What Are You Doing for Halloween?

[wolf]

I didn't expect to do anything. I wasn't sure that going out and interacting with people was my best choice yesterday. I wasn't all that fun to be around, you know? But my friends knew better, and one of them invited me over to her house for Halloween. What's better for your mood than handing out huge bags of candy to kids, right? Except that my friend doesn't just hand out candy. She had a full-scale haunted house going on. I told her in advance I really didn't feel up to acting last night. My plan was to mope on the couch and just be around people.

So much for the plans. While I held fast and did not get transformed into the ghoulish cook in the kitchen, I ended up being one of the greeters, handing out bags of candy, and chit chatting with people who were waiting to be ready for the haunt. Apparently I did a really great job of putting people at ease and readying them for the unexpected ... A vampiress leaping out at them and shrieking. A couple of the teens never made it past the entry, the last "normal" room in the house. It was extraordinarily cool to watch these supposedly brave youngsters (males, mainly) turn tail and flee!

I ended up having a really good time.