October was a very emotional month, and I tried to stay calm and sane by working out as much as possible. There were also several birthday celebrations and some other fun events. But I'm looking forward to a hopefully calmer and more settled November.
October 1, 2017
Today was an extremely emotional and overwhelming day, made a bit better by a glass of good wine.
October 2, 2017
I didn't sleep much and am proud that I made it to a lunchtime barre class.
October 3, 2017
I started the day with a barre class, went on a long walk, and worked from home.
October 4, 2017
One of the kid's friends from his old school and his mom came over for the afternoon; it was really very nice to catch up; I also took a barre class at lunch.
October 5, 2017
I started the day with another barre class (that's 19 out of 20 classes - almost done!!!).
October 6, 2017
It was a busy day: office hours, taught a 3-hour class, ran some errands, and then an old coworker of mine came over to catch up on life, and she let me try on a bunch of LuLaRoe clothes (I purchased several pieces).
October 7, 2017
I finished the 20 day barre challenge!!! and Andy was a judge at Taco Takeover at Avaya Stadium in the afternoon.
October 8, 2017
I went to a new barre studio for which I had a Groupon for 30 days of unlimited classes (and I decided to do my own challenge to see how many classes I can take in 30 days).
October 9, 2017
Since the kid has minimum days all week, I wasn't able to take a barre class at lunchtime, so I went in the evening, and I liked it much better than I thought I would.
October 10, 2017
I started the day with another barre class; we can smell the smoke from the fires in Napa and Sonoma all the way in San Jose and are advised to stay indoors.
October 11, 2017
The devastation in Napa and Sonoma is just heartbreaking.
October 12, 2017
I took my fifth class at the new barre studio, but didn't feel very well for the rest of the day; luckily, I felt a bit better in the late afternoon, and we went out for Andy's birthday.
October 13, 2017
I still didn't feel very well, so I took it easy after teaching my 3-hour class.
October 14, 2017
We went out for dinner to celebrate the kid's birthday.
October 15, 2017
We had some of my oldest friends over for dinner.
October 16, 2017
The kid was off from school, and we ran some errands and got caught up on life after I taught my morning class.
October 17, 2017
I started the day with a barre class and then tried to get caught up on work.
October 18, 2017
I still feel very behind with work and life; nevertheless, I made time for a lunchtime barre class.
October 19, 2017
I started the day with a barre class and then frantically caught up on my grading.
October 20, 2017
I taught my 3-hour class, and then went to the kid's soccer practice in the afternoon; since it was so cold, we went out to get some Japanese ramen to get warm.
October 21, 2017
We went to Gilroy Gardens at night to experience their Halloween lights.
October 22, 2017
We met good friends at the beautiful Rose Garden and hung out there for a few hours, which was wonderful.
October 23, 2017
I didn't feel as prepared for the week as I would have liked to, but I still made time for a lunchtime barre class (I'm at 14 barre classes in 16 days) and an evening gym workout with Andy.
October 24, 2017
I started the day with another barre class and met up with a blogging friend for lunch (we were bad bloggers and didn't take any photos).
October 25, 2017
It was a busy day at work, but I did make time for a lunchtime barre class, and we went on an evening walk.
October 26, 2017
I started the day with a barre class again and then met my blogging friend Prerna for lunch.
October 27, 2017
I started the day with a barre class, taught my 3-hour class, went to Costco, and then went on a long family walk.
October 28, 2017
The kid went to a birthday party, and we went to the Willow Glen beerwalk, where we caught up with some friends, Andy drank beer and I did a little shopping.
Today was the kid's birthday party; I love that he had a great time with his friends from his old and new schools.
It's a busy time in the quarter, but I made time for a barre class, a short walk, and a gym workout at night.
October 31, 2017
I bought a new Halloween friend, and we had some friends over for a low key dinner and some craft beer while we took turns handing out candy
Questions: What were your highlights in October? Are you going to join us this month and write one sentence a day?
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Be well,
Andrea
Andrea