While in reading\writing class one of my students asked what I was dressing up as. I told him I was going to be a big, tall, mean, scary teacher that growls. The eyes of the collective group grew bigger for a split second then they all burst out laughing. I said, "Ok, fine I'm not dressing up NOW." They laughed more. I love third graders.
Anyway, the school saves costumes from year to year for students who either forget or don't have the money to buy a costume for Halloween. When the helper lady came in to our classroom to see if anyone in there needed a costume, Caden raises his hand and says, "Hey can you see what you can find in there for Ms. C? Being the quick witted woman she is, she said, "I'll see what I can throw together for her." That kid cracks me up.
One of my students didn't have a costume so I let him borrow one of Gman's old costumes, which happens to be an Elvis wig, sparkly cape and shirt that I spent hours and hours making a couple of years ago. It made me really happy to be able to let someone else borrow the costume because of all the work that was put in to it.
Here's a pic of Gman when he wore it.
The parade immediately went in to the end of the day Halloween parties for the kids. They all seemed to have a blast and I had fun getting pictures of the SPED kids.
After work I had a couple of hours of down time while Gman went trick or treating with his dad, step-mom and little brother. I took advantage of that time and took a little nap. Once he got home, we went out to start trick or treating. I started talking with the lady across the street and he asked if he could go down the block and start trick or treating. While he was out he ran in to one of his little friends who he doesn't get to see very often anymore since the friend is in middle school this year. They wanted to trick or treat together up and down the blocks close to here. *sigh* I wanted to take him but even more, I want him to have buddies he can do things with and he doesn't have many buddies so I let them go together with the stipulation that he needed to take his cell phone, answer it when I called to check in every 15 minutes and told him he needed to be home before 8:30 p.m. His friend said, "My mom said I can stay out until 9:00 p.m. can he stay out until that time?" Well the friend is pretty responsible so I said it would be fine. Strangely enough Gman was home shortly after 8:30 p.m. and that made me happy. We could go trick or treat for a half hour together. YAY! We went to a few houses and had a nice time doing that.
We came home, ordered pizza (which ended up taking nearly 3 hours to show up....but that's another blog) and then sunk happily in to bed. It was nice not to have to be anywhere this morning until 11.
This morning I dropped Gman off at ballroom lessons and met a friend at the nearby park for a walk. It was so amazingly beautiful that it almost felt like I was in heaven for a little while. The fall colors are amazing this year. I need to remember to take my camera on the walk tomorrow. On our way back, we found 2 checks made out to some lady who was obviously going to be missing a nice chunk of change when she got home. I did a little sleuth work, found a phone number through directory assistance and called them to let them know the checks were in good hands. I was really hoping for permission to sign them and use them but no such luck. haha. The happy lady came and claimed her checks less than an hour later and thanked me profusely. It feels good to do good. Use your powers for good, not evil...it's good karma.
Gman and I were going to go to a movie tonight but when I checked the listings for tonight, I realized the movie was only showing in the afternoons, so we had to put our plans on hold until tomorrow. However we did do some shopping and went out to dinner together.
I needed a new scale in the worst way. My old scale is not only analog but it's nearing 20 years old if it's not 20 years old. I don't remember exactly when I bought it for my hope chest. Remember hope chests girls? Mine was loaded when I moved out. I purchased a nice digital scale and about had a stroke when I weighed myself tonight. Damn I had no idea I weighed THAT much. Criminy! The store I went to was having some awesome sales. I found a much needed fall coat, a scarf, hat and mittens that I could wear in the fall and the winter while out at recess duty. I also found some nicer walking pants for the walks. Capris yoga pants aren't going to cut it much longer.
I looked for something sexy to wear out next Friday night to impress the hottie cop since he's only ever seen me in either my workout clothes and a ponytail, my old security guard uniform or my second job work clothes which are SO not flattering. If he likes me in that stuff he'll LOVE me when I'm dressed nicely. I didn't have any luck though. I thought all the clothes were ugly in there so I'll have to look somewhere else and see what I can find. I do have some nice standbys but it's nice to get something new once in awhile.
So here I sit, blogging when I should be cleaning and hoping the cleaning fairy comes to visit sometime soon. It wouldn't be so hard to clean everything, it's just a matter of getting started. *sigh*
I hope all are having a wonderful weekend so far. I know I am. Tomorrow is going to be a busy but fun-filled day. We will be out enjoying the weather to its fullest potential. I can't believe it's in the 70's in November!!
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