After a hearty meal and plenty of dessert, it was time to hit the hardwood:

I managed to take home the trophy this time, but I'm going to need to stay on my game if I want to defend my title next year.

Due to an enormous influx of spam sent to my cell phone, I called my provider and requested to have all text messages blocked. They were very nice and even voided some of the charges since the amount of spam was well over the 50 free messages I was alotted per month. I can deal with a certain amount of spam, but I draw the line when I have to pay 10 cents per message. Unfortunately, this means I can no longer accept legitimate text messages, so anyone wishing to TXT me will have to come up with an alternate means of communication (I recommend e-mail or an actual phone call).

I've got two letters to drop in the mail tomorrow. I won't tell you where they're going except to say that one is going to a zip code that starts with 99.

According to my calculations, I only have three more letters to write and send before the end of the year to accomplish my New Year's resolution.

I thought that writing letters by hand would improve my handwriting. I don't think it has. Maybe if I concentrated more on my penmanship instead of just getting to the end of the page, it would get better.

On the Sunday before Halloween, folks dressed up for our weekly game of Ultimate. I dressed as Harry Potter, which included a shirt and tie, sweater, robe, scarf and stocking cap. It didn't take much running around the field before I became unbearably warm and had to disrobe. Not to mention my scarf kept falling off in the middle of play.

Afterwards we went to a neighborhood bar and tried our best in a game of trivia. We were the only people dressed up (It was two days before Halloween, after all), and though I don't think the costumes helped, we did OK. All in all, it was an enjoyable way to spend the eve of Halloween eve.

Photos by Katherine