Halloween was tonight, but trick or treating was yesterday. I seem to remember back when I was a kid, trick or treating was on whatever day Halloween was, and it didn't even start until it started to get dark. Here and now, it's on the nearest Saturday, and it's over at 7:30. And the cutoff time is enforced. But it is convenient for me being the parent. Anyway, we took the kids to church for truth 'n' treat in the early evening, then when that was over we took them into town again. Fort Wayne Street is the best place in town for trick or treating, I think. There's always the few houses in a row where they really go all out with the decor, and one house (Carrie's mom) where they do the entire house up as a haunted house and have people walk through. Yesterday was also the YMCA Spooktacular 5k...which would be better if it wasn't so early...we came close to blowing it off because it started at 9:00 and it was cold, but we did it anyway. The kids were both in the youth center the whole time, which was also handy. My time was a bit slower than the 5k a couple months ago...28:38...and Beth was a bit slower than last year...52:53...because she was walking with a friend who got a cramp and she stayed back with her. I also found my phone yesterday, which I've been tearing the house apart looking for for the past several days. It was under the back seat of the truck, where it probably fell after the Iron Horse hike a couple weeks ago. Today, yard work. Leaf raking, mostly, plus a bit of digging and moving some landscaping stones away from the corner of the house.