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Halloween - mitigated disappointment

Today's Halloween, in case you weren't aware. I know. Duh. For the past few weeks, there have been conversations about it. Among co-workers in my group, we talked about decorating the department in various ways, including the Simpson's nuclear plant, some sort of fish that eats people, and an old west jail house (all fine ideas in their own right). With other co-workers, it was the pumpkin carving contest. With my girlfriend, it was the costuming for the party last weekend, costuming for work, and trick-or-treat plans.

Enter real life.

My co-workers showed as much interest in decorating as a blind man at a peep show. I hate to say it, but their lack of enthusiasm was contagious. Why bother if I'm the only one with any sort of interest? So the department didn't get decorated. We didn't carve a pumpkin for the contest. And I was the only one in any sort of costume today. (No, a band-aid on the forehead doesn't count.)

School and other stresses have taken over for my girlfriend and me, interrupting our intentions at costuming for work, and is threatening the time needed for costuming for kids. She's still working on her homework, and I still have a test to take some time tonight. Joy.

On the bright side, the costumes we did wear to the party were really pretty spiffy, and drew many compliments from other party-goers. I was told I look good in make-up (though I'm not entirely sure how to take that). And the back-up costume I threw together for work today won me "best original costume" and $25 to a local restaurant. Score! Hopefully, the time needed for the last costume of the day will be there. But that means I need to leave 20 minutes ago....

Labels: Halloween

posted by Brett @ 5:20 PM