Happy "Howl"aween!

Note: Just in case we're so disguised by the face paint, It's Matt, and Me - Teri.(Left:Matt,Right:Teri) ;o)

Friday October 28th, 2005:

It was finally Friday! After a pretty laid back day of school, I greatly anticipated an exciting night of fun on my date with Matt! We doubled with Nick and Chelsee, which was also very exciting! Well, First thing when our dates came to "pick us up", we were kind of preoccupied attempting to assist in finding Rachel a costume for the tri-ward dance that was happening that night. Matt and Nick had planned the date specifically for that night and time so they didn't feel as guilty about not attending this dance. As you may have noticed, Matt isn't a big fan of dancing. He plans mostly everything according to these dances, and how he will get out of going. Let's see, after we were finished helping with Rachels movie star look, the date began! With first things first, we decided to paint one anothers faces. Chelsee painted Nick's ninja face, while I started in on Matt's scars. (I personally thought, "I see, he chose the least embarrassing idea in the book.." "Scars eh? That's all?!" I was thoroughly excited about painting something all over his face, that was bright and flashy, or just more exciting than scars, but don't worry. It was still just as exciting) Painting people's faces is just another joy of life. It was pretty darn exciting let me tell ya. Eventually, after all our fun, the girls were done. It was then Nick and Matt's turn to attack our faces with the paint. Chelsee chose a cat, and I chose a dog. Imagine that. Although I really was a little frightened that Matt would be painting my face however he pleased, the outcome was great! Thank goodness he didn't take advantage of the paint in his hands and start making me look hideous! I thought both the cat and the dog looked pretty good!

After our artistic adventures, we then headed off to "The Macey's" as many of my friends might call it. We found all the ingredients we needed for the pizza we could be making. I, yes, was a smigeon embarressed that I had paint all over my face, and I'd probably see someone I knew. Thankfully, even though we checked most of the aisles before we actually found what we looking for, I didn't see anyone that I knew. We found everything we needed, paid, and we were off again! Back to Campus Plaza we went!

When we got to Matt's (and Nick's) apartment we started creating our masterpieces. It was great. The guys did most of the work, my only job was grating the cheese. I don't know why, but it was extremely difficult for me. Nick probably felt sorry for me, and decided to take over my cheese grating attempts. Eventually, the pizza was done! It was pretty yummy, and even if it hadn't tasted so good, I still think I would have liked it just as much since we'd made it ourselves. It's always better to eat things that you've attempted to make from mostly scratch. Maybe some of you know what I'm talking about, but if not that's quite alright.

After we'd eaten our pizza, we began watching The Terminal. I think I'd tried to watch that movie once when I still lived with Skeet, but for some reason I only got through maybe 10 minutes of it, thinking it was incredably boring. I don't know what I was thinking, because this time I actually watched the whole thing, and it was highly entertaining!

After the movie, we didn't waste much time, and Matt walked me home. I had almost forgotten that I had paint all over my face, but Matt was sure to remind me. He said, "You almost don't look like you." I didn't know exactly how to respond. He said, "It's not everyday you look like a dog you know." I replied, "...And it's not everyday you can tell me I look like one either". I was in an extremely happy mood at that moment, and it was probably from the lack of sleep I'd been getting. ( That's a funny phrase.. it almost contradicts itself... lack of sleep i'd been getting... It makes it sound like your getting something, but really your not getting anything.... humm.. anywho!) Somehow I looked at the sky, and I saw the shape of a witch on a broomstick in the clouds. I'm now curious, If it weren't close to Halloween, would I have seen that witch on her broom? Oh well, I suppose I'll never know. Back to the date though, Matt and I said our goodnights, and parted.

It was a fabulous date I must say! I love having something planned to look forward to during the week. It makes the stresses of school more bearable somehow knowing that you have something exciting to look forward to at the end of it all. Not that I don't always look forward to the weekends, but it's even more exciting that way. I wasn't bummed really about not going to the dance. We saw a lot of people dressed up here at Campus Plaza, and that was fun enough. A lot of people came home pretty early, and I didn't feel like I missed out on much. Plus if I had gone, I would have had to think of a real costume!

* It was a great night of painting, pizza, and... picture shows!?