No home for Halloween

Nothing new to report on the house, except that our closing is all set tomorrow. I am a little disappointed we couldn’t have the house ready for Halloween tonight, as the thought of handing out candy seems like the quintessential homeowner activity. No one comes to the door of an apartment so I was looking forward to the chance to carve a pumpkin on the porch and hand out full-sized candy bars to make us the cool house on the block. Alas, it will all have to wait until next year.

As lame as it sounds, there is nowhere else I’d rather be on Halloween than at home handing out candy to little kids. It seems that the holiday has evolved into being more adult centric as the years go by, with a bunch of my friends having costume parties and dressing up in more elaborate costumes than I ever had as a kid. I never liked getting dressed up; all I wanted was the free candy. With no candy on the horizon from a costume party these days, Tracy and I skip them altogether. In fact, we made the mistake of going to a Halloween party a few years back with no costumes and we were the awkward couple at the back of the room.

So all you adults out there can have your parties with your fancy costumes. Someone has to stay and hand out candy!