++plus points++

Today, I have decided, will be a positives-only posting. No more moroseness about the weather, no more recounting the weird crap that visitors have voiced after drinking too much vino at lunchtime, and no more mood that is darker than the upcoming evenings. I shall, for this day, be committed to comedy, dedicated to delight, and full of fun and friskiness.
So... my first 'utterance of up' is this - our plans for Hallowe'en (sorry, I forgot, we're sticking with HALLOWEEN - without the apostrophe) are all signed off and set to go, and we've already sold most of the day tickets for our family fun events with barely no advertising AND the park will be at almost full capacity already, with the two half-term weeks (depending on which part of the country you are being schooled in) all-but fully-booked.
As a sub-point to the point above, it does make me feel good to know that our October festivities have become so popular so soon after we instigated them onsite. There are lots of local possibilities and yet we seem to have struck a chord in a good way and our numbers are growing each year, and a lot of it was my idea, which is lovely.
Another good thing is that the 49ers have won their opening two NFL games, despite being hit by injuries and despite having a major upheaval to their squad during the off-season.
Mathew has settled back into school life pretty quickly, and even seems to be enjoying the whole thing a lot more than he has before.
Philippa is building up a little base of regular clients for her sports physio stuff. I'm so proud of her. She's still working at the GP surgery too, to keep her base income the same, but the solo stuff is taking off well and she's getting such great feedback, and the truly wonderful thing is to see her confidence and self-appreciation grow accordingly.
We are getting into the time of year where roast dinners and regular home-made soups will once again become a staple part of our diets. And I LOVE doing both roasts and soups, and they always go down well with others, so I'm excited to get back into it.

Apologies for all the parentheses and long sentences. And bad punctuation. And lack of clear space between the different points I was making. Sometimes I'm very excited about what I'm writing and I just want to get it down, and I don't think it through before I start, and I can't be bothered to edit it once I've finished, so I sort of add bits in as I go...

RC 16-9-25