Monday, November 03, 2003
Halloween Was a Fun Ride
I went to work dressed in a Clark Kent outfit, which I could rip open to reveal my Superman costume underneath. I won the office Best Costume award, which I was completely taken aback by, and not just because I didn't know there was a Best Costume award. On the other side of the office, a quartet of women put together an impressive pirate theme. Their costumes were fantastic, and they even redecorated their section of the office with planks, ship siding, and cannons. They did win best Halloween decorations. Strangely, they won a nice plaque to hang in their office, whereas I apparently got Skeletor's cup as a prize. I HAVE THE POWWW-ERRRR!
The fence people finally called up to say they were ready to install the fence, five days late and with only 15 minutes' advance notice instead of 2 hours like I had asked. I raced home only to find that they were apparently only going to install the poles that day. Who knows when they will come back...maybe next Halloween?
We went to the Santa Fe Teaching Zoo's Boo at the Zoo festival, where they decorate the zoo on various themes. This year they did a Pirates of the Caribbean, which made me even more appreciate the job of my coworkers. After leaving there, we went home to pass out our more 'nutritious' version of Halloween - animal crackers, raisins, and toasted cheese crackers. Some of the children got treats; unfortunately a few got tricks when they ran afoul of the sand spurs dotting our yard. I felt sorry for some, but not for the dumb teenager running barefoot. At night. That's why there are such things as sidewalks, buddy.
After passing out some treats, we took Parker around the neighborhood. He really cleaned up, being one of the last trick-or-treaters, as people wanted to empty their bowls. Parker tried to go into every single one of their houses, too. We really didn't take to the chocolate, and preferred the raisins and animal crackers we had bought. We did manage to hand out most of his spoils to other children, while he wasn't looking.
At the very end of the night, we had a small group come by. They had specifically come by to see Spider-Man, and were disappointed that he wasn't there this year. I had no idea I had dedicated fans.
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