Oh, Shir. Sometime, I want you to see the silliness that is Halloween in the U.S. I'm not really the one to show it to you, because I don't decorate and dress up. But I want you to see it, because it's a day that's mostly just fun. And I don't think you have enough pure silliness of the good kind right now. From your statement above, it sounds like you feel your dreams may be breaking. I hope you don't end up too broken yourself.

Happy Hallowe'en, Bitches!

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

it sounds like you feel your dreams may be breaking

Not my dreams. Just my reality. It's shifting. Maybe that Higgs particle is real. Anyway, I do plan to see Halloween sometime. I'm thinking about Halloween 2011, or 2012, if I'll have to fund the Great Trip Abroad 2 by myself (but I think my parents will chip in as a graduation present, anyway).

And happy birthday, Daniel!

ION. There's a gorgeous Siamese cat on my windowsill, who's Totally Not Noticing Me At All, and just being plain gorgeous.

That means I can kidnap him and love him foreveh until death (read: his claws) do us apart, right?

He's so pretty. And so catish.

Shir, I've read several of your posts about this move back in with your parents, but I'm still kind of confused about why you're doing it.

Obviously you don't have much choice in the matter, since it seems to be making you very unhappy - I don't want to add to that unhappiness, but could you (or maybe someone else?) explain to me why you're in this position?

Well, Fay, it has several reasons.

The first is the economic one. Since I lost my job almost a year ago, after a few months the money was gone (except for the part I saved for my tuition). Until I'll get another job (which will probably be only next year), I won't be able to afford a place, and I don't want my parents to pay for it.

The second is my sister. She had (and still have) a long, hard, meaningful army service, and that affected our whole family. I feel like we should have the time to spend together as a family - I left home at 15, and my sister then was 11. I feel like we should get to know each other better.

The third reason is that they are moving to a place that's close to my university, so it's easier to move in with them.

And the main reason, of course, of why we moving to he settlement is the freaking dog. I love him, I really do, but if we wouldn't have him we wouldn't need a place with a yard, and would be able to live within 1967 borders.

Happy Hallowe'en Wedding Day Nicole!

These are all excellent reasons, Shir. I'm very sorry that it means you're moving into a settlement, but I can certainly understand your rationale.

Happy Birthday to Daniel!

Happy Anniversary to the Reasons!

Happy Wedding Day to Nicole!

{{Shir}} You are doing this for good reasons. The time will pass quicker than you can imagine, particularly with being so busy with your studies. It is tough to look beyond the present at times, but your future is worth the current struggle. I look forward to you enjoying Halloween with Buffistas some day very soon.

Whee! Happy Halloween. We're partying in the driveway of a neighbor. The neighbors are trying to decide if we should put signs in our yards that we are all over at the party house with treats galore. We get tons of kids every year first shift, then teens second shift.

Happy Birthday Daniel!

Happy Anniversary Reasons!

Happy Wedding Nicole and soon-to-be DH!!!

Happy Discounted Candy-Day Eve!!!

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

Happy Anniversary, Jilli and Pete!

Good luck, Nicole!

I hope our drizzle clears up. I have a shit ton of candy to move tonight.

Oh! Americans (except for Arizonans and Hawaiians, IIRC), don't forget to set your clocks back tonight.

I *loathe* losing the hour of light at the end of the day, but I have to admit that this is the first year I'm looking forward to falling back. I need to reset my internal clock, particularly as it applies to mornings. Sheesh.