i close out the month of october with the following deep thought (soft music plays here): whomever dubbed november 1st all saint's day didn't have to teach the day after a nationwide consumption of sucrose on the part of small children. basically, i think it should be a national holiday if trick-or-treating is followed by a week day. maybe, like other calendar items, we could make it the last friday in october. every year! i jest, but only partially. is it coincidence that when schedules are handed out in the fall teachers everywhere scan for this day and utter a collective sigh (akin to groaning) if the day after is anything but a weekend? i think not. granted, it might not be all that bad. the kids could be flatline comatose from candy corn. (sometimes, after all, when second grade has had "donuts with dad" instead of jittering with maple-flavored electricity, it has the opposite effect and they are calmer than usual.) i distinctly remember the year when my parents decided halloween would be a good time to tell me i was hypoglycemic and couldn't have sugar. i was dressed as a clown and my friend janet fu was dressed as a witch. in the picture with her, i am propping my face up in an "i-AM-smiling-what-kind-of-news-is-that" pose. i think they let me have a few caramels and maybe a raisin box. i'm healthier and happier for it and all, but i've gone ahead and handed out candy for years--just because i can't have sugar doesn't mean other people can't--and you've got to admit the costumes are pretty darn cute. i live so far out in the country now that we don't get trick or treaters at all. so yes, my friends, we welcome another month and p.s. the not-so-saints know where you hid the extra candy. it's a kid thing.
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