My almost favorite day. No Trick or Treaters last night but the air smells of lit Jack O’Lanterns. Awakened at 1:30 am this morning, couldn’t go back to sleep, sat in the living room with just the Halloween lights and blinds opened to deep blue ink colored sky for a long time reliving yesterday at work. It had been a pleasant day; our little pot luck was a lot of fun. I bought the “trophies” for the door contest winners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd. places: a witch doll perched on a bottle of wine (Dr. Dash contributed the wine); the huge witch shoe pictured in a post; and a black and iridescent skull mask, respectively. Bea’s Nest won 3rd; Dash Lab 2nd and Histology 1st (and most deservedly so.) To avoid that office stink caused by someone last year when I won the Scary Laughter contest, although they are now gone, I asked my friend, Gilbert from our neighbors, Biochemistry to judge the doors and suggested he ask another coworker to join him. Then they could decide and give me the results in a sealed envelope to be opened only by Dr. Daroca at the time of the party. He chose Miriam and Dr. Li to join him and they were most professional about and most judge-like. Didn’t expect any less of Gilbert, or the people who joined him. My trophies seemed to delight all who saw them at the party and especially the winners, so I’m glad. Whitney, a young lab tech and very special lady, more on her later, was mainly responsible for the Histology Door. She wore, to the party, a witch’s hat that looked like the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter. Sitting with Bea, I said, Okay Whitney, sort us–what school do we belong to? She surprised me because she immediately said to me, “You would definitely be Raven’s Claw!” I asked why and she replied emphatically, “Because you…are…so…SMART!” That was nice. Bea was HufnPuf and I added it was because she was sweet and adorable? I don’t know the qualifications of each school only that Slytheryn is definitely not one I would want to be in.
Well by now this morning it was getting on past 3 AM and decided to watch a Ghost Adventures I had taped. They were going to investigate the house in the exorcism the movie was based on…started the episode playing “Tubular Bells” remember that? Still in the dark, with the lights, as Zak began talking about the exorcism, this loud sound snapped from the kitchen, like something cracking. Investigated, couldn’t find anything and got a food Halloween frisson because of it, timed with watching this particular show.
Feel like indulging in Halloween stuff all day, curling up and watching all the creepy things I have taped that’s been shown through October and that I have missed. That sounds like a plan; going to cook my version of paprika hendl, the dish Dracula served Jonathan Harker the night he arrived at the castle, and perhaps some pumpkin curry. Won’t linger long at the grocery.
Thank God Daylights Savings Time ends tomorrow. Started typing this about twenty minutes to seven and it was as black as though it was still 5 AM. Hate that.
Happy Halloween!