Lindsay and I are going to Aunt Lu's and stealing that damn ladder. I went over to her house last night and there were Halloween decorations hung everywhere. I asked her about it and she said she did it all by herself. There's no way she didn't use that ladder. I don't understand why she is being so obstinate about this!

One of my ballroom students is a guidance counselor and she asked me if I would speak to some of her students about what it's like to be the child of an alcoholic. I only speak for 10 minutes, but it's been tough figuring out what I want to say. It's not that I can't think of what to say, it's that there is so much I could say. I'm having a hard time narrowing it down. I give the talk next week so I have some time, but I really want to do a good job. I want these kids to walk away with two things: if you're an alcoholic, you are possibly hurting the people who care about you; and if you're the child of an alcoholic, you can overcome their problems. I just hope I can get that across in a convincing way.