Halloween

Last night was our town's trick or treating, and my husband and I sat upstairs close to the front door, our Halloween decorations all lit up, our porch light on, our front door open so that trick or treaters would see the storm door and lights inside, anxiously waiting with a big bowl of candy. We waited and waited, for three hours, and got one (1) trick or treater. Which: lame! Of course, I know we don't live on a street that has "sidewalks" or "other houses that were participating" and I know we are new in town and many parents only approve houses of people they know. I understand all that. But I thought we'd still get the too-old-teenager trick or treaters, and a handful of regular trick or treaters. It was disappointing, a little. After it was over we opened a beer and watched Beetlejuice and went to bed.

Now we have all this candy. I guess we should have dumped the whole bowl into that little girl's sack, yes?

The dogs seem to be okay. I talked to our vet on the phone for a long time, and I think everything is going okay, as seeds have stopped exiting Monk's body in a gross intestinal seed exorcism. J wanted me to point out that in yesterday's post I used the word "sprinkling" to describe the seed pooping, but I should have used the word "spraying"or perhaps even "violent spraying." And I didn't get to take a lunch yesterday, either, and due to trick or treating time, it was dark by the time I got out last night, so I can't tell you whether or not the birds ate the seed poop. Hopefully I will get home for lunch today, and I'll check out the seed situation. I know you are all waiting anxiously to hear about that.

Happy Halloween!
black sheeped