Pre-Halloween Activities

Saturday morning we went to the Roca Berry Farm. At this time of year they turn it into a fun Halloween event that includes a hayrack ride to the pumpkin patch so you can select your own pumpkin.

Thanks to the Gabapentin I slept through the night and didn't regain consciousness until 8:15am when Cassie woke me. But I was kinda dopey and so dizzy I couldn't get up right away. By the time I finally got dressed and had breakfast we were an hour behind schedule.

We arrived at Roca Berry Farm at 10:30am. My gosh it cost us $18 to get in. But Cassie had fun climbing on the wooden house out back and she jumped in the bouncy houses for 45 minutes!

We toured most of the farm - Cassie got a pony ride, she rode the trike trail, we visited the haunted town, we saw Bunnyville - and we had lunch there. Then we rode to the pumpkin patch and chose our pumpkins.

On our way back to Lincoln, we stopped at three quilt shops on the south side of town. Saturday was the only day for the No-Bus Bus Trip (essentially a Lincoln-only shop hop). I had already purchased my enrollment ticket and now we needed to visit five shops, buy something from each shop and have them punch our card then we'd be eligible for door prizes. Cassie loves doing the Shop Hop and she was looking forward to doing this. Unfortunately, Mark didn't just sit in the van while we went inside the shops; he accompanied us. And at each shop Cassie was greeted by name by the clerks and store owners. Now he knows we hit the quilt shops more often than he realized!

We hit the three south shops, then dropped Mark at home so he could watch the Nebraska-Texas football game (Texas won, 28-25). Cassie and I continued on to The Back Porch and Cosmic Cow. We each got fat quarters at every shop. With luck we'll win something!

We returned home for a light supper, then Cassie changed into her Halloween costume and she and I went to Boo at the Zoo at Lincoln Children's Zoo. Mark stayed home to finish watching the game. We parked at Ideal Grocery, caught the shuttle to the zoo and proceeded to collect lots of candy as we walked through the zoo. We also rode the train around the zoo. This year we were able to get right in (we're members now), and the line for the train wasn't too bad - we had to wait only ten minutes. The longest wait was for the shuttle back to our van. By this time Cassie was tired and her feet hurt so I carried her with both of my arms wrapped around her, but I still hurt my shoulder. Riding the same bus were Peter and Kim J., library coworkers of mine, and their two daughters. We had a nice chat during the ride.

When we got home, Cassie was tired but eager to show her booty to Mark, and she had to sample one candy. But I managed to get her bathed and in bed by 9:00pm and she went right to sleep.

I took my meds and got myself right to bed as well.