Flu Shot Night!

It's October. Among the changing leaves, pumpkins, mums and corn stalks, my mind turns to...flu shots.

Yes, flu shots.

Flu Shot Night is a simple and strange tradition that my husband and I have had since the beginning of our marriage.

Every October, we pick a Friday night after work and go and get flu shots (usually a walk in clinic somewhere). Then, as tradition dictates, the following things happen:

• We go home and put on sweatpants.
• We order pizza and open a bottle of red wine.
  
• We watch movies.
• We take some Advil (to ease sore and/or swollen arms) and we sleep late the next morning.
  
  

Somehow, having this simple tradition makes the flu shot ritual something we look forward to each year.

So, dig out your sweatpants, grab some comfy socks, and grab a few movies--it's flu shot night!