Windy Day

 Not really sure what to write this Sunday morning. I lead a most boring life. 

This past Monday was the first Halloween evening shift I worked in 15 or 16 years. I've always had Halloween evening off so I could take the kids trick-or-treating. But that is now part of history. It went by so fast and it sure was fun. Instead of trick or treating, my daughter and a couple of her friends went door to door collecting canned goods for the school's food shelf (part of the high school's Interact Club, I believe), but my son wasn't interested in getting dressed up.

So I worked Halloween night. 

I reviewed my health insurance benefits this morning and submitted that (the annual "benefits review"). I'm not even sure if I am going to be employed at this place in another six months, but obviously my family can't be without health insurance. I hate this feeling of the unknown. Some people fly by the seat of their pants every day. That's not me. 

In other news, we are still waiting for the panel for our upstairs shower, so we are still functioning on a single shower. We're going on two months now. Nice.

Deer hunting opener was yesterday. I woke to the sound of gunfire this morning. There is a slough just to the west of our house and it is a prime hunting location (deer, duck, etc.). It is only about a mile away and for 21 years I've been waiting for a bullet to come flying through my house. Hasn't happened yet, but it always enters my mind this time of year.

The clocks fell back last night. The sun now officially sets at 5:00 PM, and it is only going to get earlier. I absolutely hate this time of year; I can't stand these 13, 14, 15 hour nights. I need one of those happy lights that make you think the sun is still up. 

Several forecasts are suggesting snow on Thursday/Friday. Weather Underground is forecasting 4" of snow, Accuweather is calling for a wintry mix, Apple Weather says an inch or so. The common denominator is a near certainty that it will snow later this coming week. I am on call Thursday, naturally. 

A very windy day today, so something must be brewing...