Feeling more like winter now

Halloween came and went. My little muscled superhero (Captain America this year) did enjoy dressed up and go trick-or-treating briefly. He tested his strength against other superheros he encountered. But he is my kid. We are not so mainstream after all. Usually one hour was his limit on wearing his disguise. Yes, having a child you realize how important this holiday is, but this is another super commercial mainstream holiday- we really couldn't care less. I told him, "We are going to go trick-or-treating maybe only three places." He was fine with it. We went to two restaurants and a deli, and he still scored enough candies we were done for the night. Maybe because of the mild weather, we had more trick-or-treater traffic this year. Or maybe we really had to make it back for the lost time last year for Sandy. Oh how dark it was a year ago!

Then Marathon sunday came and went. This was the most important day of the year for me for ten years before Taiyo. It still pains to watch the race. But it is really nice time to look back fondly. It was big enough and crazy enough with half the field; I really can't imagine running with 50,000 people! I don't think I can do it again, but I surely miss it. Every time was like triumph and defeat at the same time. It's really, really hard at times and still so much fun other times. You run through five boroughs. It's just an amazing race. I couldn't convince Taiyo to go across the bridge this year, so we just watched it on TV at home. It was still very emotional experience for me. Maybe I'm crazy enough to do it one more time one day.