and the clock struck One!

for the Second time!

I got my flu shot today. Yay.

Halloween 2021

I spent Halloween at Qiao's house. The lights I put up on his porch look truly awesome. Long purple and orange icicles on the sides, and 2 regular strands, purple and green along the front. Also, two short battery-operated strands with blinking purple and orange LEDs on the mailbox.

To begin with, I was undecided whether to give out candy from the door, or to do a self-serve table like last year. I ended up putting the treats on a table on the porch, with a baggie (paper sandwich bag) filled with these treats for each kid:

- a packet of Halloween Veggie chips
- a packet of Halloween mini pretzels
- 2 packets of strawberry twizzlers
- 2 peanut chews
- an orange caramel filled dark chocolate (horsemen of the apocalypse chocolates, courtesy of Qiao)
- a sticker

(Nowadays I only buy and give out candy which I won't mind eating up myself if there are a lot of leftovers. Now that I'm working from home permanently, I can't even give away leftover candy at work.)

About 16 kids came: a big group of about 9 first, before I really expected anyone. I had been fiddling with a radio at the time, and they were already rushing away when I belatedly noticed. I yelled after them to make sure they had all gotten treats, and a boy yelled back that they had.
Over the next couple hours I got a few kids at a time, along with parents et. al.
A group of 3 came while I was out on the porch, so I handed them the treats. The others I spoke to through the glass door.

My mom stopped by, wearing a mask.