Happy Birthday Ginger!

Happy Ginger Day!

Happy birthday, Ginger!

I hope a nice Halloween was had by all.

We did not meet this standard as Matilda was a raving all-night tantrum beast killing all available sleep and shredding every last nerve. She completely lost her shit.

Admittedly we committed a crime against humanity by insisting that she sleep in her own bed.

Poor Zmayhems.

She completely lost her shit.

Dang, that sucks. Hope today is better.

I hope a nice Halloween was had by all.

We went to the last stop on the zombie crawl -- an art gallery that used to be a church. The second floor still has the churchy hanging lamps, and a confessional was turned into a bathroom. Seriously.

They projected old B movies on the ceiling (w/o sound) all night -- while we were there, we caught Christopher Lee in the Hammer classic "Dracula and His Vampire Bride" (which IMDB tells me is "The Satanic Rites of Dracula"), featuring Joanna Lumley as Jessica Van Helsing. Fun!

There was also a sword-swallowing, bed-of-nails-lying-on, machete-juggling sideshow performing. Also lots of zombies, a Joker and Harley Quinn who were NOT together but got lots of requests for pictures together, many witches, many pirates, and one frighteningly accurate Lady Gaga.

I was a kitty, and The Boy was a fairy princess. He also got many requests for pictures.

On our way out the door to go home, an older man, dressed in a sort of gold lame toga-ish thing, with a big gold crown on his head and gold wings, holding a battery operated torch thingy, was coming up the steps. I started laughing and said, "Another fairy!"

The dude said (somewhat inebriatedly), "I am KING OF THE FAIRIES!" Then he looked The Boy up and down and said, "...but YOU can be my queen!"

I took The Boy home before he ended up as the captive love slave queen of the fairies.

I took The Boy home before he ended up as the captive love slave queen of the fairies.

Heh. A wise course of action.

Seriously. It's a lot of work getting someone back from the fairies.

Happy Birthday to Ginger!! May this year be about a zillion times better than the last one.

I am enjoying reading the Halloween stories. Sounds like you spirited The Boy away just in time, Teppy.

Sorry, Zmayhems. Don't miss that stuff. Of course I now have 17 year old stuff like the son who skipped last period of school on Friday when his college friend picked him up. Haven't seen him at all since Friday morning. Conjuring consequences now, but there is so little that can be done. Time outs just don't do it at this point. At this point I have decided I am not his taxi for 2 weeks except for official school business and computer access ends at 6pm daily. He has so few things he cares about to take away. Can't take the phone because then I can't reach him. Kids.

The Boy as a Fairy Princess, does deserve elevation to Queen, on his own merits.