H'all'o'we'en
Well this has shaped up to be a lousy Halloween indeed. I set a very modest goal for myself. I knew that I would have to drive Marie to the airport at 5:00am the morning after Halloween Observed (last saturday), so I was forced to shy away from the multiple parties to which I was invited. And that's fine - I didn't really want to think up a costume anyway. And I knew I would have to work late tonight, so I wasn't really planning on doing anything for Halloween proper. So my only real planned means of celebrating the holiday was to wear the pair of stupidly-bright orange socks I own for some reason. But there, I was a failure. I forgot completely.
And it gets worse! I figured by staying at work till 8:00 I would be able to sidestep this whole trick-or-treat deal, but no. So, when the cute little kids arrived at my door at 8:20, boy was my face red. Imagine having to tell someone that you don't have any candy on Halloween... these were my first ever real trick-or-treaters, and I totally blew it.
So how to while away the rest of the evening? The current plan is to sit here and eat my dinner with all the lights turned off, pretending no one's home. I think I'm in the clear at this point, but if one of those little buggers interupts Veronica Mars, we're going to have problems.