Woke to snow yesterday morning and figured Halloween to be a loss. Decorated the front porch in case a few stragglers dropped by, but left the rest in the living room. Lo and behold, the morning cleared, much of the snow melted, and by 4:30 I was standing on the roof with the Wicked Witch of the West. Carved five big pumpkins for the occasion. Dressed out the graveyard and crypt, fired up the fog machines. The works. Glad we stuck with it. Probably had seven hundred visitors, including J who appeared sometime around seven in a superhero costume.
Dragged all of the skeletons, ghouls, hobgoblins and whatnot back into the house for the night, then woke early and returned them all to storage until next year. Quite the operation, though most of it’s organized mayhem so it was more time-consuming than anything. Tired from the late down, early up, but have tickets to see J. Standish in concert tonight at Stargazers. Also have an early morning coffee with my buddy George tomorrow. Guess I’m just gonna have to suck it up and wait till the weekend to sleep.