Happy Halloween and the last day of October. Lemme tell you, it does not feel like either thing today to me. I have never been as nonchalant and unenthused about Halloween in my life as I am this year. One reason is that it is going to be near 80*. I remember trick or treating as a kid and always being furious that I'd have to wear my coat over my gorgeous (plastic) costume. ( /s )
As for the rest, I have no clue why. Maybe it's because so many other things are happening all around me. Who has time to be pretend scared when there is so much real-life scary?
Between my parents and my BFF, I have used every last bit of knowledge and experience I have from all of my psych courses and past therapy sessions to help them. I'm doubtful that anything I am suggesting is making much of a difference. BFF has her MRI and surgery dates scheduled. My dad's birthday (Nov 10) dinner plans are basically SNAFU at this point. I am pretty sure that the bone pain plaguing me is a side effect from the new meds. I did a yoga session for back pain yesterday and my muscles felt fine as I went through the poses. But touching my hips and vertebrae was ridiculously sore. :/
Work has been awesome, thank goodness for that.
I am heading in early this morning to do some brainstorming and planning for the possible HS Field Trips. If it all goes through, I'll be the Point Person for content and scheduling. The mom that wants to do this with her HS pod has no real requirements, other than 1-2 mornings a month for ages 5-10. I'd rather have suggestions as to what topics she wants to cover so I have a starting point, it would be easier. I did some brainstorming yesterday so I narrowed it down to a few possible directions and we can go from there at today's meeting. Then I am working this afternoon for the HS- today's topic is spiders. I wish I could get some good pics of the spider I see every morning on my porch. It spins a gorgeous web by the light fixture and is awesome to watch.
One other good thing-- I slept better last night-- 6 hours instead of 5.
Have a fab day!!♥
As for the rest, I have no clue why. Maybe it's because so many other things are happening all around me. Who has time to be pretend scared when there is so much real-life scary?
Between my parents and my BFF, I have used every last bit of knowledge and experience I have from all of my psych courses and past therapy sessions to help them. I'm doubtful that anything I am suggesting is making much of a difference. BFF has her MRI and surgery dates scheduled. My dad's birthday (Nov 10) dinner plans are basically SNAFU at this point. I am pretty sure that the bone pain plaguing me is a side effect from the new meds. I did a yoga session for back pain yesterday and my muscles felt fine as I went through the poses. But touching my hips and vertebrae was ridiculously sore. :/
Work has been awesome, thank goodness for that.
I am heading in early this morning to do some brainstorming and planning for the possible HS Field Trips. If it all goes through, I'll be the Point Person for content and scheduling. The mom that wants to do this with her HS pod has no real requirements, other than 1-2 mornings a month for ages 5-10. I'd rather have suggestions as to what topics she wants to cover so I have a starting point, it would be easier. I did some brainstorming yesterday so I narrowed it down to a few possible directions and we can go from there at today's meeting. Then I am working this afternoon for the HS- today's topic is spiders. I wish I could get some good pics of the spider I see every morning on my porch. It spins a gorgeous web by the light fixture and is awesome to watch.
One other good thing-- I slept better last night-- 6 hours instead of 5.
Have a fab day!!♥
Definitely time to change into winter PJs, too!!! 
Think I will be staying in for a few days while the temps are down and the wind is blowing.
goodbye October, you went by way to quickly!!
Our normal is 150. Where did the extra people come from??? We had enough thankfully but oh it was close.
. I do miss seeing my friends though and the social aspect of our group! So today I will stay home and get caught up on a few projects. Heather called last night to thank us for the laptop we sent to her last week with the free shipping, she is very grateful for it and a few other things I threw into that parcel!! 
. I had to laugh as she said "who knew a computer could be that fast?" It was a laptop that my DH spilled wine all over and when we took it in to have it repaired they told us there was nothing they could do to fix it. It always worked as long as it was plugged in, but as soon as you unplugged it the battery just died. Well I used it for awhile in my craft room, until I got my new iMac, then my old iMac went in the craft room and I put the laptop in a drawer. When Heather said she needed a new one I thought I would see if she wanted that laptop that I put away. I got it out and it still was working and for some reason it was now keeping a charge also. Guess it just really needed to be dried out completely and free from the wine my DH spilled all over it 
. Anyway I reset it back to factory settings and sent it off to her, she loves it!! I have been working on some Halloween cards for the neighbour kids, its been fun doing those I have a couple more to finish off today.
That was what caused the strange noise the night before!!! I knew I was not able to fix it so I called DD#3 and ask if she could come over and bring one of her sons to fix it. DD#3 has put in several ceiling fans and is quite the handyman. They will be over this afternoon. They can't come sooner due to other commitments they both have. Which is what lead to broken sleep last night... I woke up and was worried about the fan falling. Got up and move the large office chair right under the fan so if it falls the chair will catch it. The ceiling light/fan was installed by a professional from Lowe's so I am very surprised that it came loose. I dug out the installation manual for the fan so they can figure out what happened and how to fix it. I called Lowe's but the installation warranty is only good for 1 year and it has been over 2 years.
