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I loaned out an old costume to one of my colleagues this year so her husband could scare the neighborhood kids and as a thank you, she baked me an apple pie. I shared this with the rest of the crew in the office and we tore through it in no time at all. I took the last piece home and shared it with my room-mate – then I washed the pie dish so I could return it. I wanted to do something a little special since the pie was really good and the costume loan was no biggie. So, I made her an apple pi(e) of my own.

Yesterday, on the drive home, my car’s odometer reached 111,111. When I started to get close, I got my phone ready to take a picture.

I headed across campus to a meeting in one of the classroom buildings and as I entered I saw a table for the Liberation in Progress group. They were doing a bake sale/chocolate fundraiser and as I passed, one of the women there asked if I wanted a “chocolate vagina”.

My room-mate got fired from his job yesterday. His boss had “cause”, but not really. A mistake was made and instead of working around it and dealing with it, his boss decided to escalate the situation and made things worse to the point of the firing. Everyone, however, gets screwed since his boss has now gotten demoted to cover what my room-mate was doing and pretty much everyone else wants to quit now. Not to mention the customers that will suffer because don’t have someone who cares.

Last weekend, I went to visit my parents to celebrate my Mom’s birthday. My sister and her family came over as well and we got to spend some quality time with my niece. She’s crawling like crazy now and can easily stand on her own with some support. She’s also got a sort of walking toy that she likes to push. It won’t be long before she’s walking on her own.

I found out today that one of my colleagues had her baby this past Saturday. Her actual due date and doctor’s appointment was this week so she was a little early. I had seen her on Friday while I was dressed up as the quite scary Count Orlok – and startled her. Hours later, her baby is born early. Coincidence? Or did I scare her into labor? 🙂

I can’t really call it a jack-o-lantern – but it’s still a pumpkin. Not my idea – I saw it on the net – but it’s still pretty clever and it turned out well. I think Dad will appreciate the humor as well.

This year I went for scary – all the way scary. The party last week didn’t really capture what I was going for – and my fangs fell out – but for the big day, Count Orlok was ready to scare the crap out of people.

Last Thursday, I got invited to go to and help out at a local Trunk or Treat – a community/university based trick or treat at a school’s parking lot. I found out about the event from a former supervisor who called me and told me the coordinator asked her if she knew who “that guy was that dressed up in the great costumes every year”. Her response was “know him? I hired him!”

I went to a Halloween party over the weekend with some friends. I won a prize for my costume and had a nice time – though I ended up staying far later than I had anticipated. Didn’t get to bed until almost 3:30 in the morning. I slept in the next day, but it was still rough to get back on track.