I'm so sorry. That sounds so hard. I know that for anyone that has lost someone the holidays especially difficult. I wish I had some words of advice. π«
02.11.2025 00:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@katieversion2.bsky.social
Tea enthusiast, microbiology/immunology lab tech in transfusion science, D&D newb, science nerd, music fan. She/her Halifax / Kjipuktuk, Nova Scotia
I'm so sorry. That sounds so hard. I know that for anyone that has lost someone the holidays especially difficult. I wish I had some words of advice. π«
02.11.2025 00:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0En route to PEI and stopped at a gas station for a bathroom break and a drink, and I'm reminded that in the UK you can get sparkling water literally anywhere the sell bottled water. And it was good! Not that you can't here, there was just more variety there.
01.11.2025 15:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love it!
01.11.2025 10:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We gave up and shut it down at 8:30. We hadn't had any trick-or-treaters for half and hour. I think we had somewhere around 90 kids.
31.10.2025 23:43 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sorry. π
31.10.2025 23:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They're all gone now!
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31.10.2025 23:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hopefully they'll just shut it down soon and you won't have to leave to enjoy some peace.
31.10.2025 22:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ew. I'm so sorry. π
31.10.2025 22:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That's not Halloween music!
31.10.2025 22:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There was a family dressed like characters from Shrek. There was Shrek, Fiona and Donkey. Love it.
31.10.2025 22:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My stash is anything we don't give out, which, given the flow of kids this year, might be more than we can handle. The next kids are getting fistfuls of things.
31.10.2025 22:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Between him and Buzz Lightyear my night is made.
31.10.2025 22:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππ his dad was trying to wrangle him, but he was just so damn excited that he could not be stopped.
31.10.2025 22:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0He was so excited that he tried to open my door. π
31.10.2025 22:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I do too!
31.10.2025 22:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I had one very excited pumpkin come to my door. I gave him cheesies and smarties and he was having the best night EVER. "I'm gonna eat these right now!!", he exclaimed.
31.10.2025 21:57 β π 22 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0I love this for you.
31.10.2025 21:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Awww! β€οΈ
31.10.2025 21:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My favourite trick-or-treaters are the ones that are so small they barely know what's happening. I just had Buzz Lightyear come to my door twice (same kid). Didn't even know to hold out his bucket so I could put treats in it.
31.10.2025 21:02 β π 19 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0I love it!
30.10.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes I forget to unfollow bands that have fallen out of favour with me which means their updates occasionally make their way through the algorithm and to my eyeballs. The latest update from Arcade Fire is that Win and Regine are splitting up. Maybe she's figured out that he really is a shitbag?
30.10.2025 21:10 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And after I mentioned it they went away. So, weather?
30.10.2025 20:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I hope the sniffles that I developed over the course of the day are weather related and not an illness.
30.10.2025 16:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My favourite is "I don't want the flu, so I don't get the flu shot"
30.10.2025 16:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0πππ
30.10.2025 16:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππππ amazing! I knew you could do it!
30.10.2025 16:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0OMG. π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ
30.10.2025 16:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I believe they will refund you if you can't make it, but I'm not sure the circumstances under which they would offer the refund. I just know friends of ours got a refund when they couldn't go due to illness. It's worth looking into!
30.10.2025 14:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Here's hoping it works!! π€π€π€
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