Cocaine Princess here.
HALLOWEEN MORNING
Friday morning I woke up early and decided to go for a run. The temperature was mild until 10 minutes later the weather took a turn for the worst. A sharp gust of wind came blowing out of nowhere and just like that it went from mild to bitterly cold. The type of cold where the minute you open your mouth the cold air fills your lungs making it painful to breathe. I didn't have my gloves or my hat. I thought if I just kept running I would warm myself up. So I continued running but not for long. I ran towards Tim Hortons and quickly ducked inside for some warmth and shelter.
Tim Hortons is very busy anytime you go but it is especially busy in the morning as people are off to work and in need of their caffeine fix. I counted 20 cars in the drive thru lane. The cars were spilling onto the road blocking and causing traffic problems as more cars were trying to maneuver their way into the lane. The parking lot was near empty. Inside including myself there were three customers and one was waiting for his order and when his order was ready he left leaving only myself and another. So wouldn't it be easier for a person to just park their car, go inside and place their order and then be on their merry way? Why waste all that time in the drive thru lane?
Surrounded by warmth I looked at the menu board. Each month Tim's has a special flavor theme. The flavor theme for the month of October was Pumpkin Spice with an assortment of pastries and drinks. I went for the cider and it was quite good. I sat at a table near an elderly gentleman and a worker on her break who herself was enjoying a hot beverage. The three of us began to engage in a conversation......Maybe conversation isn't the right word.
Elderly Man
Happy Halloween cutie.
Me
Happy Halloween to you too.
Employee
The man is 82 years old and hits on
anything that moves.
Elderly Man to Employee
I'm 82 years YOUNG.
Employee
He comes in twice everyday and
orders the same thing; a bran muffin
and a juice.
Elderly Man
How else am I going to stay regular?
Employee
And all he does is yap and yap. He
gives everyone a headache.
Elderly Man
(He looks at me while pointing to the employee)
She refuses to check my pulse
so as long as I'm yapping I know
I'm alive. How about you cutie? You wanna
check my pulse?
Me
Maybe some other time.
My conversation was interrupted with a phone call from Valentina. She first called my home line and wondered where I was when I didn't pick up. I told her I was at Tim Hortons. I swear there was a shocking gasp like sound that came from her end followed by a brief pause. And then she made me explain why I was there. But being the curious person she is Valentina still had questions. 'Why didn't you tell the cook to make you some hot chocolate?' 'For two reasons. One, I didn't expect it to get this cold. Two, it's hard to run while holding a thermos,' I replied. 'You have a treadmill.' 'I know.' 'Then why aren't you using it?' 'Because I wanted some fresh air,' I answered. 'If you were down here you could go running every morning in the fresh air on the beach instead of on the concrete in freezing temperatures, but you're not here because of her alleged broken ankle. I might as well ask, how is she doing?' 'I take it you're referring to A? She's doing a lot better.' 'Send her my love,' she said sarcastically. 'So is the place creeping with truckers in plaid shirts with bad B.O?' 'I haven't seen anybody matching that description yet.' 'And I'm sure someone matching that description is on his way,' she replied. I asked her what she doing up so early. 'One of the fire alarms in the house went off waking me up. It was a false alarm. And now I can't fall back to sleep.' 'I know the feeling,' I said. 'So are you going to tell me or do I need to ask?' 'Tell you what?' 'Your little run in with the law,' she answered back. 'Why were you even driving?' 'I already had this conversation with daddy last week.' 'And now you're going to have it with me.' I looked at my watch, 7:15am. It's too early for this I thought. I told her I would call her back. Her reply; 'No, I'll call you instead in the afternoon.'
I love my best friend to death and there isn't anything that we wouldn't do for the other but that morning all I wanted to do was just enjoy my Hot Pumpkin Spice cider drink in peace.
HALLOWEEN NIGHT
Thankfully the weather made a significant improvement. It shot up from +2 to +15.
We had a fantastic turnout and it was a good thing I bought the extra box of chocolates. Batman was quite a popular character among the boys but I noticed there were a lot more hockey players and for the girls it was a tie between a Disney Princess and Hannah Montana.
I love watching the cute little faces of children glow brilliantly like the moon when they receive their goodies. And each and every child that came to the door was so adorable you just want to eat them up. One little boy came dressed as a doctor. He was in tiny green scrubs with a white lab coat on top and a plastic orange stethoscope around his neck. He couldn't have been more than 3 years old. 'Trick or Treat,' he said. 'Trick or treat,' I said back. 'You are the handsomest doctor I have ever laid my eyes on,' I said. He nodded his head in agreement. When I went to give him his chocolates I noticed he didn't have his bag. 'Where's your treat bag?' I asked. 'My daddy has it.' 'Where's daddy?' 'Over there,' he said pointing behind him. When I looked he was at the end of the walkway. He waved and I waved in return. Then I realized why the little boy was dressed as a doctor. His father is a doctor who lives a few houses down from me. The little doctor in training held out his left hand and I gave him a Hershey bar. He then held out his right hand. I gave him a Twix and he said thank you and left. A minute later he returned, this time with his treat bag.
Halloween 2008 brought out many children trick or treating for the very first time. They came dressed as bunnies and teddy bears and pumpkins. The ages ranged from 2 and under with the youngest being 7 months old. Most of them were asleep in their parents arms but even if they were awake it's not like they would have had any understanding of what was happening. I believe it was more of a thrill for the parents since I noticed it was their faces that shined so bright.
Several familiar faces dropped by. The two Hannah Montana fanatics who wanted to see their teacher, my sister. I let them in and they serenaded her with two songs.
Another very familiar face stopped by; the playboy who went to Vegas. He was dressed up as a frog. I said to him, 'you're such a cute frog.' 'I'm not a cute frog. I'm an evil frog,' he said back. 'My apologies. I still think you're cute,' I added. 'You know what I told Robbie?' 'Who's Robbie?' I questioned. 'My friend. I told him that you're my girlfriend.' 'I am? So when are you going to take me out to dinner?' He thought about this for a minute and said, 'mommy can make us macaroni and cheese.' 'Perfect. That's my favorite,' I replied. Busy filling his mouth with chocolates he then said, 'I have a riddle. You wanna hear it?' 'Lay it on me froggie,' I said.
'What stays in for dinner but goes out at night?'
Any guesses bloggers?
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
