Halloween Edition

  Halloween 2013 is in the books!We bar-crawled our way through Santa Monica. H was a viking (his beard was hand-made by his sister), my sister was a volleyball player who'd been hit in the face with the ball, our friends were Axl Rose and Slash and a Jack & Coke couples' costume, and I was Piper Chapman, neurotic inmate and star of Orange Is The New Black. (Which is hilarious and I recommend you get on it now.)Even Carter was dressed up in a gold cape my sister let him borrow.Sometimes I dread these social outings - the costumes, the crowds, drinking on a school night - but this morning I realized (as I do again and again) that life is short. This could very well be the first time I bar crawl with my sister on Halloween, and the last. Not in a dramatic way, but in a life change's way. Next year we may not dress up, may not be into partying, may not have friends available to hang out with us. It's important to enjoy these chances we get to spend time with the people we love.And mark those holidays with costumes and shots of whiskey ;)