October seems like a simple harmless little month, but for the Owings family it is packed 31 days. Two of our children have birthdays in October. School activites are in full swing including teacher conferences and field trips. In addition to the kids, no less than 3 other relatives also have October birthdays. And then there is the tiny child super-holiday that is Halloween. Costumes times 3, decorations, parties and planning.
The surprise this month was the mini-van breaking down. So in the middle of all the above we had to scramble to get a new car while I had to ferry everyone around in my Jetta (five of us). It wasn't bad, just "one more thing" in already busy month. But the net results are great. We got a used 2002 Kia Sedona. It seems pretty good... it has a new DVD player in it and most of the regular stuff. It does have pretty high miles... 85,000. But beggars can't be too choosy.
I've not gamed at all the whole month (aside from WoW). But I have done relatively well at keeping up with some household chores. I also adjusted the brakes on two child bicycles--gotta do the man stuff.
I'm really looking forward to Nov and Dec though. I love the holiday season... I think I must be sappy, but I could sing Christmas songs for the rest of the year. Give us some snow and put up some lights! What's wrong with 3 months of Christmas? Better than 3 months of tax season!
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