{"id":5152,"date":"2018-10-31T21:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T04:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5152"},"modified":"2018-10-31T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T04:53:19","slug":"purple-stripes-and-shadowd-hearts-cozumel-mexico-10-31-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5152","title":{"rendered":"Purple Stripes and Shadow\u2019d Hearts \u2013 Cozumel, Mexico \u2013 [10\/31\/2018]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u201cCome little children, the time\u2019s come to play.\u201d ~ Hocus Pocus<\/em><\/p>\n

I will say this: once a performer, always a performer.<\/p>\n

Having Halloween fall on the second day of my contract is not, perhaps, the easiest thing. The truth is, all I really wanted to do tonight was stay in, watch a movie, order room service and enjoy my Samhain in peace.<\/p>\n

But\u2026I\u2019m part of the entertainment department, so quiet isn\u2019t one of the qualities of the job. Especially<\/em> when you\u2019re the new kid on the block so to speak.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been one to do things by half measures, so in between classes I wrestled my hair into some semblance of waves and coated it with about a half a can of purple hairspray and after my final class of the day I dug into my closet and pulled out the rest of my ever-faithful chesh costume. I could have gone big, I could have done T.A.R.D.I.S, but when my suitcases were already too heavy to carry my grounding stones (which I regret, and have actually ordered some more) \u2013 three pounds of satin wasn\u2019t in the cards. Besides, I love my Chesh costume. I didn\u2019t have my pink & black mary-jane\u2019s with me this time (again, space in the luggage), so I paired the whole thing with high-top purple converse \u2013 which proved to be very easy ot dance in. Note to self : costumes that don\u2019t require high heels for the win.<\/p>\n

The party went off without a hitch, and at least once I was mostly responsible for cracking an empty dance floor (someone<\/em> has to be brave enough to start). Also, I remembered just how much more fun both the Wobble and the Cupid Shuffle are to dance when you have a tail attached to the back of your dress.<\/p>\n

Yup, still doing line dancing\u2026goes with the job. Made me very very<\/em> glad I was wearing flats.<\/p>\n

The thing is though, this is only my third night here\u2026I don\u2019t know anyone. The actual crew Halloween party was held last week, well before I arrived; I wasn\u2019t here for the rehearsals for the \u201cthriller\u201d flash mob. And I don\u2019t know a soul except for my boss and maybe one other team member. And sadly, this team is not proving the easiest one to crack\u2026<\/p>\n

So this kitty spent much of her evening standing watching other<\/em> people have a great deal more fun than she was having; and really missing her friends, and her family, and her silly furball of a cat.<\/p>\n

It felt good to get back to my own space, wash off my black nose and purple hair, and curl up with a movie as I originally planned.<\/p>\n

As we drift through the ocean this All Hallows night, I have to remind myself that this isn\u2019t just a holiday that\u2019s hard pushed by the candy companies. The veil is thin tonight, and if you listen the right way you can hear it, you can feel<\/em> it\u2026<\/p>\n

Be careful out there\u2026and treat those around you with respect, and those Beyond you with care\u2026<\/p>\n

A blessed, blessed Samhain to all of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCome little children, the time\u2019s come to play.\u201d ~ Hocus Pocus I will say this: once a performer, always a performer. Having Halloween fall on the second day of my contract is not, perhaps, the easiest thing. The truth is, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,103,86,17,18,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-below-the-waterline","category-cuban-dreams","category-fall-contracts","category-reflections-below-the-waterline","category-theme-events","category-transitions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3GtNE-1l6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5154,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5152\/revisions\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}