"Life is Like a Box of Chocolates"

  I was really afraid that I wouldn't have anything to rant about this week, but sure enough, I found something. This Halloween I nominate the "fun size" Snickers bar as a deadly weapon. Today, when my brother decided to be nice and share some of his Halloween candy with me, he made the questionable decision of throwing it as hard as he could to hit "next to my face," and surprise me. What he ended up doing was chucking a UFS (Unidentified flying Snickers) directly into my face, barely missing my eye. So, yes, I almost got a black eye from a piece of candy. I have also added this to the most random injuries that I have yet received. If you're thinking, "so what, it couldn't hurt that badly," let me tell you that it is not a pleasant experience. I also checked the bar afterward and it wasn't even dented, although my eye is killing me now, so that probably can't be very good.
  Tonight's football game was freezing. I swear it was at least 0 degrees out but it might have been lower. Everybody was going crazy and losing their minds and Melrose was finally the team that broke our perfect streak. The end score was 20-19 when we definitely should have won even though neither team did exceptionally well.
   To end this post on a nice note, I witnessed one of the very few great acts of kindness at Market Basket this past Sunday. While I was bagging, one of the customers came through with all of the stuff he got. Once I got everything bagged and in the cart and he had to pay the cashier, he realized that he didn't have his debit card on him because he left it with his wife. When he thought that he couldn't pay and that we'd have to put everything away, he apologized over and over again and figured that he would have to come back later on. Just when I was getting ready to unbag everything, the man behind him in line told him that he would pay. I was amazed. it was that awesome Hallmark moment in all the Christmas movies but it was happening right in front of me. That was the first time I'd seen anyone do that for someone he didn't know and i thought that it was the coolest thing ever. I just hope that the other guy decides to be like the man that paid for him and pay it forward and keep the cycle going. Maybe there is hope for the world.