It's Reformation Day today, what others consider Halloween. Until recent years Justin enjoyed celebrating Halloween with his friends but I think they may have outgrown it. One year Justin fixed himself up with stage make-up to look like a zombie, complete with fake blood. I do believe this was when Jesse still lived at the Beach and they did a bar stroll as part of the celebration. Thinking that may have been the last time they did something as a group. He's with Ron and Sarah helping hand out candy and holding the baby in the process.
No one came to my door asking for candy, since the little granddaughter of my neighbors no longer lives here. Oakley was the sweetest thing and I was glad to bestow gifts upon her such as kids' books, crayons, stuffed animals, chalk, that sort of thing. We do presently have three school-aged kids in the building but they go off property for their trick or treating. I'm okay with it, able to come and go freely without having to plan around the doorbell ringing.
Nancy W and I went to have dinner tonight. She picked me up at 6:05, enough time after "The Five" to get downstairs. She told me the daughter of our friend, Toni, was moving into the apartments so we drove over there to see if they were home. We found Toni waiting for her daughter to get there, so she gave us a tour. It's a cute place, just right for a single lady or even a small family. Two bedrooms and two baths, new carpet, washer and dryer in the unit, new appliances, nice and fresh looking.
Her daughter arrived at the apartment and was glad to see the work done in it. I introduced myself and wished her well in the new place. My building is visible from her porch so I said if she needed anything, I was a stone's throw away. S. admired my nails, saying they were sparkly, and I told her I raised them from pups. Everyone laughed about that. She asked me, "Are you a Leo?" to which I replied, " I am a Lahaie". Toni explained the S. was wondering about my astrological sign and I said something like, "Oh, the stars!" Toni said they didn't really believe in it, not in psychics and all that, but S. was interested. Once determined when my birthday fell, S. said she would have sworn I was a Leo. Then she was trying to determine my moon. Oh, really? I have a moon? Cool! We talked briefly about our Myers/Briggs scores, and told them mine was ESPN, which made them laugh again. It's actually ESFP, but that's not nearly as funny. Nancy didn't know what we were talking about so I explained it to her over dinner.
She wanted a salad so headed to Fleming Island to Longhorn. As we drove through the parking lot I mentioned that La Nop has a wonderful taco salad. She said she could really go for a taco so we changed course and pulled in there instead of Longhorn. Cool with me! We both loved our meals (the waiter let me order from the lunch menu!) and we each took home an order of the rice for another time. I should just skip the quesadilla and be done with it, since I've discovered how much I enjoy their rice 'n beans. At this point I also had the opportunity to explain to Nancy about the origins of Reformation. In our small circles we expect that everyone knows, but that is so not the case. Glad to be able to do so in a non-confrontational manner. No margaritas, either!
