It was a very busy day for me. Apart from doing all the work that I had to do, I also went to the Fred Meyer for to go to the bonk, as well as to buy some more corned beef, rye bread, and some cherry tomatoes.
Linnea stopped by in the afternoon and offered me some outdoor Halloween-style lights, which I happily accepted and immediately put up. I also prepped my pumpkins (Which means I sprinkled some cinnamon on the insides of their lids so they'd smell nice when they were lit up) and baked a batch of pumpkin/chocolate chip cookies.
I was so busy that I didn't have time to shower until around 4:00 in the afternoon.
Around 5:00 I lit a whole bunch of candles (including ones that I put in my punkins). Our first trick-or-treater was actually Lawrence, dressed up like Sparrowhawk from them Ursula K. LeGuin stories. A while after he left Laura came over. And then a while later the whole Tarbet clan showed up while trick-or-treating, and came inside to warm themselves by the roaring fire we had going. It was a really cold evening! Then Carrie's folks and Grandma showed up while the Tarbets were still there, and Carrie's mum went absolutely ga-ga over Baby Eva.
A while after the Tarbets left I started my assembly-line process of making Reuben Sammitches, my now-annual Halloween tradition. I made probably 14 total? Yeah, something like that. We all (the whole Hamm clan, me, and Laura) ate them for din-dins along with Carrie's Russian green bean, potato, and sauerkraut soup (having sauerkraut in both the sammitches and the soup ties the whole meal together).
I took Laura back to her house around 8:00, then when I came back played "Fascination" with the remaining people. That game takes freakin' forever. We put on the new episode of Veronica Mars in the background, so I'm not exactly clear on everything that happened, especially with the Wallace sub-plot.
Everyone left around 10:00, and then Carrie and I were so tired that we turned off all the Halloween stuff, straightened up just a little bit, and went straight to bed. It didn't seem like we got quite as many trick-or-treaters this year as we did last year. I think we got somewhere between 50 and 75 this year, but that's probably a generous estimate.
These next few days are going to be insanely busy ones for me; I have a half-dozen class handouts to make, and I need to start cranking out more and more etched glasses. But for sanity's sake I'll try to stay social. Via phone if not in person.
Oh, and I wrote an article about the construction of my latest Halloween costume. You should check it out by clicking on the title below:
