Once I miss Monday I’m inclined to just skip this altogether.  I had a fine Halloween though, it likely bears a recap.  My day yesterday started off nicely when I was informed my services would not be required for the day, and I was to vacate the building immediately.  After verifying this was not a permanent situation, I merrily hopped on my scooter and headed home.  The rest of the day was a fine mix of chores and entertainment.  First Donette’s folks made the drive down to our house and we all went for a tasty meal at Jalapenos.  After lunch we headed back to our house and visited a bit, then I fired up the lawnmower in a valiant attempt at cleaning up the leaves.  I made a solid dent in that little project.  Feeling like I deserved a reward for that few hours of manual labor, I headed down the the Brooksider to join the boys for the rest of the afternoon.  We hung out there for a bit, then Donette picked me up and we went over to a nearby friend’s house for a Halloween party.  The kids were out in droves in the neighborhood, so we handed out candy for a few hours and then headed home.  When we got home there were still lots of kids walking up and down our  block.  Granted, most of them had likely driven themselves over there, and costumes were few and far between;  Likely because they’d just gotten off work.  Hey, who cares, we don’t want the stupid candy.  We flipped the light on and handed out the rest of our treats, then shut it down for the night.  Our friend Susan came over and we watched good ol’ Halloween Horror movies for a while.  We got a few flicks in, then turned on the TV just in time to catch the last of the Chief’s game.  Whew, full day!

The weekend wasn’t all bad either.  Munkirs and I went on what could well have been our last bike ride of the season.  We took the “Brookside Ride” for a nice 17 miles at a rather leisurely pace.  Good way to wrap up the year.  I finished just a couple of miles short of 1,300 this year, which is a solid 400 miles more than last year.  Next year’s goal will be 1500;  We’ll see how that works out.  Saturday night Donette threw her fundraising party down at the Plaza.  It went off quite nicely;  Made some money, had some fun, good stuff.  Nobody must have been too hungry though, I swear we took home more than we came with.  If we get snowed in this winter we’ll be able to survive on cheese and crackers for at least two weeks.