Hello from Seattle! The orb is out! And of course I already went with the curly hairstyle since I was expecting rain or mist. Oh well.

Halloween will be spent hanging out with Bev and her DH (yay!) and today Cass is driving up from Portland to hang out with us at Pike Place (yay!). Very happy-making Buffista halloween.

For now - breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Nom.

sobs

We're off to Sara's school parade and party in a few minutes, and tonight there's a trick or treat event at church. I think tomorrow is cleaning and hanging around, and then Sunday is trick or treating, which is apparently huge around here. I hope I have enough candy.

I'm wearing my Rosie the Riveter garb tonight, which will be fun. And Sara's Hello Kitty costume came out pretty well. Very homemade, but very cute.

Nicole, we should Do Lunch! Or something similar!

David! What's your opinion on Sandy Alderson?

I have no costume for me. CJ is wearing his Raider's gear to the Dojo Halloween party tomorrow night. He wants to go Trick or Treating on Sunday but he would need to find some friends to go with as I don't want him out alone and I don't want to chaparone.

My girl has been sick all week, though she is feeling better today. She asked about flying home next weekend for a quick visit. Nice to feel needed as a Mommy.

I have been off all week due to a headache that hasn't progressed into migraine level, but has been bad enough that I've worked from home the majority of the week. I feel like a hermit.

Why is today sucking so much?

Wow, Liese. That's cool. I just made a cute guy move seats so I could snag another outlet, but he moved a million seats over. I have girl cooties.

I'm startled and appalled at the Lush stuff. It doesn't fucking matter what accent any of your employees have or what typos you make. How does that get across so many desks and no one say oops, maybe this looks dodgy?

I am Mary Poppins, which is what I could throw together at 7:30 this morning. It looks all right, but I wish I'd thought of it in time to put together a proper-sized carpet bag containing a measuring tape, a brown glass medicine bottle and a compact filled with black powder. And I'm sorely feeling the lack of a parrot head on my umbrella handle. But, anyhow, it was good enough to get me a $2 discount coupon for lunch at the campus taqueria. I'm not quite sure how to stay in Poppins character while eating a burrito, but I shall make the endeavor.

I'm not quite sure how to stay in Poppins character while eating a burrito

Sing!

Wait, risk of death while eating.

You can hold your umbrella with one hand as you fly above everyone and eat your burrito with the other hand, right?