Fall - Or when all heck breaks loose

I (the shorter geek - #2) used to look forward to fall as a time of buying school supplies and settling into the new school year. Now, the Muffinator is settling into school and our schedules are fairly nuts with work, classes, preschool, playdates, and planning for autumnal holidays.

We actually started discussing Muffin's Halloween costume - almost 2 months early! What's up with that? Of course, discussions do not automatically lead to purchases or preparations, so we still have some time to procrastinate the follow-through part. It is rather tricky to find the right costume to be worn at a morning preschool party in North Carolina. To date, I've ruled out (1) anything furry and hot, (2) anything tacky and 'princessy', (3) anything actually scary to two year olds, (4) anything with face paint. That leaves what? That leaves us a fun challenge! I guess you'll just have to come back to the blog after Halloween...

School has started for all of us to some degree and mostly that just means there is more opportunity for illness to be spread. Students of all ages are just germy buggers. Muffin has contracted 'Hand, Foot, and Mouth' disease (not it isn't Hoof and Mouth and is not spread by sucking her toes). Geek #1 has stress symptoms and I just want to send in my resignation papers...again. But having some quiet time while Muffin is in preschool really has helped me be happier.

And remember, on some fall days, you can only feel better when hugging a ball while swinging.

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