October 31, 2004
I'm still standing/Happy Halloween
I'm still standing. This time last week I was pretty sure I was about to be sick (and the Redskins had a bye last week, so it wasn't that, for a change.) No, I've actually gotten kind of in tune with what my body was telling me, and it was screaming "I gotta go to bed." Trouble was, I couldn't rest, so I went the alternative pharmaceutical route. Even if it was just the placebo effect, a week of Airborne and Sambucol kept me upright. I don't feel fabulous, but I didn't lose any ground, despite a few days in a hotel conference room and riding Metro and a few late nights this weekend. I am keeping this stuff handy this winter.
Today was actually a beautiful day here, unusually warm and sunny. It's clouding up now; hopefully the weather will hold through trick-or-treating. I'd like to see 135 kids in cute costumes, which will leave one Hershey bar each for me and Victor. If I get more than 137 kids, I guess I'll be handing out Clif bars. If I get a lot less, the candy goes straight to the office...not because I'll pig out, but because I won't eat it. It'll be July, and the bag will have fallen behind the china cabinet, and I'll find it by following the army of ants marching through the dining room. I don't need that.
Anyway, despite a very long to-do list, the weather was too perfect to ignore, and we did take the dog for a nice long walk through the neighborhood this morning. I snapped this picture of the maple trees that line the main street...I love how the colors fade from green to yellow to red.
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I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween evening!
Posted by Nic at October 31, 2004 11:37 AM