Halloween and Beyond

Today I am practicing typing. I passed the written part of the postal encoding exam, now I get to go take the typing portion. FUN!

Amber, Jarom and Cameron went trick-or-treating this year. Amber was a black, blue and silver fairy, Jarom was Inspector Clouseau and Cameron was a grim reaper/skeleton. They each got a big bag full of candy. I didn't monitor their candy eating this year. I think they've eaten almost all of it already.

Meagan thought she was too old to trick-or-treat, so she stayed home and helped me pass out candy. We ran out and had to go to the store for more. I think next year if we run out, we're going to just turn off the lights. We got between 190-200 trick-or-treaters this year. Usually we get about 150. Of course, this year the weather was really, really nice in our neighborhood. No snow or rain and it was a balmy 50 or 60 degrees.

One of the women at church on Sunday that has lived in this neighborhood probably 40 years said, "We didn't get many trick-or-treaters this year, did we?" I guess back when she moved in there were tons of kids that lived in the neighborhood. I can't imagine how many trick-or-treaters they used to get - maybe 400-500?

Meagan and I went to Lagoon with Becky and Dana on Saturday. It was fun. It had been so long since I'd been to Lagoon - probably 5 or 6 years. Maybe longer. The weather was perfect and the lines were short. Becky is so funny to go on rides with. She yelled and screamed and laughed so much that I started doing it too. I think a day at Lagoon was just what I needed.

David and I went and voted Tuesday morning. I thought we were going to have to wait in a long line for an hour or more. Nope. No line at all. Voting took us about 15 minutes, and that's only because there were so many things to vote on. I did vote for Obama, but let me tell you, I was so close to voting for Ralph Nader.

I really thought the electoral vote would be much closer - something like the 52% to 46% popular vote. I'm wondering if we shouldn't do away with the Electoral College? What exactly is its purpose? I was impressed with McCain's concession speech. It was extremely gracious. Maybe I don't dislike him so much after all? I guess we get to see now how well Obama keeps his campaign promises. If he keeps even half of them, I'll be happy. At least he does have congress on his side...

David says he's going to move to Canada. I said he can if he wants to, but I'm staying here. It's too cold in Canada for me.

Last night Meagan, Cameron, Jarom and David went to the Conference Center for a big "New Year's" Celebration. I guess they recorded it last night and they're going to distribute it on DVD for New Year's. David said it was really good. Cameron said it was good, but LONG. I guess it lasted from 6:30-9:00pm. That's kinda long. Maybe they'll edit it?

I didn't go because I couldn't get off work early enough to be there by 5:30 to be seated, and someone had to be at home with Amber. I picked her up from Activity Days where she made a bookbag. I think it's the first time she's used a sewing machine. She did a really good job for her first attempt.

It was strange being home alone with Amber. She was looking around the house and saying, "Where is everyone else?" I thought David had told her they would be gone. Maybe she forgot? I asked what she wanted for dinner. She decided on Rice-a-Roni and ate almost a whole box by herself. Guess she was hungry.