Holy cows and pigs, how in the world is it November already??? And it's like in one day the trees are almost bare and it feels like... November. You know what else it is? It's Fridayyyyyyyy!
- Last night was Halloween in our neck'o'the woods. We had maybe more trick-or-treaters than I anticipated considering the rainy cold evening (which still wasn't a lot). Plus, I swear almost no one on our block had their front light on. It was us and one of the Burmese refugee houses across the street. I love that a woman and a couple small kids stood out front of their house in the driveway with a big bowl of candy and waved people in. Unfortunately I ate too much chocolate myself and had a hard time falling asleep last night...
- I also voted yesterday. Yep, for President and everything! Well, not everything. There were a couple things I didn't have any idea about. I was surprised there were five options for President. I also didn't remember that my little piece of paper you get after you sign in lists me as having "no party." Which is true. I'm not a partier, at least not politically. There have been many times I've voted both ways. Not yesterday though. This country is so partisan-divided, and the GOP seems so over-the-top, I just went with all Dems. I just can't see giving in to the far right. Their weirdness is one of the only things that's ever trickled down (from federal to local politics). Btw, did you know it is now legal to place bets on American elections? Not that anything could ever go wrong with that! Geez.
- Speaking of which, I saw an American flag with DJTs face superimposed over the stars and stripes yesterday. I mean, what in the actual world, people!?! And, yes, there was a couple outside, who I assume live in the house with the flag, and they completely fit the redneck, hillbilly profile of someone you'd imagine would fly such a flag. Ugh. What can you even say?
- You know what else is weird... It hasn't even registered in my brain that it's my birthday tomorrow. And I am totally fine with that! Not that I mind getting older. I don't. In fact, I actually prefer it! It's just that I haven't even thought about it. Jane has asked me a few times what I want for my birthday. I honestly don't want anything. I don't need anymore stuff. I think if I can drag my ass out of bed, run a marathon, maybe take a nap, and go out to eat with my love... That's not a bad way to spend a day!
- "Since it's earliest centuries, the church has set aside a day to remember the great cloud of witnesses who have gone before us in the faith, stretching across the centuries and around the globe. However hard it might seem to follow the way of Jesus in our own time and place, this is a day to remember that we may be crazy, but we are not alone." - Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Happy All Saints Day, my friends!
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