Hi everyone. It’s October. Several years, I’ve at least tried to participate in blog challenges, such as #Blogtober and #Write31Days. I saw that #Blogtober is running again this year, but I’m not officially participating. Still, I’m challenging myself to blog more this month. I did okay’ish in September.
Generally speaking, I don’t like October. It’s not as bad as November, but it’s not a fun month. Unfortunately, this year so far is no exception.
The weather’s bad, so I didn’t walk today except to a staff’s car to drive to a DHL service point to pick up a slow juicer I’d ordered online on Sunday. It’s a Chinese brand, so I may at some point regret having bought it because of the risk of microplastics in my juice. In fact, I’m already putting a good juicer and blender (my blender is not Chinese but it’s a cheap one) on my wishlist should I decide juicing and smoothie making is a true keeper hobby for me. I’m not buying either until I’ve waited a few months to make up my mind though.
I did start off this month with a new course on Duolingo: intermediate English. So far, most of it is ridiculously easy. Then again, the option I selected on the start screen to determine my skill level made the app think I’m at the early B1 level in the CEFR classification system. My spouse said my writing skills are probably C1 level at least but I’m pretty sure I miss some B level vocabulary. Let’s hope the course will aid in teaching me that.
A Multitude of Musings 
enjoy learning english, and enjoy juicing! I love doing challenges, but I’ve never participated in blogtober. X
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Thanks so much for encouraging me. I love blog challenges too. My favorite is the #AtoZChallenge.
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I don’t like the month of April, October is just like all other months
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Oh okay, that’s interesting. April isn’t my favorite month but it isn’t too bad either.
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Have fun learning new things. October is better than January in my book.
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Thanks. Agree to disagree on October vs. January: I prefer January. Not sure why though.
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For me, the cold and the snow present increased difficulty walking.
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Oh that totally makes sense! Snow makes it near impossible for me to walk too. It hardly ever snows here though.
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Living in Eastern Ontario we get plenty of snow, not as much as Buffalo new York, but more than enough for me.
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Ah, I see.
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I love this time of year but I am not a fan of the weather at the moment, there’s too much rain!
Have fun with the juicer!
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Thanks so much! I think I wouldn’t dislike this time of year as much if there weren’t as much rain.
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I hope October and November prove you wrong and turn out to be great months for you. Good luck with the English lessons!
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Thank you! I am cautiously optimistic.
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You’re welcome.
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