Daughter and Daddy do Shots

Tonight is the night of the Hunter's Moon, the full moon in October. The air is crisp and the needle cast has been noteworthy this year. The high winds last Friday and Saturday accelerated the annual shedding of the pine nedles. The gutters were overflowing with them, and there was a good layer in the "valleys" of our roof. Today was also the day that they were offering free flu shots for employees of NAU and their families. The cut off age for children is 9 years old, which happens to be the age of our daughter. We held of on telling her where we were going until we got to the room where the shots were being given. Then we bribed her with going out to one of her two favorite restaurants. There was some quiet protesting, but no screams of terror. A few words of comfort from the nurse, and a moment later it was done. No tears. But, of course, I'm 46 so that would have been poor form.