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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Cassie's Journal - October 19, 2012


In the grand scheme of things, choosing Halloween costumes isn’t particularly important, but it’s a big deal for kids and teens.  Rowen and I found out today that nearly everyone else in our class has picked their costumes already, and with the school dance now just a week away; we needed to decide what we were going to do too.

We worked on that during our dinner and a movie night, but let’s go over the rest of the day to that point first.  Friday is always popular, but Mom, Dad, Ethan, Ehlana, and I all especially love them more on the weeks when Dad’s in the city.  I had the added bonus of a Day One schedule, plus Rowen and I decided to have a sleepover to go with dinner and a movie night.  As I already mentioned, Halloween costumes were high on the chat list today, and tonight’s football game on the road in Meadowvale was a top story too.  Other than making sure that we knew enough about the game to be able to talk about it if asked; Rowen and I ignored most of the football conversations, but that wasn’t always possible when it came to costumes; and there was a fair bit of weird to go with that.

Think about it – what other time of year do guys talk to each other about what they’re going to wear to school, a dance, or a night out?  Exactly, and this year, we’re contending with couples costumes too.  That made for more than enough weird, though I can’t deny that it was both weird and fun to watch – especially since girls and guys have very different ideas for what ‘cool’ costumes are.  I wouldn’t want to suggest that the girls made all of those couples’ costume decisions, but then there won’t be any goy-girl two-headed aliens or monsters; hairy beast couples; or other equally gross or horrific options.

There weren’t really any education highlights today, though Rowen and I don’t mind having two tests in one day – especially when one is a combo written-playing music test that we both aced.  That’s probably a good thing, since it might be hard to live down straight-A’s in everything except subjects like music or phys-ed.  It wasn’t a particularly warm day, but Rowen and I still spent part of our lunch break outdoors, and we took Ethan and Ehlana for a walk after school.  We made a stop at Rowen’s house so she could pack an overnight bag while we were out with the twins; and then Rowen and I helped Mom with the cooking until Aunt Leanne came over once she was finished work.

Uncle Nick, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Deborah all eventually joined us; and by the time we sat down to eat; the conversation had turned from work and school reports to Halloween costumes.  Making a long story short, Rowen and I are going to be Hogwarts Prefect Witches, and for the school party and Halloween night, we’re going to have Ethan and Ehlana as our snowy owls.  Aunt Leanne was disappointed at first, since she tried talking us into something more daring – like a pair of vampires in little black dresses – but she was at least happy to talk us into going to the dance dressed up as the Hogwarts witches were for the Yule Ball.  Little black dresses will not be involved in those alternate outfits.  It would have been more fun to take Ethan and Ehlana to the dance too, but Mom vetoed that idea.

We had a really good night – especially once Dad got home from Crystal Springs.  Spooky Buddies was the Halloween movie choice, and we followed that up with a long cuddle and visit in the living room before our guests headed home and the rest of us went up to bed at around eleven o’clock.  Rowen and I have been watching Halloween movies in the lounge since getting changed; playing on our computers; and having a long telepathic chat.  Our second movie has only been playing for about fifteen minutes, but I’m getting tired, so I’m going to wrap this up; snuggle under my throw blanket; and probably end up missing the rest of the show and falling asleep on the sofa for the rest of the night.  Since it’s another work weekend; that’s okay with me.

Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.

“Goodnight, Cassie.”