Booo.. It’s Halloween Month! Jay and I are taking a short weekend trip this month, I’m doing a lot of dog sitting, and I’ll be meeting up with my book club to discuss the book we’ve been reading the last month and a half!

October 9th 2024 – (Yes, I missed the first Wednesday of the month)

Work:

Work is work. Not much new to report here. I’m doing things and making money.

Personal:

I’ve been going through some shit lately if I’m being honest. I’m super happy I’ve been able to travel in the recent months, but coming home and being sick each time has taken its toll on me. I got COVID not too long ago and that took over a week to recover from (and unfortunately I’m still dealing with the lingering cough) on my most recent trip, I got sick the day after the conference ended and was struggling through the rest of it.

I still had a great time in New Mexico, but not nearly as great as it would have been if I was feeling okay. I also made it through the entire trip without altitude sickness until the very last day (10 days in!) which I find odd, but I threw up in public and that wasn’t cute.

I went to the Dr. this week to have them check up on the nodules in my throat. They’ve been there about 4 years now and I have them checked out every year just to make sure they aren’t growing and potentially becoming cancerous. Lately, I’ve felt them in my throat, which is odd as I don’t usually feel them so I wanted to get them checked out. I met with a new Dr and got an ultrasound scheduled next week so hopefully, all is good there, but we’ll see.

I haven’t been working out because I’ve been sick and tired and I can’t wait to get back at it.

My Relationship

Jay and I are both really busy lately but we’re making the most of the time we have together… by watching football or baseball mostly.

We’re going to be getting away for a weekend in New Orleans this weekend and I’m super excited for some time together away from home. We haven’t actually gone anywhere together since the 4th of July.

🐕🐕 The Dogs 🐕🐕

The dogs are great. Bentley has a grooming apt. this week before we leave for the weekend so he can look and smell fresh for the dog sitter.

Boone is being such a good boy! I think he’s past his baby years and starting to grow up. We’ve been leaving him out of his kennel for longer periods of time lately (so far he’s been good for 2 hours at a time).

When we get back from our trip to New Orleans this weekend I’m going to be spending all next week watching Pancho again, which I’m so excited about. He’s a great dog. I love their apartment complex. They always leave me with great meals to eat and I’m just excited for the little stay-cation. I feel a little bad being away for another 7 days when I’ve only been home 7 days but Jay can hold down the fort while I make this money.

My trip to New Mexico cost right around $1,000 and I made about $400 on Rover before I went so I’m hoping to make the rest up before the end of the year so it doesn’t really impact my savings.

Oh, and I crossed another goal of the year off my list! I paid off my loan to my mom which I’ve been working on paying off for about 2 years now. That felt great.

📖 Book Club/Reading 📖

I’m still working my way through A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. I am really enjoying and the only thing that’s stopped me from blasting through it is my body needing more sleep than usual. Every time I’ve sat down recently to read, I’ve been asleep within 15 minutes.

I did recently make a Goodwill stop and purchased some new books I’m excited about. Some of them I’ve already read, but I’m happy to add to my collection – The Giver, Dare to Lead, Wild, and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. I also purchased some new ones I haven’t read before – I love it here and Where’d You go Bernadette.

✈️ Travel ✈️

This weekend Jay and I are driving out to New Orleans for a very short weekend away. It takes about 6.5-7 hours to drive there and we both work Friday so we’ll really only have Saturday to explore and Sunday we’re heading to a New Orleans Saints football game at noon! Once the game is over, we’re rushing ourselves back home in hopes to get back before midnight because we both work the next day.

Besides that, no upcoming travel for me in the next month. I just got back from Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. I was there for 10 days and had a really great time. I can’t wait to start putting together some content from that trip for you all!

October 16th 2024

Work:

Personal:

🐕🐕 The Dogs 🐕🐕

📖 Book Club/Reading 📖

✈️ Travel ✈️

October 23rd 2024

Work:

Personal:

🐕🐕 The Dogs 🐕🐕

📖 Book Club/Reading 📖

✈️ Travel ✈️

October 30th 2024

Work:

Personal:

🐕🐕 The Dogs 🐕🐕

📖 Book Club/Reading 📖

✈️ Travel ✈️

Always on to the next!