Closure, of a sort

[hrj]

Today I dropped flyers off at the last four pawnshops of the ten nearest my house. I mailed off the signed copy of the official insurance claim. And I received the claim payout check. Yes, in less than two weeks from the burglary, my claim has been paid. Sometimes the system works smoothly. So this weekend I can add laptop shopping to my to-do list.

What I'm not doing this evening is handing out Halloween candy. The last couple years have been really really thin as far as trick-or-treaters go (like, less than a dozen) and given the forecast for rain I decided just to leave the porch light off. I realize this reinforces the vicious cycle: fewer people giving out treats means less incentive for kids to come around the neighborhood in the future. But it isn't something I feel strongly enough about to buck the trend.

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[lapioggia.livejournal.com]

I love handing out candy at halloween & seeing the kids costumes, it's kind of like paying back into the system for all the fun I had trick or treating as a kid. But it has certainly declined of late. This year we had to skip because it was a friends 40th birthday party, but next year I will be going all out & the yard will be a mass of tombstones & skeletons sticking out of bushes etc. Friends of mine have a theory that it takes about 3 years of consistently doing up the yard big time & handing out the good stuff before your house becomes a "destination" stop for the kids. Calendar willing I'm going to test that theory ;->