November 1st

It is All Saints' Day!  All Hallows Day!  It is now November!

How is yours so far?  Mine isn't too great.  In fact, if today is any indication of how November is going to go, I think I need to stock up on Angry Orchard and Nutella.

Just kidding.  I'm not the escaping type.

But I'm not kidding about today.  I've already had a call from the Principal's Office because my children were fighting.  I call it a symptom of Halloween Candy Hangover, but it doesn't change anything just because I gave it a name. 

Also, the button broke off my khaki pants last night, so they are out of commission until the right thread can be located. 

But November has great cooking possibilities, so I look forward to that.

Yesterday was brutal at work.  I did lots of learning the hard way.  I was learning to enter employee time, print reports, and double check the total hours.  What did I do wrong the most often?  Write the date wrong.  Fail!  Once I wrote that it was December.  Once I wrote that it was 2012.  You get the idea.  Humiliating.

By the way, I asked for today off when they hired me, and got it, thinking that there was no school.  Whoops!  Random day off!!  I don't feel guilty (much) since it was part of my hire agreement.

No one in my office brought candy.  No one wore costumes or sweatshirts with bats or witches.  It was just a normal day.  I wore fancy socks, but didn't tell anyone.

Tomorrow will be my first Saturday at work.  Sunday is a performance practice.  My real day off is Monday.

Did I tell you?  I woke up yesterday and the world was orange!  Overnight the local trees changed to such an appropriately Halloween-y color.  I was very pleased, even though the day was a rainy one.  The colors might not be brilliant this year, but they are everywhere, and nearly all of the leaves haven't fallen.  The effect is lovely.

Tonight is leftover night.

Wishing you a pleasant All Saints' Day, and a happy Friday!