Closure, of a sort
Oct. 31st, 2008 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hrjToday 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.
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.
