Happy Halloween!

A happy halloween to all of my blog readers out there. However you may celebrate the holiday, I hope it is worth your while. My Halloween will be rather uneventful, not by choice. I have to work afternoon shift tonight, so I will be missing out on all of the trick or treaters, parties, and Halloween reveling. But don't worry; there's always next year. :-P

Yesterday I was just getting into some of my favorite trick or treating memories. One year, my dad took me trick or treating; and this had to be when I was around four or five. We went to all of the houses in the neighborhood where he once lived. So naturally, he would visit with the people when I went trick or treating. We even visited my step-grandmother and grandpa. Sadly, my grandpa would die just a year or two later and I don't have too many memories of him. In fact, that Halloween memory is pretty obscure now. But at least I have that one and a couple of other memories of him; no matter how obscure they are. The majority of those people my dad and I visited that night are now gone, so it's really nice to have a memory of them, as well. At least I was able to meet with them once in my lifetime.

The next memory isn't exactly just one memory, but a culmination of many. Just the feeling of getting out, going through my hometown trick or treating with a bunch of other kids in darkness with the guide from the street lights, kids yelling "trick or treat," and hearing the voices of the people who's doors we were knocking on ... it's something you never forget. Another memory was when my friend, Brian and I, went trick or treating at this one old lady's home in my town. She was well known, and everyone called her "Granny" because she was such a personable person and would wave at anyone driving by. She mistook Brian as being someone else with a similar costume (I think he was a vampire) and refused to give him candy because he had already gotten candy from her. Well, he was pretty ticked off at her but I was happy. She gave me candy at least.

I must end it here. Once again, Happy Halloween. :-)