A Special Halloween

Happy Halloween to you all! (When I wrote this entry it was still technically Halloween for you, but yesterday the internet wasn't working so sorry for the late posting.) Believe it or not, we had our own little Halloween celebration! :) On Halloween night we had a nice dinner on the terrace of DDC with candlelight. It was such a beautiful night, very clear with bright stars and in our short sleeved tee shirts, the temperature felt perfect. There were 12 of us, so it was quite the party! :) The girls from down the hall came too, Rekha, Jonaki, Manasi, and Sanchari. They are all about our age, so it’s a lot of fun to hang out with them. You may think a candlelight dinner under the stars doesn’t sound quite like Halloween, but don’t worry, we did what we could to set the right mood… Scott even popped some of the balloons that Father got for us just to scare people. A couple bats flew over our heads and some odd chanting was going on in the background…and you really should have seen Scott’s shirt, it was scary enough in itself! He got it as a gift and we came to find out that it is actually a girl’s shirt. It is orange with black embroidery, just way too perfect and festive to pass up for Halloween. He got a couple funny looks earlier in the day, but then he explained that it was his “costume” for Halloween – an American holiday. I helped out with Scott’s evening class and that was also pretty entertaining. He got some candy to hand out and printed off a couple scary stories that they had to perform skits to. They got pretty into it – flicking the lights on and off and chanting random lines. All in all, it was a great Halloween – one I don’t think we’ll ever forget!