I was astonished to see that my office was a ghost town by 330 pm. When did it become acceptable to just leave work because you had to be home so your kids could trick or treat? Well, I'm not complaining .... I was going too because my kids are at that age where you never know what could be happening and I've had a bad attitude lately so I felt I needed to cut out early. My company has been acquired and the new company is undoing all the wonderful things we have built over the years. It's business and it's life, but it's still hard. I've spent 8 years with this company, the longest I have ever been with any company in my career and I really love my job, it's a painful process.
Driving home I was surprised to see how many parents dress up to take their kids trick or treating. It was bittersweet because my "baby" is now 20 and although he just stopped trick or treating last year (ha), it's a little sad. However, the truth is, all that stuff kind of aggravates me now....I'm getting old and crotchity, I think. The husband and I escaped to the Chinese restaurant and had dinner. When we got home, we turned off our light (the universal sign for "no trick or treating welcome here") and retreated to our bedroom where we watched tv quietly with our dogs. Best Halloween to me! Does that make me a scrooge? I think not.
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