Okay, kids freaking EVERYWHERE. I thought Las Vegas had a lot of trick-or-treaters but, seriously, the streets were still packed at 8:30... no signs of slowing down any time soon. The kids would still be out if we hadn't played bad parents and said no. And candy score? WAY BETTER THAN VEGAS. Like, by a TON. We were out MAYBE an hour (closer to 45 minutes) and had more candy then we did after 2 hours in Vegas. It's sick how much candy the kids made out with this year.
Now, Mike and I have a method to Halloween. He and I ride in the van with the center seats pulled out and the side door locked open. Heater full blast, hazards on. :) We coast around with music on and let the kids do all of the walking. At the end of each street they hop in, warm up, and we find the next block to hit. It's nice. My sister and cousin joined this year and confirmed it was THE way to trick-or-treat. Everyone needs a minivan.
HALLOWEEN! I'm excited. Party at Agave tonight and then trick-or-treating with the kids. We cleaned out pumpkins last night and we're pulling the kids out of school early today so they can carve them up. :) I'm such a cool mom to be neglecting their education this way. Ah, well. I'm sure they can miss shop and PE for one day.
Had to talk to Ian's principal again. I've never disliked a teacher as much as I do Tanya. Hateful cow. Meeting later this week, will update with progress.
So, a friend of mine dressed up like Pedro for Halloween. See his picture here. He's the brown one... sorta. Orangy-brown-rust colored one. While I, personally, would never have commemorated a moment like that in my life I have to give him props for, not only capturing it for all eternity, making it available on the internet.
HAIKU! Bianca did some... check them out here. Mine is a little more traditional, though.
Walk outside, breathe in
Autumn leaves swirl around me
Snow is in the air
TA DA!
*bows*
So... I'm sitting in the diner tonight with the kids (Mike is working overnights until Saturday) and I remember, "oh, crap! I need to call Bianca back" so, like so many impolite patrons that annoy me every day, I whip out my cell phone and dial my Bee. She picks up and immediately says, "guess what I have in my bag... right. now." and I laugh because I'm thinking "FINALLY! She went and bought a new vibrator!!" But no. My Bee can't be THAT normal. Oh no. I say, "what do you have?" and she says in an excited whisper that was really just WAY TOO EXCITED "I have a BOOB!" I crack up. I say "A boob???" and she confirms. The kind women have implanted in to their bodies my friend is walking around with in her purse. *blinks* Yeah. So anyway, the goal now is to get another one so she has a pair.
That's the end of my funny story.
Okay... A couple of things. First, Michael put in his notice today and told everyone how truly horrid his manager is. YAY MICHAEL! He received an offer to manage a company in Edwards which will pay better, have more flexibility and better people. Nice job, baby.
Second - I am so bothered by this.
I got home tonight to hear all about how my youngest son, Ian, is now married. Her name is Clementine. She has a hair bow. Then he told me that his other friend, Abby, told him someone was going to kill him. "F'real, mom". Kindergarten is so much more drama these days than it used to be.
Well, Mike is out tonight so I'm alone until 8:30 tomorrow morning. He volunteered to do a few extra manager shifts this month at $200 a pop, which is nice. I'm bored though. I've already baked cookies and plan to do a pie. I'm ordering pizza for dinner so I won't have to worry about that. Going to take a bubble bath later with my new stuff. :) Yay bubbles!
Upcoming events:
Tomorrow: Jeff's (my boss) housewarming party. Should be fun.
Next Sunday: Halloweenfest in Beaver Creek.
Next Monday: First: End of season party at Agave. Everything paid for, family invited, costumes welcome. I love my job and the people are what makes it so great. Then: Ginormous Halloween party-type thing in Avon. Food, games, prizes. Should be a blast... and the kids'll get to trick-or-treat.
In Between: We'll see what happens. We should have gotten the van back from the transmission shop on Friday but, well, we didn't... so we should have it by Tuesday now. Cross your fingers. Maybe hang out with my sister some... she's in recluse mode since we got back from Nevada, which is normal. She needs to recenter herself.
I wish leaving didn't get so much more painful each time I had to do it.
I don't do this often but I had to link Shannon's post about her Spanish class. I found it incredibly funny but, what's more, I completely understand her frustration.
Read... and enjoy. She's a funny girl.
Updates from my trip:
I ended up being out there an extra day because my dad went in to the hospital with symptoms of a heart attack. His panels came back okay (no heart damage) but they think he has a small blockage and is going to have to go in for an angiogram in the next week or so. He was very cranky about the hospital, though. Now he's cranky about his diet.
Spent a lot of time with Bianca and David... saw Jenny but not as long as I'd like to have. :\ Sushi was awesome. Drinking with friends was awesome. :)
I got my hair done... it's really dark now and I seriously love it. I'm so excited because I hadn't see David (Bianca's dad/my hair guy) since I left. We kept missing each other. The last time I was out there I had it cut by a friend of his but I wasn't thrilled with it and now that I'm back in his loving care I couldn't be more happy. GOOD HAIR = BLISS.
Saw Bianca's new place. SO CUTE. It's perfect for the two of them. Had lunch with her family and met her grandparents... grandparents are sweet and very funny.
Left on Monday evening after stopping to get some stuff from Carolyn (and I didn't have time to shop for her so I'm shipping something to her soon) didn't sleep much while I was in town and the drive was rough. Got in at four, slept three hours and then headed off to work. Work = suckass that day. Everyone was fantastic though and my boss was offering to get me coffee everytime he walked by my office. He said "you always take care of me when I look like you do..." it was very nice of him. I think I'll try to keep him for a while. :) I feel two billion times better today, though... hence the update.
I miss my friends so much already.
I'm sad to have left but so happy to be home.
I forget what sleep is. I'm so very tired.
have you ever had such a bad moment that all you really want to do is throw up? i just had one of those.
Carolyn had her baby!! Alexandyr Makani Rycroft Born on Sunday, 10/09/05, at 8:14 am
He weighed 8.6 lbs and is about 18 3/4 inches long
Okay, saw this on Jenny's site and had to take it.
Just a few updates:
Snow is in the forecast... which is good. The other snow melted away already. :) MORE SNOW!
I'm leaving for Vegas on Friday. :) I'm excited and so, so very busy while I'm there.
I wonder if Care's had her baby yet...? Any news???
I really try not to be very political on here. I'm not one to throw my opinions at people. This war in Iraq, though, has saddened and disappointed me a great deal. Please, leave your ego at the door.
On another, happier, note this is good news for many a fearful woman.
IT SNOWED!!!!
Everything looks as though it's been dusted with powdered sugar!
I'm just writing to say I LOVE this new "BlogThis!" button on the Google tool bar.
blogoodness.
I love living in a small town. Tonight we ate at the local diner where the cook came out and said hello and all of the waitresses were friendly and conversational. Then, after driving home, we walked over to the movie theatre to see Corpse Bride. This isn't anything special, really... but the fact that my kids saw four or five of their friends and we passed our neighbors on the way there and actually said hello was kind of neat. Kind of like how it should be, I guess.
So, at dinner, I look over at Ian and he's pinching and tugging at the skin of his neck... kind of pulling it out. I say "so, what're you doin'?" He doesn't say anything right away, just kinda looks at me. I say "playin' with your neck fat, huh?" He stares up at me and says "Nah... just the skin. I'm pulling it like this" and he demonstrates for me. Michael looks down at him and says "you know, that's your gobbler... like this" and Mike proceeds to grab at the skin in front of his adam's apple, pulls it out and makes a turkey gobble noise. More like turkey on crack. My son looks up at my husband as though he's lost his mind and says "Dad *sigh* you are SO crazy". End of story.
My sister is being stalked by the men of town. You see, she's kinda hot and the boys all like her. They found out that she stopped dating Jimmy and now they're all pursuing her a little more ardently than she would like. And Jimmy is horribly sad.
This totally reminds me of something I forgot to blog about a week ago. We live in a hunting community and it's elk season. My sister is walking in to work at 6am one day and all of the hunters were out in the parking lot waiting for the store to open. So, you know, she's walking along and she hears, instead of wolf whistles, ELK CALLS. The hunters were CALLING HER. *shakes head* Men, though at times annoying, are at least an endless source of amusement.
The Days Go By Oh So Slow
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