Halloween madness

Happiest of Hallows to all!!
I took the boys out trick-or-treating last night. My aunt and her 2 (almost 3) year old son came with us, as did my mother. Someone please kindly smack me next year if I end up getting the stupid idea to go out in a group again. It was just a bit more hassle than I was prepared for.

Be prepared...long story (possibly confusing) to follow.....
I work 30 or so miles from home. The trip is a 45 minute commute one way. Trick or treating started at 6 pm. So I get home, and get the kid's in their costumes at my grandma's house. Grandpa then informed me that it wasn't safe to leave the dog outside, not that we were worried about him hurting someone, but that maybe someone would turn him loose or hurt him. So I go home to put the cat in her kennel for a while so he can be in the house (cat hates the dog), and I can't find her. So I spend 10 minutes or so looking for her, calling for her, and shes not coming. I thought she had gotten outside and ran away. So I took the dog in and bawled like a baby for 5 minutes about not being able to find the cat.
It took us a half hour to get the 1st 3 houses, since we had to go to those houses special (as it was Great-grandma, and 2 elderly great aunts) We were done by 7:30 because True had fallen off of someone's porch.
I get home by 8:30, put the kids in bed, and lo-and-behold...I find the cat. She was perched atop a 6 ft tall bookcase, and I have no idea how she got up there, as there is nothing for her to jump on to get up there.
Both my kids ended up sick, so I was up all night trying to cure belly aches.

So fun fun for me.