I have no doubt that one day I will be this lady. The neighbourhood old bag. My lights are shut off and I am not handing out candy. Why? Because I hate Halloween. I do. When I was little my brother and his friends saw it to scare me so bad that I was terrified to go out. Add that to a very active imagination and being highly sensitive with an over active startle response I learned to hate Halloween.
My BIL is awaiting test results. I will keep you posted.
Today I started my courses to work towards palliative accreditation. The first course is "Loss, Grief and Dying with Dementia". There are 14 courses in all and it will take me 2 years to complete them all. I am so excited!
Ok, I need to go hide in the bushes and scare small children so bad that they pee.
I just read a few posts to catch up. I'm sorry to hear your BIL has to wait and worry. I hope the news is good. I had my appendix out last year. I had no notion that it was spirited away to be so tested. That does make sense.
ReplyDeleteIt sucks that Halloween wasn't great when you were a kid.
ReplyDeleteAs a child I loved Halloween..all the homemade goodies/treats ...Now I am that "old bag lady" as I had lights turned off for the 1 1/2 hours kids were elsewhere given G.M.O ridden candies.. I do it for there health..you can say that also:):):)
ReplyDeleteblessed be
It is ok to hate Halloween, I hate Christmas due to childhood trauma from my step-dad.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are doing classes it will refreshen your mind. The elderly work is very rewarding at different levels but can also be heartbreaking I had so much dementia training for my carehome and I didn't even take those patients but I had to know the signs good luck :)
oh I hope I told you this already but I had to change my blog name no more footsteps :( but same Janice
ReplyDeleteWe never celebrated Halloween. However, with machiavellian older brothers and a truly jumpy nature of my own I suspect I would join you. I love the image of you skulking in bushes to frighten children. Brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteYour course sounds gruelling and so very worth while. Please keep us posted on that as well as your BIL.
I have decided I don't hate Halloween. I don't like the mean things some people do on Halloween. And being an only child I didn't have your experience. But the decorations are fun and I love those.
ReplyDeleteI am not fond of Halloween either.
ReplyDeleteA good many of homes on are street were dark last night - and for many years past. I used to love Halloween more when I was younger - when dark houses were very rare - so I am happy to do my part to make it a good time for the new crop - there aren't that many kids that come around any way these days.
ReplyDeleteI've never been a big fan of halloween either. Mostly because I didn't like dressing up. I don't know why. The other kids all seemed to be having so much fun.
ReplyDeleteFor me though, I don't like parties or knocking on doors. I don't each much candy. I'd much rather be home with a good book or something.
It just always seemed like a pain in the arse.
I heard a great thing on the radio yesterday. Someone had spent the afternoon covering sprouts in chocolate (for the non-Brits among your readership, sprouts are large, about an inch across, round, green vegetables, a bit like miniature cabbages. Most kids hate them.) He was hoping that greedy kids would think they were huge chocolates when they called trick-or-treating.
ReplyDeleteWe actually didn't get one trick-or-treater last night - which I think Mr. RK was happy about, because 1) he is anti-social, and 2) he had already broken into the Tootsie Rolls.
ReplyDeleteI like the name of the course. I still have to find a place to volunteer.
ReplyDeleteSo now it is your turn to scare the kids... hahaha! I did that during the Halloween dance at our school... dressed up as a witch and scared them so bad... I sneaked up on them whenever I could... I am actually paying for it now and the kids sneak up on me during the school day... hehehe
ReplyDeleteHahah! Your last sentence was brilliant!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the course work...I am itching to start some schooling over here as well...