In the Fullness of time: Oh what a night!

Starfish

Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who danced to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish into the ocean." "I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" "The sun is up and the tide is going out. And, if i don't throw them in they will die." "But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles of beach and starfish all along it? You can't possibly make a difference!" The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."

Last night was the kids' school halloween party. It was crazy. I spent the past couple of days getting ready for it and all day yesterday preparing. I was in charge of the spooky room - the witch's lair. I had spooky webs and spiders everywhere. I had scary music playing. Foggers and black flowers decorated the room also. Then I had several "witch's potion ingredients for touching" Corn silk for hair, corn kernals for teeth, cut up conr cob for scabs, jello for blood, spaghetti for guts, pealed graped were eyeballs, corn husks were skin, asperagus were fingers, a bone, and other stuff I can not think of right now. Then I stood by a culdron and stirred it with a stick, as I was the cackling witch. Inside was tons of candy and tiny toys.

The room turned out great. the kids thought it was spooky. Mission acomplished!

Then after the party I planned on going home and getting tons of sleep. But, Mila's water broke at 9:30 pm. So I stayed up until 3:30 am helping to deliver 4 adorable kittens.