It was a slow morning… After having done the passenger door yesterday, taking care of the driver door trim this morning was not difficult. After that, I went on an AutoZone-O’Reilly-Advance circuit looking for the insufferable plastic clips to reattach the door cards while Evan put up vapor barrier plastic sheeting, which the truck also seems to not have had in a while. After putting the door cards back on and reattaching the handle trim and window crank, the truck is really starting to look like itself again. Then we went to put up the speakers and discovered that they kinda don’t fit.
So we’ve punted it to tomorrow and shifted gears into Halloween and football mode instead. Texas squeaked by over Oklahoma State in overtime with a similar score going into the 4th as Tulsa had yesterday. When the win was announced, I put the Texas fight song on my phone and loudly walked around George. Meanwhile:
Maple Ridge (this neighborhood) did not see its usual parade of thousands of trick-or-treaters but we did serve 435 kids — a record low, but a comforting hint of normalcy. We heard from some families that this was the only neighborhood even hosting. Sad days. But in addition to a metric ton of Nerds, we also handed out adult and child-size masks to anyone who wanted them. We gave out at least 100 kids’ masks and probably 200 adults. The folks who took them were gracious and immediately put them on. Many others showed up already masked, and everyone was keeping respectful distance. It was definitely a strange Halloween experience, but I am glad that we participated.
