Well, OUR night went very well! Despite the few people who mistook the Princess of Darkness for a block of cheese ~ “Hey! Hey, everybody! Look at the block of cheese!” ~ her costume was a HUGE success! She really was the hit of the neighborhood!

But, across town things were much suckier. My friend spent the day asleep on the couch, but I was sure she’d get up to take her kids out trick or treating. As the sun went down it sounded as though she was getting up, so I let Nella-bean go out into the living room with her 4 year old. The younger girls father was here to take her out. Her mother was staying home “sick”.

As I’m sure you all can imagine, it wasn’t illness, but the lack of drugs. She had the little one go with dad and the older one went along with them. When we returned the older girl was returning from down the block. Yep, folks! This 10 year old was out trick or treating by herself! I’d given the ok for the older girl to come with us, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t relieved the miscreant said no. I know she’s only 10 and in a horrible living situation, but more than five minutes alone with her inspires me to slap the shit out of her! Something I, of course, cannot do! Can you imagine being so fucked up and selfish that you can’t even take your kids trick or treating? She claims she’s ill, but she’s always ill! Besides, it’s funny how she managed to pry her slovenly, fat ass off the couch to get a piece of Nella’s chocolate fudge birthday cake! (which I KNOW will be “disappeared” by these gluttonous, binge-eating fucks by morning!)

I’m sorry folks, but I gotta go there..............CUNT!

BUT, back to my baby! She collected mucho candy. No money, but that was my fault ~ I forgot the safety pin! We essentially hit about four blocks in Wheatland before heading back to the car. One of the many sad things about present day trick or treating ~ how often one needs to drive to a better neighborhood! With every house she got a little better at it. I couldn’t convince her to extend her little bucket even once, though. And the houses with cobb webs hanging out by the door, eh, the kid wasn’t havin’ it! Though, she did get much braver once it sank in that candy was on the line! I must say she was quite a little trooper! No one tried to scare her, but she did seem a bit freaked out by the whole thing. I think by next year she’ll have a handle on the concept.

Well, during the last leg of our journey, the kid began to get fatigued. I walked her in a circle that led back to the car, and about a block away from it she let me know she was ready. I must say that it wasn’t needed, though. That fact was more than clear as we came to the next to last house. Picture it ~ the door opens, the two kids in front of her yell “trick or treat!”, it becomes her turn ~ she looks up at the woman and half-heartedly exclaims “Chicken!”.

Uh, chicken????