Loving reading the Halloween tales. Well done, Jilli. My neighbor does that with a Jason costume and it is awesome to hear the screams coming from 2 doors away.

The kids came and sat out with us eating dinner and watching the festivities. I sent leftover candy home with them. We go to their place tomorrow night for dinner! Did I mention that son & GF have moved in together. They are saving and house searching for the next year and renting for now.

It is a joy to read of your neighborhood, Liese. Being and having good neighbors is all that it is cracked up to be.

Sigh. I only get 4 hours of Jury Duty time for yesterday, I have to use vacation for the rest. And after only giving my 3.75 hours for last Tuesday since I rushed in and worked over 4 hours. Why didn't they wait until after lunch to dismiss me? Oh well.

Oh, hello breakfast I forgot to eat until now. I bet you'll make me feel better about pretty much everything.

I'm having groceries delivered again, heavy bottles and cans. I can manage bulky pasta boxes and some frozen stuff, but hauling heavy stuff up the steps makes my hips deeply unhappy. I'm more than happy to pay someone thirty years younger to haul stuff up the stairs. Plus it gives them a job!

We got no trick or treaters, which is A)A little weird, since we're a block off the main street, in a neighborhood and B)Kinda sad. It seems like most of the kids here descend on a few neighborhoods in a couple of towns, rather than t-or-t'ing in their own areas.

GET SOME DAMN EXERCISE AND BE WITH YOUR KIDS.

My 10 year-old would die of embarrassment if his parents walked around with him, and yet still needs a ride home at the end of the evening. And not all costumes have pockets for carrying a phone. So.

Ah, another example of my favorite article type, "Trump has a tantrum."

Trump, meanwhile, has reacted to the deteriorating situation by lashing out on Twitter and venting in private to friends. He's frustrated that the investigation seems to have no end in sight.

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Oh, and I've closed the tab, but apparently Trump is battling with Ryan et. al. about what to call the Republican tax plan. Trump wants to call it "The Cut Cut Cut Plan."

Speaking of tantrums, ever sit in a meeting and realize that the only thing keeping you from screaming "this is bullshit!" is the fact that you don't want to get fired?

No one?

Really?

OK, me neither.

Oh dear, Calli. Yeah, that sounds familiar.