Halloween '09

Halloween was rainy but really fun. We trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. Mazie was a witch again - she loves the hat - and Vivian was a mermaid again, despite the outfit being size 2T. We tried to talk her out of it and suggested alternatives, but there's something so attractive about that costume that she would settle for nothing else. They carved the pumpkins (okay, Richie did the knife work but they drew the faces) at Nana and Poppy's house. And the baking hats are from Grandma and Grandpa and have been in steady use since we received them. We also have a freezer full of waning glow sticks. What better to put in your freezer?

I'm studying aging and dying this week. We have a lot of hands-on activities - competency workshops for screening older peoples' gate, balance, cognitive status, etc. It's a lot more interesting to me than I thought it would be. The module director is really good.

Richie is enjoying work. He got to design/draw a safety deck for a fuel delivery platform today. He was very excited. He has also gotten to do a fair amount of field work (measuring, photographing) so far.