchen table! Despite it looking like it shouldn't take much, it actually took me two days to build this thing, lol


The memes continued to be straight fire:

But, the most important event that happened last April, was that Charlotte turned a shiny quarter! Hers is the first birthday I can remember celebrating on Zoom, and although it felt strange, it also was really lovely to gather people from all over and wish her a happy birthday. Definitely not the turn-up that we were expecting, but most definitely memorable in its own unique way. 

April in many ways felt very cruel, but there were moments of such light and kindness as well. It was the first time in awhile that I can remember experiencing both emotions so strongly. But, I made it through April and although we are still very much in this panara bread, I'm happy to report that my sisters are coming tomorrow, so we are about to make it for all the birthdays and time apart that last year stole from us! 

Well until next time! 

love,

ktv 

Musin Monday - Going up on a Tuesday!

 Hello all!

I hope that you all had a lovely long weekend. If only four day work weeks were are reality, but don't even get me started on that! Well, I'm back to work and I felt like I needed a little pick me up this afternoon, so decided to do a post. 

One day, I will check and make sure that I'm not double mentioning songs, but today is not that day! But, a song that has been on repeat in my house and in my head is, Let's Fall In Love for the Night by FINNEAS. I just saw the video the other day too and it is so fun! So, enjoy this song and this short work week : ) 

love, 

ktv 

Music Mondays - 6.21.21

 Good afternoon! 

Well, it is a rainy afternoon here in the Crescent City and when that happens I usually switch in between Sam Smith and Adele. Something about their voices just really gets me through the storm. 

So, today I wanted to share one of my favorite Sam Smith's songs, which I probably already have, but please enjoy it again! I know I will for the millionth time : )

 love,

ktv 

Pandemic Posts - March 2020

 Oh hello again! 

First off, let me start off by saying, I think this is the most I have blogged consecutively in some years! Shout-out to me and lets keep this momentum going! 

March 2020. I can't even begin to put into words how I was feeling, but that is not going to stop me from trying! I remember it like it was two seperate months. The first half, was me cleaning out my new space, moving in, and being so excited about it. The second half of it was me moving back in with my aunt and uncle and absolute terror of what was happening in the world. 

Moving in!

Meeting my new neighbor, Polka Dot : )

Really was out here thinking I could stand for 8.5 hours a day. Long gone are those days!

And then the second half of it began. I remember walking into work one day, working for about a half day, and then getting the e-mail to go back home, and not to come back in. I remember completely stopping work at my side job. I remember lessons on setting up Zoom. I remember being completely exhausted and having no idea what was going on. I remember sleeping a lot. I remember thinking, well this isn't going to last too long. I remember thinking that I wasn't going to like working from home. I remember thinking, we are not handling this well. 

Clearly, I had a lot of thoughs swirling through my head in March. But, despite the world descending into chaos, looking back at the pictures I took, there some beautiful moments. 

Siani sent me an absolutely stunning drawing she did of me! 

The city was still beautiful despite slowly being shut down. 

I got a bike! For super cheap too, since they kicked out all the students super suddenly. But, that is a discussion for another day. 

And the memes, of course, were all too relatable around this time! 

I also tried my hand at online dating, and it went as well as you might expect. These three memes below sum up exactly how I was feeling. And the beginning, middle, and end of my online dating tries. 

In conclusion, March 2020 was one that I will not soon be forgetting anytime soon. Welp, until next time! 

love, 

 

ktv

Music Monday - 6.7.21

 Hello again! 

It's truly been forever since I've done a Music Monday, I think it has been about a year actually (I wonder what was going on this past year?!), but Olivia Rodrigo's album has inspired me to bring it back!

It is no secret that I'm still very much a teenage girl dealing with a lot of angst surrounding boys, so this album was the perfect kick-off to a post-ish pandemic summer and a reminder to take it easy at the bars, cuz Lord knows I do not need to go through this pain that Olivia is going through. 

God bless baby girl, it gets better! And then worse, and then slightly worse, and then much better again! Enjoy this very terrifying yet, exhilarating waterslide (truly waterslides are scarier then rollercoasters, but we aren't ready to have that discussion yet) we call life : )

Now, enjoy one of my favorite songs from the album, 1 step forward, 3 steps back:

love, 

ktv 

 

Pandemic Posts - February 2020

 Hello again! 

Back again with another pandemic post. Man, February of 2020 was so much fun! I had more friends come to visit, I was going apartment hunting, I picked up some part time work, and Mardi Gras was in full effect! I was so excited for this Mardi Gras season, because I had friends that knew the lay of the land and let me tag along with them, so to say the very least it was the best!

I truly can't even begin to describe the energy that is Mardi Gras. It sets up the whole year and makes it feel like it's going to be a success. There is no break in New Orleans, because as soon as Mardi Gras ends, you are rolling right into festival season and that stays jam packed until the holidays come back. I remember still just being so excited around this time of year and of course, eating a ton of king cake, and looking forward to everything that was on the horizon.

How I was feeling at the start of Mardi Gras season! 

My Little Pony float from the Chewbacchus parade

Chewbacchus parade float

A Krewe of Leia's!

Krewe de Vieux!

Zulu! 

How Lundi and Mardi Gras feel : )

Mardi make-up!

How I feeling at the end of Mardi Gras. Little did I know all that was coming. 

All in all, it was such a succesful, fun, wild, chaotic, Mardi Gras season. Shout-out to Leanna, Kaed, Miracle, and Danielle for getting me through! I wouldn't have made it without ya'll. I didn't know it at the time, but February was going to be the last month that felt regular for awhile and I'm glad that it wasn't wasted. 

Well, March 2020 is up next and I feel like I need to prepare myself to write that blog post, because I was having a lot of feels! Until next time!

love, 

ktv