Though it took us forever to pick a costume for Jakob, I think the ninja was a hit. Jakob even shouted out a few hi-yahs! for us, like in this picture. He wore the hood all night, and seemed to have fun trick or treating. He only got scared at one house, and I have to admit, I was scared of it last year too. He walked up to the porch but when the motion sensored things started glowing and moving he just stopped and went, "no". So we didn't make him go up the rest of the way. The very first house gave him a sucker, and of course he had to have it right then. He didn't seem to realize this would only slow him down and keep him from getting even more candy. After that piece though, he didn't really ask for anymore all night. By the end of the night, he was still not really saying trick or treat, but he was saying bye bye and thank you. What a sweetheart. We ended the night at Mom's where Jessica and Juan had come over to help pass out candy. Jakob didn't realize we were there until he saw them inside, man was he excited!
The last thing to paint was the trim on the dollhouse shelf for Ashlyn's room. I managed to get it done before picking up Jakob from daycare today. Yippee!!!
As I was driving today, I looked down just in time to catch my odometer roll from triple digits into quadruple ones! I felt it was an important moment to capture, but couldn't manage to get my camera out in time before it rolled to 1001. I suppose it's still ok though. =)
Today it started raining at 4am, and continued well past when I went to bed. At lunch I was feeling especially depressed about everything that has been going on lately, and as I sat outside one of my favorite lunch places waiting for them to open, I stared at the rain running down the windshield. I realized how accurately it matched my mood and managed to snap a shot before eating. I wish my troubles could wash away in the rain...
So I managed to misread my paystub when calculating how much I could actually afford for a van payment. Seems the fantasticly competent company I work for did not pull out insurance last month, and I thought they had. So today when I got paid and my check was a grand short, I kinda flipped out. Once I figured out what had happened, I was devastated about how to tell Jeff. This was so like me to make such a stupid financial error, thats why he is the money guru of the house. He is the one who stresses over payments and made such a big deal about me making sure I could afford the van. I didn't know how to tell him what I had done. I was hsyterical. He was super calm about the whole thing and just tried to comfort me. He didn't get mad or anything, and when I got home, he had bought me these beautiful flowers. What a fantastic man I have. I mean really, who buys their wife flowers because she screwed up?
