Not a fan of Halloween .. Thursday 31st Oct

The library is quiet this morning, which is fortunate as a number of the computers are not working, and the councils central IT function show no sign of fixing them. I remember to pop out and pick up the eldest’s shoes from the cobbler’s. I just hope they last for the rest of the school year.

Once home it’s on with the housework. Cleaning, dusting and then ironing. A solid bit of housework completed today. I even find time to put the hook back onto the eldest’s bedroom door. She usually hangs her dressing gown on it, and it has over the years fallen off more than once. I’m just hoping my latest attempt at repairing it is successful, though given my DIY track record it seems unlikely.

Mrs P and I go out for a walk in the evening, and being Halloween the local side roads are swarming with children dressed up to extort sweets from householders. You may have guessed from that statement that I’m not a huge fan of Halloween. I remember the gentle days of duck-apple, and not having eggs thrown at your house for not being at home to avaricious children. I do rather see the over commercialisation of Halloween being American influenced and driven by greedy retailers. Bah humbug.

Joe-le-taxi is back on duty tonight, collecting the eldest from dance, and then later on the youngest from cricket. To be fair Mrs P took them both, I just got the late slots. How pleasant it was, to once again be sat waiting in the dark for the teenagers to be ready to be collected!

Yours not a fan of Halloween.

Jay