Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween for you folks down South, but with our weekly party happening on Friday we all celebrated last night. I honestly don't know why, but here's another horribly embarrassing picture of me for the whole world to see.

I've got to be fairly diplomatic and political talking about my costume. There are people out there that know why I dressed as I did, but I'm not going to go into specifics about the character on such a public forum. It was a great idea provided to me by my Toronto-based boss Andrew while he was up here in mid-September. The sweatpants were provided by Byron, glasses from Kevin, wig from Mom. I had to buy the t-shirt, as I needed some extra room for my 'padding' :)

I almost defended my Best Costume title from the Medieval Times night, and while I was a definite fan favourite Byron beat me out with a stunning, working Transformers outfit. He looked like a robot standing up, but he could crouch down and turn into a tank. It was truly amazing...and HUGE. He only had about 1/2" clearance in the doorway (sides AND top) getting into the bar! He had my vote all the way, and the EC GAW lab guys swept 1st and 2nd place, so we're happy.

I did my best to catch up on my sleep last night too. I was woken up briefly at 8ish when there was an announcement telling us that we were now in Storm Condition 1 due to a combination of wind and visibility. We're currently at -22°C with 15m/s (55km/h) winds. That works out to -55°C windchill and a complete whiteout with the loose snow we've had on the ground from the past few weeks of calm weather. I slept in until 1pm knowing that I couldn't go outside anyways....at least that's how I justified it to myself as I rolled over :)

Finally, being in the choir finally has an upside! I convinced the CO to get us all Alert t-shirts that I could embroider with my Latin "We Are Better Than Nothing" slogan, so that was great. But, as I was talking to Carl (Tradie, in charge of the store) I noticed that he had a really nice Alert Rugby shirt on. So, I talked to the CO and now we all get $80 shirts instead. Screw the silly phrase...these shirts are nice! :D

Have a great time trick-or-treating tonight knowing that I can't even step foot outside! Miss you all,
Graham