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Overcast day? Check. Season passes? Check. Drink mugs? Check. Coupon books? Check. Okay, girls, we’re off to Fright Fest!
The girls and I – plus Rachel’s friend Sisa – enjoyed Halloween-themed Fiesta Texas today. It’s our “last hurrah” there for year (unless the rumored Winter Wonderland materializes.) I am a lot more generous at Fright Fest than I am during the rest of the year. We got all out, using season pass coupons for the race track, funnel cakes and a dart game (because we really need one more stuffed animal). I adorn my wrist with a drink band and we tank up all day long. We browse through the half-off, end-of-season T-shirts, hoping for some fabulous fashion find. I wave to the train passengers, sing along with any broadcast music and generally embarrass my childen until we’re all tired, stinky and ready to try to remember where we parked.
(l – r) Monster Mash, Hannah, Lois, Vampira, Mayor Slayer, Sisa (Rachel’s friend), Rachel, Mrs. Frankenstin, Moi, Julia. Rachel nicknamed the Mayor Slayer “Chester the M*lester” because he kept touching her neck intoning, “Don’t be afraid, my dear. Don’t be afraid.”
Fright Fest is a mental demarcation point for me. When we drive home, I know The Busy Season is soon to begin. Before New Year’s Eve, we’ll have Lois’ birthday, Hannah’s birthday, our wedding anniversary, more volleyball season for Lois plus basketball season for Hannah and Lois; school choir programs (and various choral competitions) for Rachel, Lois and Hannah; two more social worker visits for Julia two weddings to attend, and at one of which Hannah has a part; Parent Dedication for Julia, plus whatever else is going on at church; ortho appointments for Rachel and Lois plus an ortho exam for Hannah, with dental appointments for all. Packing and delivery of our Samaritan’s Purse boxes*. Add two full-time jobs, Thanksgiving, Christmas and stir.
But for today – before The Busy Season gets swirling – we were plenty content to raise our arms and make silly faces for the camera on Bug’s White Water Rapids.
Before we left, we bought our tickets for next year. Because the thought of a San Antonio summer without the water park is way more scary than Fright Fest.
*San Antonio Friends – If you have leftover non-chocolate Halloween candy that you don’t want, we would love it for our Samaritan’s Purse boxes. Gum, hard candy, taffy, licorice, gummies, suckers – any of that kind of sweet stuff. Just no chocolate, because it melts. We’re packing Saturday, November 4.
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