Almost Halloween

Wow this month seems to have flown by so fast I hardly know where the time went. On the other hand with my husband working out of town it has been pretty lonely. I really dislike the feeling of having all the home responsibilities with no one to offer support in any way. I feel that I should not burden my husband when he is working so hard so I mostly keep all those little things that go wrong to myself. I am sure you are asking "how is that working for you?" and I will answer truthfully...not so great. When my husband does get to come home I don't want the focus to be on the honey-do list. I want it to be on some quality time for us as a couple and for all of us as a family.
It can be difficult making the transition when your income changes. Yes, hubby is making more money, but we are so far in debt that his net pay is not stretching as far as we would like. Big news! When you make more money, they take more money in taxes! Shocking isn't it? The harder you try to get up on your feet the more someone is standing there to knock you back down. Speaking of which I really need to work out a new food budget. Bad timing with the holidays looming. Stress can find you in the oddest situations. First you worry when you don't have a job. Then you worry because it is a part-time job. Finally you worry because the full-time job doesn't offer benefits like health insurance but you lose your safety net because you are working full-time. It is just dizzying.
In any case, Halloween is one week away, Caleb's eleventh birthday is next Saturday and I still have no idea what I am doing for his party. I am just going to have to sit down and evaluate where it is better to spend the money I have versus going all out for decorations. Obviously, Caleb is the kind of kid who would rather have pizza than lots of cutesy paper plates and streamers. I am the kind of mom who really wants her kid to be happy so I am thinking "pizza it shall be." Cody took Caleb to a Trunk-or-Treat event at the church he attends and there may be some others that Caleb can go to next weekend. That should solve the dilemma of taking him out on Halloween night. Ahh, that bittersweet knowledge: my youngest child is experiencing his last years of real childhood. Where did the time really go?