October 2025
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October 16
I’m back to making these guys. I volunteered to make at least 50 of them by December 2 for the Kindermarket at school. I started last night and have so far completed 10. I was a little obsessive about it today, though. I really didn’t do anything EXCEPT crochet octopuses. But I’m having fun with…
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October 15
I started keeping a running journal, which, ok, I don’t just journal. It has to look like this. I have just as much fun making it pretty as I do going out for runs to write about. It’s been a good way to stay motivated and track progress. I have been having so much fun…
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October 14
Billy had his last game of the season today, and they won! It’s been kind of a tough season for a few reasons, but it’s always nice to end on a positive note. Now what will he do with his days?
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October 13
Today was a holiday where about half the people I know had the day off and the other half didn’t. Full time employees had to work, but our contractor agency was off. Since about half our staff is made up of contractors, it was very quiet at work. The girls had the day off from…
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October 12
Robin turned 14 today, and I’m pretty sure she had an epic birthday. She met her friends Chloe and Faith at the mall for some shopping, and then we took them all to Olive Garden for dinner. Robin hasn’t stopped smiling all day. She is crazy into press-on nails, so Billy and I got her…
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October 11
I willingly got up at 6:15am ON A SATURDAY to go for a group run at Ed Austin Park. There is a free timed 5k there every week and a couple friends of mine go regularly. I’m proud of myself for many reasons: Getting out of bed before daylight, and going to a place I…
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October 10
Robin asked to go out for ice cream after dinner, so I told her to eat her broccoli and we’ll see. We ended up at the ice cream shop in the dark, but it was closed. I feel like the days of the ice cream shop may be numbered, which is disappointing, but we’ll see.…
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October 9
Had an awesome run in the morning – I have been running outside instead of on the treadmill, and I think it’s helping me take better control of my effort. I had fun and I finished feeling like I could have gone further. And, incidentally, my pace was faster than it has been on the…
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October 8
It was another not very exciting day. I definitely need some inspiration! Without cheer, I have no idea what to do with myself anymore. I may have to meditate on this a little.
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October 7
My day started out great and kind of slowly went downhill from there. It hasn’t been a bad day, it just went from great to meh very, very slowly. I woke up early and did a speed run outside, which I never do. I pretty much exclusively run on the treadmill. But this particular run…
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October 6
Working on some attitude adjustments today. Seems to be helping a little. I’ve been listening to Coach Bennett’s Podcast and I can’t get enough of it. I’ve lost so much hope in my running, and his podcast is helping me turn my mindset around. I find it inspiring for my day to day life, too.…
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October 5
I’m trying to turn my attitude around. I didn’t do much today, but I did do something. Got dishes and laundry done, went out for coffee, brought my photo site up to date, took Robin to the gym to play volleyball with her friend, went food shopping, made dinner. It would be easy to say…
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October 4
Today was the fall festival at school. Every year it seems to get smaller and smaller. I have no right to complain because I have never offered to volunteer, and I know they can’t do much without help from parents. But there were a lot of people there and they seemed to be having fun,…
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October 3
Today didn’t quite live up to expectations, but it’s ok, really, because expectations were kind of low anyway. My run this morning sucked. After a couple really great runs, I had gotten hopeful that I’d finally broken through the barrier, but today I just couldn’t do it. I finished feeling insanely disappointed. Crushed, really. I…
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October 2
I had the day off from work. I was disappointed that the weather didn’t hold out for paddling, so instead I went out for coffee and wrote for hours. As much as I love writing, it still felt like a waste of a day. I don’t know who will ever hear or read what I’m…
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