Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, friends!

Life has been pretty busy lately! I'm now on week 8 of working in first grade. I *love* my school and absolutely adore my cooperating teacher, but I'm still just not a fan of first grade. I'll get my student teaching placement between December 4th and December 8th - and I am so, so nervous. I just want to be in an environment that is conducive to success. My teacher recommended to her principal that I student teach with her friend, a third grade teacher at the school I'm already at, and if that happens, I will be ecstatic! 

Halloween celebrations for us started last Thursday, when we went to a late night showing of the new movie Jigsaw. In the two weeks prior, D.j., his friend Tim, and I binged five of the first seven Saw movies because Tim wanted to recap, D.j. had not seen any past 3, and I had never seen any of them. We skipped 2 and 3, and I definitely was not missing anything. I thought Jigsaw was pretty good, despite all the stomachaches I got from the gore of the other movies (we were watching the unrated versions). It was our first time seeing a film in our local cinema's new Super Screen DLX theater, with reclining, heated seats and a bigger screen. I didn't really find it worth the extra 2.50, but I would pay it again if that's what it took to see a movie I wanted to see.

On Friday, D.j. and I went to a Halloween party dressed as Rick and Morty from the eponymous adult cartoon on Adult Swim. D.j. bought a Rick costume from Hot Topic, but I put a costume for Morty together from jeans, a men's T-shirt from Target, and white Chick Taylor's I borrowed from a friend. People loved our idea and there was only one other person dressed in a Morty onesie, and no other Ricks.

We had planned to go to Six Flags St. Louis for FrightFest on Sunday, but due to some possible rioting/protesting and cold temps, we decided it would be better to be safe than sorry and to stay warm. Unfortunately, this is the second year that has happened - last year D.j. got pneumonia a day before we were set to go. I'm not too broken up about it because I hate being cold and I hate huge roller coasters even more, but I feel bad because D.j. loves it.

Monday was Harry Potter Club's trivia-night-slash-costume-contest-slash-Halloween-party. I'm pretty sad because only four people showed up in addition to myself, my co-president, and our faculty adviser, but we had fun nonetheless.

Tonight we're going trick or treating with D.j.'s niece and nephew, and I'd be looking forward to snagging some candy if I didn't already have a huge bag left over from trivia night!

Hope your Halloween is fun and safe!