{"id":753,"date":"2007-11-01T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2007\/11\/water-for-chocolate\/"},"modified":"2007-11-01T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T05:57:00","slug":"water-for-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/water-for-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Water for Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of Halloween, there were a few nice surprises.  Yes, I went to the Middle East and had a great time.  Cambridge was decked out like &#8212; well, Cambridge.  I fit right in with my little green veil and Medieval top and choker.<\/p>\n<p>But Trick-or-Treat was also sweet.  At one point, I opened the door for a couple of little witches and one of them turned out to be a Baby Belly of mine!  I was as delighted as she was when I recognized her.<\/p>\n<p>And then I got a call from Ned, telling me they were approaching the house.  What we usually do is start about half a mile down the hill, towards the school, where more of our friends live.  Then we cover all of Walnut Street, which is jam-packed with participating houses (so many beautiful Victorians, all done up in the finest black-and-orange plastic money can buy).  Ned said, &#8220;Get water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I remembered that we always get really thirsty walking around, screaming and yelling and laughing. Yet, in all these years I never remember to bring water.  Flashlight, yes.  Cellphone, yes.  Costume to embarrass my kids with, yes.  But water?<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later I heard what sounded like an army of Cossacks (God forbid) <a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/_DSC8958-751408.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/_DSC8958-751402.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>descending on my house.  I peered through the door, and saw a Fly Guy, (my Fly Guy), a football player, a gigantic leaf, and a bunch of other things I didn&#8217;t recognize &#8212; but I sure knew the kiddos.  And I handed out around seven water bottles.  You&#8217;d think I was the Halloween Messiah or The Great Pumpkin or something.  Forget full-size Charleston Chews or little pumpkin boingy toys:   bottled water has them all beat at the end of Trick-or Treat.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0402-782881.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0402-782878.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>(Me and my pals at the Middle East, later on.)<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0401-783981.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/susansenator.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/IMG_0401-783978.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the end of Halloween, there were a few nice surprises. Yes, I went to the Middle East and had a great time. Cambridge was decked out like &#8212; well, Cambridge. I fit right in with my little green veil and Medieval top and choker. But Trick-or-Treat was also sweet. 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