We had about five rings and maybe twenty kids total. All of them actually said, "Trick or treat!" except for the teeny ones, which was cool. I had noticed that falling by the wayside in recent years.

Looks like a gorgeous day here. I need to motivate. It was kind of a discombobulated week last week. I did make it over to vote, though, so its an overall win.

We didn't have trick or treaters but we really don't. Just not an area for it

My day off is less relaxing than I'd like. I've slept horribly since we've gotten back. Partly is the terrible bad, partly my mind going non stop and partly because M's cousin and her tween daughter have been staying here. They live with M's aunt and she's out of town and the cousin works overnights and the tween is ...well a tween. So she can't stay by herself at night so they have been over here and M's mom has been getting the tween to school and back . They go home today and I can't wait. Because there is also an added dog. And the tween likes to sleep with lights on. So she's had a lamp on in the living room and that light shines in my eyes. I have an eye mask but even then I know it's there and it just . Bothers me

I miss the dark and quiet of the beach .

Mom came and got her car. She took us to breakfast. Then in a little while we are going to some family reunion dinner that M doesn't really want to go to but we are. And then when we get home we will tackle take out bed frame apart and getting it out of here so we can get the new one out together

For dinner last night, I had chili that had been in the freezer since February. Sadly, it came with a side order of food poisoning. I thawed it out on the countertop, not in the fridge, so that might have been the culprit. Or it could have been dodgy when I put it in the freezer. Either way, I am here to tell you that the grocery store is not the best place to realize you have food poisoning. Currently drinking fizzy water and nibbling some crackers. I can't believe the chili betrayed me.