Boo!

 Happy Halloween everyone.  Once again it's past the trick or treat hour and I have candy to spare.  Here's wishing the same for you.  Happy Halloween.  Here's my son-in law's favorite bad Halloween joke:  Why don't witches  have babies?  Because their husbands have hollow-wennies. 

too much of a good thing

My west coast brother sent me an amazing list of special days this morning.  Among other things today is 'buy a donut day,' bread stick day, candy corn day, pumpkin bread day and National Sugar Addiction Awareness Day.  In the spirit of the day, some friends and I ate at Ziano's this evening and had bread sticks.  Their bread sticks are amazing, all buttery and garlicky and cheesy.  Then on to manicotti (not on today's list but so good).  The item that really set me over the edge though was the dessert.  A chocolate cookie sounds innocent enough, right?  Not so innocent when it's six inches in diameter and covered three inches deep in ice cream and whipped cream and chocolate sauce.  We split it four ways and I still felt like I was going into sugar shock.  But, here's the sad thing, I want more! I am aware that I may be suffering from sugar addiction.  

my game

 I enjoy game and reality shows and I've always harbored a deeply hidden wish to appear on one.  Sadly, until now, I've never found the right fit.  Since I have no rhythm or musical ability Dancing with the Stars and The Voice are out.   I don't have a zany enough family to be on Family Feud and I don't know enough of the answers to be on Jeopardy.  I don't have the physical ability ro be on American Ninja Warrior but finally, finally I think I've found my game.  It's a new one on TV called I can see Your Voice.  I couldn't be on it as a contestant, but since they need really bad singers as well as really good singers to try to fool the contestants I'd be a natural.  I've know for a long tine that my singing voice is not great.  When your one year old child, while being lovingly rocked to sleep with a lullaby, says "Stop singing Mommy." you know.   

Well, now I've done it

 I have done my civic duty.  I voted today.  I chose to do early voting at a site within walking distance of my home and decided to vote in the mid afternoon when it wouldn't be too busy,  That evidently was what everyone else decided also.  When I got to the Rousseau Center the line of people waiting to vote stretched outside across the front of the building and around the corner and it's a big building.  Happily, the line moved pretty quickly.  Lines look longer when people are standing six feet apart.  I will say one thing for this coronavirus.  People are very polite in line, no pushing or shoving or crowding.  Everyone kept their masks on which was good but my glasses kept fogging up.  I did manage to read the ballot and vote for my choices, I think.  Anyway,  it's done now and it only took me 30 minutes start to finish.

It's back.

 For the past few years "This is Us" has been one of my favorite TV shows so I was delighted to see that the new season was starting tonight.  I am not disappointed.  Not only are all my favorite people back, even the ones who have died (lots of flashbacks) but they are also dealing with lots of current issues.  The pandemic is going on, the mom has Alzheimer's, protests and riots are happening, there are family problems.  In other words, a condensed version of 2020.   Happily, they haven't mentioned politics at all.  Maybe they are saving that for next Tuesday night.  Yikes!  Too much reality probably isn't good for a person.  

feeling my way

 I had my second session today as a Zoom tutor.  That's tutoring via Zoom not tutoring in using Zoom but I'm sure you assumed that.  Happily, it was easier this time.  Last week I was so anxious about being able to handle the technology that I had a hard time focusing on my student,  But today I took a different approach.  I asked my ten-year-old student if he knew how to set up the white board feature so we could both write on it.  Of course he had it all figured out in no time, so we practiced by playing tic tac toe.  Not sure if the educational experience was everything his teacher was hoping for but we had fun.

candy shopping

Sometime this week I will do my grocery shopping and stock up on some Halloween candy.  I don't ordinarily buy candy but this is a special time of year.  It's always good to have some on hand, right?  The fact that, in the five years I have lived here, there has never been even one trick or treater at my door doesn't enter into my decision.  It does, however, influence the kind of candy I will be buying.  I will buy chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate.   Good chocolate like Dove and Ghirardelli and Hershey's dark.  I promise to share if someone does come knocking on my tenth floor door.  I love Halloween.