Sentence A Day : October 2024

I don't know if this is a linkup anymore or not, but I used to really enjoy doing these Sentence a Day posts that recapped the prior month in a sentence or two. I'm also adding pictures throughout the month when I took a picture worth sharing. Finally, I've added a spot to share any blog posts I did on those particular days by marking it as OTB (on the blog). 

1 - Hello October - glad you're here, but I hate that Charli is starting off the month sick and going to the doctor!

2 - Assembly this morning at work that I thought would be really cool, but it was more like an advertisement for an event in town this weekend, so I snuck out of it a few minutes early...

3 - We had extra classes today due to yesterday morning's assembly, then we h

ad another assembly this afternoon to reveal the winners of a schoolwide initiative from the first nine weeks, so I was ready for some quiet after work!

4 - Home with Charli today and back to the doctor since her coughing has gotten worse, and she's started running a fever; got some meds, then we hung out at Mom's house for our weekly Friday night TV watching and snacking to kick off Fall Break!

5 - Stayed home today and watched Vandy beat Bama (yay!) and Arkansas beat Tennessee (boo!). 

6 - Another home day, and I was so lazy!

7 - Mom and I took Charli to a kid's playplace (where she had her 5th birthday party - and we hadn't been in since), then we had dinner and went to a thrift store that we love to visit, and I got some great shirts and dresses for fall!

Who could that be??

    

8 - Stayed home today and didn't get anything I wanted to accomplished because I was lazy!

9 - Ran errands with my mom while Charli stayed home with Will; errands tend to go a little faster without her with us for some reason! 

OTB: Tiptoeing Back Into Blogging

10 - Chattanooga day trip with Charli, my mom, Charli's bestie, and her mom - it was so much fun (except for trying to pick a dinner place and being hangry)!!

Free carousel in Chattanooga, and I didn't even get motion sick from it!

11 - Gymnastics and Walmart...big finish to our week!

12 - I hung out at Mom's house way too late last night, so I was dragging today, but it was a home day, so all was okay! 

13 - Mom, Charli, and I went to a french fry/ice cream place that we had been to once before and a cool library, along with some other errands.

Cool sculptures/reading spots outside of the library

14 - My grandfather (mom's dad) passed away today; I'm sad, but I'm more sad for my mom. 

15 - Home all day today for Charli to finish Fall Break; I decided to take some bereavement days at work to help my mom with anything she needed, plus get Charli to and from school as needed since my mom would be off work.

16 - Even though the reason I'm off work is sad, I do like being home more for Charli and taking her to school and her Girl Scout meeting, which was a movie night at the cat adoption place!

This cat wanted to control the movie!

17 - Ran a couple of errands with Will today, which is rare with our different work schedules.

18 - Took Charli to a birthday party after gymnastics and got to chat with a mom who I didn't know very well but liked talking to!

Henna at the birthday party!

19 - Happy birthday to my mom, even though it's been a rough week, and we didn't really celebrate her today.

20 - Mom loved her birthday gift!

21 - Back to work, and I'm a little bummed that neither my principal nor asssistant principal acknowledged my family's loss; a card or even an email would make a world of difference, especially when they say we're a "family." 

22 - We all slept through our alarms this morning so we were late to work/school this morning...oops!

23 - Work then a couple of errands with Mom after work, including getting trendy shoes for me since I don't usually stay up with trends!

24 - Will and I took Charli to a trunk or treat at a high school, but there weren't very many people participating; then we found a really cool one at a middle school, and her best friend joined us. Charli's first haunted house (well, haunted theater in the middle school...but close enough). 

Wednesday is ready to get some candy!

25 - We finished setting up the Book Fair at work today, and I forgot how tiring that can be!

Let's sell some books and overpriced pens!

26 - Fall Fest at my daughter's school with her and my mom; fun day but tiring, especially after yesterday!

Before Charli decided Fall Fest was more fun with her friends than with Mom and Gran!

27 - Today was my grandfather's service and then dinner with some family members afterwards.

A little levity on a heavy day - the bathroom at the restaurant has double toilets, which seems super awkward

28 - First day of Book Fair was full of preview days for the K-2 classes, which is exhausting!!

29 - My husband, daughter, mom, brother, and I went to early vote today, and it was so fast since there was hardly a line!

30 - I have counted so much change today that my hands feel permanently stained; lots of kids emptying out piggy banks for the Book Fair!

31 - Busy day at work with Book Fair and helping in the office during class parties, plus it poured rain this afternoon/evening, which made Trick or Treating very soggy! 

Cutest Wednesday ever!

Phew, even with Fall Break, October was a busy month! We're flying through November now, too, so I feel like I'll be posting my November recap before I know it!