Penultimate All Hallow's Eve

I THINK I've got that right... Halloween being All Hallow's Eve, and so today, the day before Halloween is ACTUALLY the penultimate All Hallow's Eve. And yesterday was the ante-penultimate All Hallow's Eve.

sigh... this is how my brain works. License plates, too. I study the numbers, flip them, add them, look for symmetry and then scramble. Kind of like a screen saver for my brain as I'm driving. I don't know if it's a waste of time or a useful activity, like Brain Age on the Nintendo DS. hmmm..... time will tell! (an oft-repeated and not appreciated turn of phrase I like).

By the way, how are you this morning? Forgive me for not asking earlier. Did you sleep well? Is your costume ready? This is such a great time of year... we're about to roll into that perfect trifecta.... Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas!

So... another early morning. I skated by on my good looks and clean living! Asleep by midnight, and up by 4:30. MUCH more of a struggle today over yesterday. If I'm going to make this lifestyle change, I need to heed Richard's good advice: "asleep by 8pm" (Richard being one of the Bally's regulars who has ALWAYS been at the gym by 5:15). I struggle with the concept of an early bedtime (too many fun things to do at the end of a day), but it was very easy to wake up on Wednesday with nearly 7 hours sleep.

Christmas is fast approaching, and with it, I'm considering presents. Money is tighter this go around. I'd like to spend an afternoon with music, a notebook, and no other distractions as I meditate on it. I have good ideas, they're just lurking below the surface right now.

No dreams last night. Untroubled (4-1/2 hours of) sleep. My right knee feels a little tender, so I'm alternating exercises and am keeping a knee brace handy. I will not give up exercise for these new aches and pains.

Take care! Enjoy the Hallow's Eve Eve! Practice your phrasing of "trick or treat"... it'd be embarrassing to mess it up... "Treat Trick Or," or some such nonsense... :)