This month went by super fast but also super slow? If that’s possible? October in New England gives you the last little bit of warm weather plus the leaves changing before winter moves in and everything is cold, dark, and sad for the next six months.

But also Happy Halloween! Josh and I will be staying in tonight and having our annual Spooky Night (homemade pizzas, Halloween cookies, festive drinks, and a movie). There aren’t any trick-or-treaters in our condo complex, so we don’t have to worry about that. When I lived at home, though, I’d dress up and hand out candy, which was always fun.

Fun fall activities: Because Josh’s work schedule is in the process of changing, he’s had to work a few weekends during the day, which completely messed up my planned fall activities for us. The compromise is that I’d use some vacation time and turn it into Fun Friday Fall Activities™. I’ll have a full recap post coming out next week, since we had an activity this afternoon we went to.

Some sad news: Unfortunately, we had to put down our family dog, Maggie, this month. She was literally the sweetest dog—you can’t tell me otherwise—and we gave her the best 13 years of her life. It’s been rough for my parents and me; some days I’m okay, other days I get hit with sadness, but I know that she’s not suffering anymore.

Miscellaneous:

• This month was a lot of watching shows, reading, and fall-scented candles. I spent the first half in my favorite combo of bike shorts and hoodies, and now I’ve broken out my sweatpants and blankets. This is the cozy weather where I thrive.
• Josh and I went to see Roofman in theaters, and because we’re the cool kids, we went on a Thursday night at 7:30 pm and had the entire theater to ourselves. We were hoping for more mischief, but it was a fun movie to go see, and I’ll never turn down movie theater popcorn.

What I’m Watching

TV

• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• High Potential
• Law & Order
• Law & Order: SVU
• Baylen Out Loud
• 9-1-1 Nashville
• NCIS
• NCIS Origins

Netflix

• Younger (S7E7-S7E12)
• Monster: The Ed Gein Story
• My Father, the BTK Killer
• The Thursday Murder Club
• The Perfect Neighbor
• Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

Peacock

• Bones (S9E20-S10E18)
• Below Deck (S12E6-S12E11)
• Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

Hulu

• Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg?

HBO Max

• A Body in the Basement (S2E1-S2E8)

Paramount +

• Sleepy Hollow

YouTube

• CohhCarnage Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Episode 1-16)

What I’m Reading

• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
• Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang: 4 stars
• Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao: 2 stars
• The Compound by Aisling Rawle: 3 stars
• All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall: 2 stars
• Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell: 4 stars
• Mister Magic by Kiersten White: 2 stars
• My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero: 3 stars
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel: 4 stars