halloween 2009

i have to type quickly because our f$&&^ computer is acting up. halloween has come and gone. we spent friday waiting in line for the H1N1 vaccine for 2.5 hours at a public health clinic. a bunch of neighborhood kids and acquaintances were there and it turned into a little block party with candy, chalk drawings, inevitable wrestling and at one point miles and his buddy lying on the parking lot faces up to the sky, surrounded by folks waiting for their flu shots, making synchronized knee-pit fart noises.

last night we trick or treated on potrero hill, star wars style. we went with friends and saw lots of cool spooky stuff and got a TON of candy. people were handing out full size chocolate bars and maya was amazing, i will never have to worry about her finding food if she is lost in the woods somewhere, she could spot a house with candy from a block away and was cute enough to get away with taking more, more, more. my favorite stop was this (see crummy photo above) house we hit on the way home. they had set up a popcorn maker and tv sets with monster house playing and the kids sat and munched and watched, totally spent, while rich and i people watched for a little while.

up on potrero hill it feels a lot like a neighborhood. the guy handing out popcorn had grown up there and seemed to know everybody, young and old.

after the kids passed out i felt a little sad thinking about my boy growing up. how many more halloweens will we have where he will hold my hand and be with his mommy and daddy? he still believes wholeheartedly in mother pumpkin, and there is no way that will be happening when he is ten. i got very sappy (maybe the kamikaze shot at the bar with my trick-or-treating mom friends contributed---and the little whiskey flask) and told the kids how much i loved them and how wonderful they were, etc etc etc. i think is it good for them to hear this.

anyway, i have made it this far without losing power so i should end while i can. good night.

jamie