sending halloween hellos from work at the aquarium. not sure why they have me temping here as a scheduler/receptionist with the education department. i shouldn't jinx it, but it's not very busy. two hours internet surfing and writing poems short stories until 80 fourth grade classes swirl in here for a pre-lunch squid dissection. the three of us here are supposed to book guided docent tours, marine-themed birthday parties for 3-8 year olds (fun and educational! choose from -all about sharks-, -tide pool treasures-, and -whales & friends- themes. only $300 members, $350 non-members for party of 15 kids), plus fun labs and field trips with our friendly aquarium teachers. when the phones ring.
walking to work this morning in my knee high boots (because no matter what you wear on halloween, it should include boots or stilettos), my long denim skirt (thanks sister!), red sweater, sparkly devil horns and sequined pitchfork, i worried for a second: yesterday st. pius x, sacred heart, and holy trinity did aquarium visits ... tomorrow we have heritage christian... but luckily today it's only knob hill elementary.
how funny would that have been for me to be dressed as a devil saying, good morning, sister agatha, is your class from the all-girl catholic school here? great. let me check you in. oh, the outfit? don't mind the horns -- i was a catholic school girl for 12 years.
tonight though, i will be an angel. kica's stylist put red highlights in her hair (which she's not sure about, but which I LOVE!), and i convinced / peer pressured / cajoled her to get a super cute (i.e. scandalous) red sparkly top... which makes an absolutely wicked devil outfit. and my dear friend kimi promised to also be a devil (and maybe i can bribe her to wear her buy-me-drinks-shoes). so for balance (or irony), joy's an angel. hopefully my feather wings are an okay size because the bigger the wings or the more crowded the party, the less people like the girl who thought fairy-butterfly- angel wings would be cute.
anyway, hope y'all do something wicked tonight.
from the one with the pitchfork...
always
an angel
