Halloween Week 2024!

Saturday was fun. Woke up early and experimented with breakfast and crawled into bed with Yvette and napped for a little while. I trimmed another tree and cleaned the porch. Ran around town like a loon. We had RamJam to attend. I ate too much. The food was great and the company better. It was a nice Saturday.

Sunday Sunday. It’s Halloween week. Exciting week. I woke up early and made some breakfast, filled my water bottles and decided it was time to mow the freaking yard. I didn’t want to because my bloody back was screaming but I didn’t want to put it off for another week. Besides, it was a beautiful morning. The mowing took a little longer than it should have because I had to stop twice to deal with a barking dog. Damn Molly!!! Oh well.

Once done I showered and took jalapeño poppers to Yvette and the kids and hung out with the little angel before starting a pork butt and picking up some Schlotzsky’s for my mom and I. It was a nice long lunch visit. I brought some leftover flat bread to Teegan after I left and Yvette and I went to Sam’s. We were supposed to have a movie date but that fell through. It happens and the day was better enjoyed for it. I was happy.

I guess two years ago I was having some problems. I almost died. I believe the last message I posted on Facebook before my head injury popped up today. “I didn’t know a headache could last for days. The light hurts.” Well, they are not supposed to. I now know that. Yvette kept telling me to go to the doctor. I had hit my head and was suffering a brain hemorrhage. I just almost died. I’ve learned to listen to her. I really don’t remember much other than having a pillow on my face. I guess I was leaving goofy voicemails. How crazy is life. How many times must I have hit my head? I’m sure I had a concussion. It’s scary as hell tot think back upon.

Monday was a very slow day at work. I guess some people might like that but not me. I like staying busy. I had signed up for a trial experimental flu shot a few months ago and finally had my appointment Monday at 12:30. An hour of paper work, 4 vials of blood, an injection and a 15min wait and I was rewarded $100. They will do additional blood work and pay another $100 down the line. I have no problem doing this. I wish I’d know I had the easy cash option long ago. It will help go towards the weeding.

Short horror night. “The Viewing”. I do love this film. Panos Cosmatos is a fantastic up and coming horror writer/director. His previous two films, “Beyond the Black Rainbow” & “Mandy” are bit amazing and not like anything else out there. He has a very audio visual style. This one is just fun and funny. Creepy good time. The legend Peter Weller is fantastic. Highly recommended for a nice trip.

Tuesday I woke up at 4am with a headache that never subsided throughout the day. Allergies and sleep induced. It made for a rather long day. The highlight was that the wedding invitations arrived. Yay!!!! they looked great. Now just need to slap the addresses down.

“The Ring”. I love this movie. The atmosphere it spot on and it truly has some upsetting visuals for a movie that is only PG13. This movie was one of those early 2000 horror films and you can just tell when watching it. But this one is good, with a good story and good cast. It brings back good times. I remember old TVs with static and how after seeing this movie waking up to static was kind of creepy. Do kids these days know what that is?

Wednesday I woke up early very well slept and went to our morning meeting. Active shooter training. What to do. My goodness. Oh well, it was 30 min pains BS. The majority of the day was mundane. When it was all over I came home and carved a pumpkin. What a chore that can be.

“Land of the Dead”. George Romero. Might not be his classic zombie movie like “Night of the Living Dead” or “Dawn of the Dead” but it was still good fun. More comedy involved but also social injustice.

Happy Halloween!! It was such a good day. I guess I wanted a few more hours of it because I awoke 1 hour before my alarm thinking I was running late. I wasn’t. Oh well. I cleaned the floors. Work was fun. I decided to bring candy to people across the campus. They seemed happy. I saw lots of neat outfits. I love how many students dressed up this year. I kept saying “have a nice weekend” forgetting it was only Thursday and not Friday. It was my Friday.

After work is was time to dress up and prepare for the trick or treat. The kids and the baby came over and we had pizza and handed out candy. Just had a fun time. It was the engagement anniversary, after all. What a day. My favorite time of year. I’m happy to spend it with this family that I love. I will say as fun and scary as my costume might be, it was uncomfortable.

Now it’s time for the true Halloween movie, “ Trick ‘r Treat”. I make a good point to watch this every Halloween night. It’s just a good collection of stories all centered on a single Halloween night and loosely connected to each other. Some really good horror. I’m glad it’s developed a cult fallowing.

I had Friday off. I slept in till 8 and made some breakfast for myself and brought some to Yvette up at work. Bacon egg street tacos. After hanging out with her and her daughter I ran around town knocking out errands that are normally much harder to take care of on a weekend. My lord, I just picked up $1,057 in pharmaceuticals for only $110. How do people survive without insurance. A sadness washed over me. I finished up all my BS for the day, brought some lunch to Yvette and decided to treat myself to a movie. “Smile 2”.

“Smile 2”. Goodness this one kicks of with a bang and didn’t slow down. It truly scared the crap out of me. Some really big creeps. Unnerving. I thought the first one was good but this sequel did it right and surpassed in all the right ways. I was really wishing that I wasn’t I. The theatre all alone. Haha. I usually can handle that but not really with this movie. I highly recommend to all my horror fans out there. It’s not for the faint of heart. A good post Halloween. I really wished Yvette had been with me. Jesus if I didn’t jump. Lord.It also makes you cringe. You have to feel sorry for the girl. She thinks she is going insane and so does everyone around her. That’s just what the demon does. A parasitic demon. It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s in the protagonist head. Crazy film. A real trip. I was on the edge of my seat.

After the movie I made a trip to HEB for some wine and Italian green beans. Oh yeah, my mom made a meal. So I cooked for her, Yvette and Teegan. Lola and the baby joined us. We decided to watch the first “Smile”. It was a nice evening.

Hope everyone had a happy Friday!

Jalapeño.

Breakfast Mac & Cheese. Bacon, egg and green onions.

Menudo.

Poppers and a ham and cheese omelette.

What to do with my pulled pork? Cuban sandwich with spicy slaw.

Pulled pork street tacos. Cabbage, pickled onion, cilantro, green sauce and La crema. Spanish rice was a last min side.

Gumbo. Chicken, beef sausage, tomato’s and okra. Rice and a roux. Best Seasoning. Good stuff.

Korean BBQ pork ribs with some seaweed salad. Yummy.

Papa John’s pumpkin pizza.

Mom’s fake lasagna, Italian green beans and garlic bread. The lasagna gets its name from using egg noodles, mix of sour cream, cream cheese and cottage cheese with a marinara meat sauce. Really a comfort meal and always better the following day.