Halloween at Landmark

Landmark School doesn't mess around when it comes to holiday parties. 

First of all, it was a half-day. Second of all, the school-wide halloween party was 4th period (when I have math, so needless to say it was already a party in my mind as far as I was concerned), for an hour.

The party was in one central location and parents came to help with food and games and whatever else goes into these types of things. There were some pretty amazing games happening but there was one thing in particular I observed that made me say, "what the heck; how did I miss out on this Halloween tradition as a child?!" This "thing" was  the doughnut on a string.  Who would have thought that the act of hanging a doughnut on a string from a high bar or whatever would turn into this AMAZING phenomenon? I really, really, really wanted to show up along a line of 3rd-8th graders, ready to crane my neck just the right way to get the doughnut in my mouth. But that would show my true, non-mature, kid-at-heart ways which I feel isn't appropriate at school. With parents littered all over the place. So I decided to resist my urge to push a 3rd grade clown over in my attempt to beat all the other kids. And eat a delicious doughnut, all at the same time. Good choice? Yeah, probably.

So as a member of the math department, I had to dress up as a character that could have been in that old QUALITY show, "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" Remember that show? I loved parts of it and was indifferent about other parts. And obviously because we wanted to be math related, my name had to have a math ring to it. So obviously I was Cali Q. Later. I cannot take credit for this name, however. Kudos to Abby Marstaller for this beautiful name creation. So my pretty LAME-O costume was a t-shirt I had decorated as a calculator, and to be mysterious I wore my gangsta brown hat and fabulous sunglasses. 

So what I'm saying is, since I didn't feel like I could join in on the obvious doughnut on a string fun, I stood there, Cali Q. Later, awkwardly. Yes. My costume was a calculator. Let's just face it.

I was a calculator for Halloween.

So as I said, there was doughnut on a string. But then, to balance off the awesomeness of games, there was tug-of-war. What the heck is the big deal with tug-of-war? I think that is one of the most ridiculous games ever. Maybe I'm feeling a little bit sorry for myself because I literally cut the palm of my right hand with my own fingernails because I was holding onto the rope so tight. But then again, maybe tug-of-war is just stupid.

If you had to pull the rope more than the other team WHILST eating a doughnut off of a string, now that would be a game worth throwing off all maturity and professionalism for. Maybe I'll patent and organize that game next year. That way, if I dress up as Cali Q. Later the calculator again, the awkwardness of it all will die down a bit.

LOL.