Waning Days of October

Later today, we'll get in the car and head the other direction on I 26, up to Bristol. You might say, "Wait, it's not Sunday." No, it's not, but because today is Faith Lutheran's Chili Fest, we're going up today and spending the night in a hotel. It's been a month of a lot of travel for me, and today is the last overnight trip.Tomorrow is Reformation Sunday; a week from today is Halloween. The World Series is underway, and my spouse who has been a baseball fan from childhood is more excited about this World Series than he's been in years, if not decades. While I am enjoying these October days, I'm also keenly aware that my favorite season is zooming by.Yesterday we went out into the bright October sunshine. Were we going to an apple orchard? No, we went to buy some desk chairs for the fixer-upper house. I can't quite figure out when to do the bigger move, but in the coming weeks, we'll have a place to sit while we figure it out.The natural gas company will come out on Wed. to relight…