It is finally getting cool enough to wear long pants during the day and sleeves on my nightgowns at night. The next few weeks/months is when I love Florida the most. The birds are returning. We always have lots of birds, but so many more migrate from the northern states, and other birds like the white pelicans come from wherever they spend the rest of the year.

It is Trick-or-Treat night and I have to get up every two minutes to answer the door. I don't mind, but it interrupts my train of thought.

I am in trouble again with my son. Between all of the auto repairs and replacing my water heater, I really cannot afford to go up to Pennsylvania this year. Plus, in November my property taxes are due, Christmas is in December, My HOA fees are due in January- I still need tires on my car, my dogs need to get their shots, already overdue... I am drowning in expenses, and between airfares, parking at the airport and kennel fees (which also means getting their shots FIRST or they won't take them), a trip right now would cost over a thousand dollars. My Bahama trip with my girlfriend cost me $156 ($56 in port fees and another friend watched my dogs for $100, but that friend is returning to North Carolina next week), and the Auxiliary paid for my trip to Jacksonville for the conference. He doesn't get it- his mother is not financially well-off!!

I have more that I wanted to say, but the doorbell keeps interrupting me. What was it?

Trick-or-Treat!