Fun Friday: Halloween - Ugh!

There are two good things about this Halloween - first, it falls on a Friday which means that I will be at home when my clients wake up from a fun-over. I do not have to wrangle them into post-holiday music therapy sessions after a break in their schedules. The second thing is that I live in a part of town that does not have many kids, so I do not have to buy any candy to hand out. In fact, my lights will be turned off this evening. I am not a fan of this holiday, so I am thankful it is almost over.

My Halloween sessions have gone over with a resounding sigh this week. No one has been really interested except for the last two groups which means that I finally got into my groove during the last two groups. I have ideas for how to make my Halloween carols a bit more interactive for those with limited communication opportunities, and I will put them into place to release on TPT before Halloween next year. I love it when ideas pop into my head this way!

I do not have a costume. I think I will go as "tired," because I can wear my robe over regular clothing and then sit in my doorway as I pass out trinkets. I was given a bag of things that are pretty boring - bookmarks and small toys that just are not appropriate for my students. It was obvious that things were purchased by people who do not know how easy it is to swallow small items around my place of work. I will be giving other things away - I have plenty of things in my stash here and at work. I have sticker sheets that I can substitute for the small figures that are in my bag.

I have two groups today - one music therapy group and one leisure group. We will be doing Halloween carols in the music therapy group and whatever in the leisure group. I am looking forward to being on the other side of this holiday.

I know people who live for this day. I am not one of them.

On another topic, I made plane reservations for an upcoming trip. I was able to fly to the airport that I wanted (only 20 minutes from my destination versus over an hour) for a decent amount of money. Right now, though, I am really hoping that the air traffic controllers cooperate. I know that they are being expected to work without pay and without the guarantee of back pay. It is a travesty that people are affected by the selfish nature of politicians. Ugh. It just makes me angry.

I cannot dwell on that train of thought because I can feel my blood pressure climbing when I do.

I guess it's time to head upstairs and do my thing. I need to figure out some sort of costume and then get it ready to wear. I want to find my stash of Easter Eggs that I can fill with stickers instead of the crap that the facility purchased for us to hand out. 

See you on the other side... 

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