Assorted bag of bones

We decided to go ahead and have the Halloween party. We spent most of today cleaning up some and getting down all the decorations--the tombstones, the papier-mâché cat and skull and pumpkin lanterns, my phrenologist’s model. I just plugged in the orange and black bubble lights, too. We’re about to hang up the Day of the Dead banners Fran and I bought when we went to Mexico--they’re getting pretty faded, and I’m afraid this might be the last year I can use them. Two years ago I ordered seriously discounted skulls and a bag of assorted bones from a biological supply company that sells models for students in university labs; around Halloween they have this section called Bucky’s Boneyard, I think. Now I get their catalogs all the time--disgusting. But it’s cool having the bones scattered all over the back yard. One year B.H. let me have some of his dry ice, and the kids loved the heck of out that. I’m enjoying myself today . . . although I should be grading papers. Guess I’d better go finish so I can be at least a little virtuous today.