Thursday, October 5, 2017

Sentence a Day: September 2017

I first joined Sarah and Leslie in writing one sentence a day in January, and this is my eighth sentence-a-day post. You can read my January sentences here, my February sentences here, my March sentences here, my April sentences here, my May sentences here, my June sentences here, my July sentences here, and my August sentences here.

September 1, 2017
The heat wave is going strong (105+ F); to avoid having to cook, we took my in-laws out for dinner.

September 2, 2017
It's still super hot (107+ F); we went for a 5-mile walk at 8:30 a.m., and it was already 90 degrees and we were miserable.

September 3, 2017
We invited some friends for a blind cider tasting, but since I have been having a lot of gallbladder issues, I stuck to tasting kombuchas.

September 4, 2017
I started the day with a challenging barre class, but since the kid is fighting a cold, and we took it easy for the rest of the day.



September 5, 2017
The kid felt a bit better and was able to go to school; I also finally got around to installing our new printer (our old one broke sometime in June...).


September 6, 2017
The kid had a play date with a friend from his old school, and I enjoyed catching up with his mom.

September 7, 2017 
I bought lots of produce and other foods in preparation for the cleanse and made a big pot of cleanse-friendly Thai Coconut Soup, one of our favorite cleanse foods.

September 8, 2017
I had several appointments in San Francisco today and got a bit dressed up in my Karina dress.


September 9, 2017
Today was a busy day as Andy and the kid had Saturday school in the morning, and the kid went to a birthday party in the afternoon.

September 10, 2017
We discovered another leak in the ceiling - will it ever end???


September 11, 2017
We will never forget.

September 12, 2017
Lots more very costly home repairs.

September 13, 2017
I got some work done in the morning and then I made a couple more trips to Home Depot and Osh and prepped a couple walls to be painted.

September 14, 2017
I'm certainly not the world's greatest painter.

September 15, 2017
I started the day with a barre class, and we did more home repair/improvement work.

September 16, 2017
I started the day with a barre class again and then met up with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time; the rest of the day was spent prepping for the new quarter.

September 17, 2017 
I started the day with a barre class again (I'm participating in a 20 barre classes in 30 days challenge but got a late start because of all the home repairs and life "stuff") and we were invited to a very yummy brunch at our friends' house in the late morning.

September 18, 2017
I took the car in for two recalls only to be told that they only had the parts for one of the recalls; there were also more trips to Home Depot.

September 19, 2017
The hardwood floor installer was supposed to be here bright and early; instead he showed up in the afternoon and got barely started.



September 20, 2017
The hardwood floor installer flaked completely today; he says he'll come tomorrow. This is getting really old...

September 21, 2017
Finally! The floor is installed!


September 22, 2017
I took the eighth barre class in a row and am really, really sore; I also got a pedicure, which was lovely.



September 23, 2017
It was a busy day of cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry and buying some rugs.

September 24, 2017
I started the day with another barre class and was sore like never before; the rest of the day was spent on getting ready for the fall quarter, which starts tomorrow.

September 25, 2017
The first day of the quarter went well, and I even got to sneak in a lunch time barre class.


September 26, 2017
I started the day with another barre class, went for a long walk and then worked from home.



September 27, 2017
Today was an emotionally exhausting day; thankful for the lunchtime barre class.

September 28, 2017
Took another barre class, went for a long walk, worked from home and took a nap as I didn't sleep much the night before.


September 29, 2017
The first week of the quarter went pretty well, which is always a relief.

September 30, 2017
We attended the Oktoberfest in Mountain View today.





Question: What were your highlights in September? Are you going to join us this month and write one sentence a day?


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Be well,
Andrea