Halloween Report: Despite being a bit chilly last night, there were tons of kids/families out trick-or-treating. We had four bags of candy and figured it’d be enough. We had four bags last year, and had only used three. This year, we were actually in danger of running out, and around 7:30, I made a mad dash for more candy. Now, I don’t mind if I run out of candy and there’s no kids in the immediate vicinity; I’d just turn out the lights and call it a night. But my biggest fear in the world is getting a group of five or so kids at once, and running out of candy with one or two kids still standing there. The mere thought of that happening nearly threw me into a full-blown panic attack, but I was able to keep my head, make a quick decision, and execute it before being overwhelmed. I consider that a sign that the ephedra is not only leaving my system, but leaving it relatively intact, as well.

It was actually quite a fun evening. I skipped the gym and came home early to take my place as the Designated Candy Hander-Outer. I popped open a bottle of Wild Horse Pinot Noir, and watched one of the most hysterical episodes of “That 70's Show”; well, as much of it as I could watch, considering I was getting up and answering the door every three to five minutes or so. There was one mild incident where some shitty little kid (who was in a large group of about six or seven kids, including one or two babies) complained loudly that I didn’t give him any candy, when I’d very clearly given him his little bag of Skittles first! Luckily his parents had seen me give him candy, and they said so. He was either not paying attention, or just being a whining little asshole, or both, but he went of screeching as they tried to console him and convince him I had given him candy, and I very nearly got grumpy. Fortunately, however, that was the only negative incident of the evening.

I must admit, I really can’t stand those new masks they have out now that have “blood” running down the face of them. I’d seen one on the “Today” show yesterday morning, and saw two of them at my door last night. Now, I can sit and watch stuff like “The Operation”, and “Trauma: Life in the ER”, and various such things on the Learning Channel or Discovery, but those masks just grossed me out. I didn’t see any in the stores, so I’m not sure where the kids got them, but I’ll tell you what: I wouldn’t let my kid wear one of those disgusting things!