October Update

I have been thinking about something. Your health and fitness journey doesn’t start on Monday or January 1st, unless you are reading this on a Monday or January 1st. It starts today and the only end is when you are unable to do anything or at the end of life. There are certain circumstances that prohibit people from doing things. I understand that. Why are we waiting until Monday or January 1st to start our health and fitness journeys and doing what we can today?

Today is Halloween and the last day of October. There are 61 days left in 2025. What would happen if we dialed in starting today? What would change in the next 61 days?

I know for a lot of people, myself included, are worried about feeding their families in November since food stamps are on hold. I am scared to death about running out of food. I have been fortunate enough to be able to have a little bit of a stash of food in the freezer and pantry but not everybody is that lucky. Not everybody gets the same amount in food stamps and the cost of living is different everywhere.

Little update on what’s been going on in October. My kids had fall break at the beginning of the month. Then they had last Monday off for parent/teacher conferences and they have today off for professional development. I’ve scheduled appointments for the days off for them. Wyatt has been to a few trunk or treats and has a blast. I have a couple for him to go to today after his appointment and after Elijah’s virtual visit with his father. I am down 20 pounds from my highest. I am happy with that. I had an interview on Tuesday morning at Workout Anytime. I am waiting to hear if I get the job or not. It’s for the front desk position. I should be hearing soon. He said by the end of the week. It’s the end of the week. I’m going to be happy either way on whether or not I get the job. The right job is out there for me. I went to the last monthly yoga class in the gardens last week and it was great. I really needed it. This week I did a full body weight lifting video and was sore for a day or 2 afterwards.

I have not planted anything for fall like I have wanted to. Life has gotten in the way a little bit this year. I am still getting some tomatoes out of my garden which I am happy about. I am going to clean out my garden and get rid of the dying summer crops and harvest the basil that is out there. I have a bunch of if that is still going well. I wanted to get my fall crop in at some point in September but my mindset has not been there lately. 

I am still working on crocheting and using my Sentro knitting machine and adding things to my Tedooo shop. I have not sold anything yet on there. I am hopeful. I am considering going to a vendor show either in November or December depending on what day it is and how long it is and how much it costs with all of the things that I have crocheted or done on the Sentro knitting machine. It may be worth it until my shop takes off. I’m not quite ready to commit to the giant craft show that happens at the beginning of September that is 2 days long.

My goals for the next 2 months is to dial in as much as I possibly can and have the scale go down and continue to declutter in the house.