{"id":4807,"date":"2017-11-03T05:20:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2017-11-03T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:20:14","slug":"this-is-halloween-at-sea-10312017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4807","title":{"rendered":"This is Halloween \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [10\/31\/2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This is Halloween, everybody give a scream\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t really believe that Halloween is tomorrow, although it definitely feels<\/em> like it; and I don\u2019t just mean the weather.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is going to be a tough schedule, the classes are standard, but the evening is a little bit crazy. I\u2019m teaching until 5:00, then helping the kids\u2019 club with their trick or treating at 7(ish), working greeting duty for the show at 7:30 and then attending the Halloween Monster Mash upstairs at 9:30 (that\u2019s required, it\u2019s the passenger party, not a crew event). In between which I have a hair appointment, and I have to change costumes twice. That last bit is really my own fault, I suppose I could stay as one the entire day, but I brought two with me, and I love them both so one is being my daytime costume (the heavier of the two, I found out the hard way that I can\u2019t dance in the TARDIS costume, as beautiful as it is) and the other is for the party (I even went so far this year as to buy false eyelashes with pink tips. That\u2019s going to be fun to apply as I\u2019ve never worn them before. The cast will hopefully be helping me with that.<\/p>\n

Its been a few years since I wore Chesh, so this year I got new purple hairspray and new stripey pink and black tights and we\u2019ll see if I can still pull it off the way I used to. At least I remembered to bring her paws!<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

But honestly, the day was \u2013 or rather has been as this is one of the few entries I write as I go \u2013 rather insane. From 10:30 this morning I have had something almost every hour, and some of those things take considerably longer than usual. For example, my hair appointment which last time took only 45 minutes clocked in at over an hour, which meant getting into<\/em> the T.A.R.D.I.S costume was more than a bit of a rush (and I can\u2019t find my Dr Who hairbow, this is mildly upsetting). The guests love it though, but even though it was made as light as possible it\u2019s not a costume I can wear for long, it\u2019s just too heavy. So whenever I can find a few minutes I hide in my room where it\u2019s nice and cool before putting all the layers back on and heading back out.<\/p>\n

My feet may hurt and my ribs are aching from the constricting nature of the TARDIS\u2019 corset top half, but I still love this holiday<\/p>\n

Even though they won\u2019t shut up\u2026but I\u2019m trying to ignore that..<\/p>\n

While the TARDIS is more elaborate looking, the truth is that Chesh takes more time and has way more pieces. To illustrate the breakdown for the two costumes is as follows:<\/p>\n

TARDIS:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waistcoat<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skirt<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corset<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earrings (three, including one special cuff)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sonic screwdriver<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pocket watch (which I forgot)<\/p>\n

CHESH:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dress<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Shrug<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ears<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legwarmers<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leggings<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Striped socks (one pink and black stripes, one black with stars)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 False eyelashes<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paws\/gloves<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Purple nailpolish<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full face make-up<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact lenses<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Purple hair spray<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Doc martins (also pink)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earrings (one black feather, one pink feather, one alice in wonderland \u201cdrink me\u201d bottle with cuff chain)<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh yeah, and the little plain white socks I have to wear under the fancy ones to make sure the doc\u2019s fit properly<\/p>\n

See, chesh takes WAY longer! But she looks\u2026absolutely brilliant when she\u2019s all put together properly.<\/p>\n

The party went exceptionally well, longer than we anticipated but that\u2019s always been the way. There was a small hiccup with the costume contest, which I\u2019m ashamed to admit was my fault \u2013 nothing major, just a moment where I made a bit of a wrong call, easily dispelled thankfully but I feel badly about. But the rest of the night was full of music and dancing and some pretty amazing costumes.<\/p>\n

But it was a long long day, and now that I have finally come back to the safety and quiet of my own room, and have washed the purple out of my hair and set aside all the various pieces of all the various characters I don for this night, I want nothing more than to simply curl up and sleep\u2026<\/p>\n

Good night Neverland.<\/p>\n

Be safe\u2026and blessed be<\/p>\n

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