This Week in Mobile

Phew! It's been a crazy week. In short:

Clooney got neutered. He's been miserable, as he also has a yeast infection in his ears and has to wear the stupid cone collar. He had a total system shutdown on Thursday, let out this weird yelp and collapsed. He couldn't lick his crotch OR scratch his ears, and had just given up.

S had two days off school last week. The Jewish Holidays were brutal this year. Too many days off the little synagogue school he goes to. We went to paint a piggy bank at the pottery painting place, we ate out at Wendy's, we ran errands, we were together NONSTOP for two whole days.


E had two early dismissal days. He had parent conferences (which were positive) and a very exciting fall festival at his school. We got to eat lunch together twice also, and had a lot of fun at the school Friday night. Plus, today, he had a birthday party to go to in costume.


I have laryngitis AGAIN. This time is way worse than last week's. I can't speak above a whisper, and that's annoying. I can't even yell at my kids.


Saturday, we had nearly 40 people over at our house for a Halloween party. My kids had a lot of fun, as did we. I hope all of our guests did, too. I was so anxious about it. It's hard for me because I want everything to be so perfect, that I over extend. Should do fewer things better than try to do all the things. Oh, well. I think it was good, in spite of myself. Too bad we had a stinky football day around here.


Yesterday, we carved our pumpkins:


This is E's. It has the Decepticon and Autobot images on it.

This is S's: It has Uniqua and Pablo from the Backyardigans.

They turned out cute. They looked great for the party, but alas, won't last until Halloween. S has a field trip tomorrow to a pumpkin patch and Daddy and I might have to carve again!

We are very lucky that still, in the waning days of October, the temps are in the low to mid 70s and in the full glory of the tropical dry season. The weather is gorgeous every day now. Interestingly, Mobile is one of the wettest (if not THE wettest) city in the United States. Almost all of that average five FEET of water comes in the months from May to November (hurricane season, the wet season). From now until next May, most days will be in the 60s to 70s and sunny and clear. Perfect for the hot tub in the evenings, and light jackets in the mornings. It is the karmic return for sweating through summer.

My mom is coming to visit on Tuesday. Hurray! The boys are excited to see their grandma, Grandma is excited to see her boys, and I am excited! M and are going to spend the weekend in Biloxi. (The economy needs our help. We will be depositing some money in the Beau Rivage casino.) We will get to go out with our friends. Grandma gets to go to the Halloween parade at school, trick or treating, and of course, play with Hot Wheels at 6 AM. Awesome.

I am going to try to return to regular posts. October has been a thin month, I apologize. Hopefully, I will be sending some daily notcinnamon to you starting tomorrow.

By the way, if you did not catch Amy Poehler's (presumably last number. Congrats to her and Will Arnett on arrival of Archie. Perhaps due to this musical number?) last appearance on SNL, you must watch her rap on Sarah Palin.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/39808/saturday-night-live-update-palin-rap

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