So, the clocks went back and the nights closed in….
I have got out my long, black coat and my long, black boots. The black stockings and the black lingerie… This is where the fun can really begin!
No more arriving for an outcall in a summery, floaty dress and sandals… Now I can arrive under cover of darkness…. All the neighbours curtains are closed, everybody is ignoring everything that goes on outside their front doors… It’s time for some va va voom..!
It’s a good job my car has air conditioning and heats up a treat, as, come the winter, I like to arrive in my coat, boots and lingerie, just for the hell of it and obviously, the ease of not having to worry about clothing is a bonus!
Beware all you gents – the season of darkness is upon us and I take no prisoners….
Talking about the season of darkness is a nice intro into my next topic. Halloween!
At Halloween, I like to turn off my lights, pretend I am not home and eat all the ‘treats’ myself!
Inevitably I am caught out by some child masquerading as superman (and that is a scary costume, how?) If they are under 5, I forgive them, really, the parents have no imagination. If they are over 35 and standing on my doorstep dressed as Superman, I do have Cefn Coed on speed dial (I do not know why my Doc gave me the number of the local mad house but I am sure it was for a very good reason…?)
My sister’s kids? Right, may I please give out a warning to all the residents of Swansea. HIDE. Do not answer your door between now and bonfire night! Under ANY circumstances! It is not the meter reading man. It is not the milkman. It is not the paper girl – It will be my sisters kids, dressed up in Gothic finery which they will have personalised with tomato ketchup and if you do not give them MONEY not sweets, they will have a handy egg behind their backs or a roll of saturated (with water!!) toilet tissue to fling at you! Failing that, I believe they like water balloons as well…
Honestly, I am not kidding you. My sisters kids are little terrorists. My sister, says, as she puffs up her chest ‘They do not swear, they say please and thank you and I always know where they are and what they are doing! They simply have spirit, that’s all….’
It is a comfort to know that the little terrorists of today will be polite before they throw an egg at you and their mother will always know they are there doing it!
‘Trick or treat Sir, please? No? Ok, thank you for your time….’ Hurls an egg at the poor unsuspecting man ‘Have a good evening….’ (Nice smile) And off they go to get the next door neighbour as they text their Mam to check in….
I always slip those sods a fiver each on the morning of Halloween day as it prevents them coming round here and frankly, just because I am their Aunt, it does not mean I am fair game!
I have informed my sister there are restraints available to purchase if she really, really needs to ground the buggers but as yet, she has resisted the urge to chain them up in the shed, something to do with EU Child Cruelty Laws she said – pathetic excuse if you ask me! I mean, really, who is going to know? Gag them as well and they can not scream out for help!
I have told her as well, if they scream out loud ‘My Mam has chained me up and locked me in the shed’ The neighbours will either rejoice or ignore what they have heard on account of the fact they regularly open up their bedroom windows and bellow ‘somebody call childline – she’s making me take a bath….’
My sister’s husband, the poor, long suffering guy, well, he tries his best but really, my sister is a tool short of a full box herself and as she is currently going through the menapause (all thank God she can not produce more children!) So he is currently sitting in a house with fans going full pelt, sleeping on the floor I am informed as she needs all the bed to herself (kicks like a mule apparently) and providing tissues at the rate of ten trees downed a day to mop up her tears.
He likes the pub, does my brother in law. He really likes it there….
I am being unfair really, he’s a great guy and he really is taking care of my sister right now. Thank God. Because frankly, those nephews of mine would have me sat in a chair babbling mindless rubbish if I spent more than an hour with them!
One more fake spider posted through my letterbox and I will commit real murder this Halloween…. It’s NOT FUNNY.
I myself, will not be celebrating this Halloween. I am having a nice, quiet time of it (I have informed my family I am going on a short break therefore can’t possibly be at the family get together this year!)
I am very into my work right now, I am enjoying my clients and my time with them so I will be working (should the phone ring) right through from now until Christmas Day! This really is my favourite time of the year to work. All the darkness outside seems to do the opposite to me than others – it revs me up rather than slows me down! So, it’s all guns-a-blazing! I do like my job
Take care all
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