I asked Erika a few days ago if she needed to go to Costco anytime soon because we needed to renew our Costco membership. She said Saturday would work best for her and if I could pick her up that would be fabulous. I said sure and told her I would be there around 10ish. Ben was at academy for most of the day in Tenino.
I got up, got dressed, grabbed what I needed and took a breakfast drink with me as I drove over to their apartment. I let her know I was here and she and Zach came down. It turns out Zach was coming with us on our shopping adventure. We drove out to Hawks Prairie, parked and went inside. We renewed our membership first and then went and grabbed a few things. They bought way more things that I did. I ended up with bananas, chicken strips, PB pretzels, heads for Ben's toothbrush, olive oil and some silicone mats for my cookies sheets (I bought those for myself for my birthday.) We paid and then loaded it all in the back of the Escape. We went over to Walmart so I could get milk and some candy for the trunk or treat later on today. They ended up getting stuff too and I had to wait for them in line. We packed all of that into the Escape and drove back to their apartment. I helped them bring the stuff in and gave Emmett some pets.
We were gone longer than I expected, got home as quick as I could, unloaded the stuff out of the Escape, put away the refrigerated and freezer items, used the restroom, grabbed my shark costume, my back pack, the recycle and headed out to Rainier. I felt like I was being hurried because the trunk or treat started at two and I didn't like being late.
Trunk or treat was created by Christina and Shari because they wanted a place to where the kids could have a place to go for Halloween because Covid was destroying a lot of holidays. We actually thought Covid would go away by now but we were all horribly mistaken. They planned all kinds of activities, had people agree to come down to Woodbrook Chapel with their cars, candy and decorations. I was glad that the weather held up for us. In fact, it was probably one of the best days in October weather wise.
I dumped off the recycle and bought some gas really quick. I picked up Mom and drove to Woodbrook. We didn't have time to decorate our trunk but I was able to remember to get a container to put the candy in. I put on my shark costume and mingled with the crowd.
I was actually surprised to see that many people there and there were tons of kids. There were family members I haven't seen in years and it was hard to pinpoint which kids belonged to which people. I made several rounds taking to people I haven't spoken to in years. Mom and I stayed until about 6:00 talking to people around the fire pit near Bob and Bev's house.
Shari brought out some Halloween Skittles and we had a Skittles challenge. Eat your pack of Skittles until you get one that tasted disgusting. I think I got maybe six Skittles in until I got a yucky one. We were entertained for about a half hour doing that. We thanked the hosts and said it was fun. There was some chatter about possibly doing it again next year.
I took Mom home, gave her a check for my phone bill and started heading back towards home. I then had this idea so I texted Megan to see if she was home. She was but Matt, Mason and Miles were not. I asked if I could stop by to drop off some Halloween candy for the kids and she said sure. I stayed for about 45 minutes chatting about a bunch of random things. She thanked me and I was on my way home.
I got home, brought stuff in, put the groceries away since I didn't have time earlier, Ben was home so I made tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner. We watched the rest of some of the college football games, I worked on my blog and Ben played his game for a while. We had no trick or treaters this year because of Covid. I didn't even bother to decorate because no one was going to be around to see it. I sure hope next year is different and we are able to get back to our normal lives.
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