The 19th of October

Standing in the kitchen where I am house-sitting tonight, making dinner, almost 10 PM and the doorbell rings.  I about jumped out of my skin!  The ringer is the son who has been away at college.  It is nice getting to see him.  Also it was nice of him to ring the bell and not use the key since I might have grabbed a knife if I thought he was breaking in! 

It was another long day.  School went well.  The other day I was given a Boo! bucket for Halloween with some treats and pencils and things in it.  It is a "chain" bucket-I had to get stuff to for 2 more and send them along to 2 more people and see how far it goes.  It is supposed to be fun but I have to say I found it rather stressful.  What should I get?  How much should I spend?  I spent too much, but not everything got dispersed.  I picked up a big thing of Halloween pencils and kept some for me and some for Gideon.  I did the same with a package of bubbles, glow sticks and Halloween Rice Krispie Treats.  My bucket came with directions and a Boo! sign for the classroom door that were copied to go into the buckets I gave away.  If there is a Boo! sign on the door, don't leave a bucket because they already have one.  I left one of mine on the desk of one of the other teachers in my grade and the other on a door in a different grade.  I am glad that is done. 

After school I stayed late to figure out how to put pictures up onto the student internet so they are able to access today's notes.  Then I was off to my other job.  I didn't stay too late at the other job so that I will hopefully get into bed before midnight tonight.  I have had dinner, am eating some pudding for dessert, writing this and will be getting to bed soon after these things are finished. 

For today my happy things are completing the Boo! buckets so that doing it isn't haunting me (pun intended), and having the brief visit tonight with my friend's son.