Halloween: The Sweet and the Scary

 First the sweet. Even though I just wasn't into Halloween this year I had to make donuts.

 My mom always made donuts on Halloween. It was the last thing she did at home before she went into the hospital for the last time so it's pretty non-negotiable. I nailed it this year. They were perfect.

 The Mister carved a pumpkin while we sipped Bloody Marys and listened to Alexa's Halloween playlist.

Later on we had toasted pumpkin seeds for a snack.

Now the scary.  One of the reasons I have not been in a very celebratory mood is because skating coach Daughter hadn't been feeling well all last week. Every night when she'd call me after work I could hear her getting sicker and sicker. By Sunday she had to leave work early and she could barely drive herself home. I was beside myself listening to her struggle while being so far away. I encouraged her to head over to the ER. Thank goodness she listened. She was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

All week long she was complaining about fumes in the rink from the broken Zamboni. The rink kept checking their detector and getting a safe reading. The hospital immediately called the fire department who took their detectors over and found unsafe levels in all the closed locker rooms and staff rooms. Wow.

For over a week everyone at the rink had been exposed to dangerous levels. Daughter is usually in the rink for 10-12 hours a day. She's doing better now but the headache and muscle aches won't go away. They tell her it could be over a month before they know if she will have any lasting damage. Poor thing.

 When she called me from the ER and told me what they found and that they were putting her on oxygen I know I grew more than one gray hair. If this keeps up I won't need that gray witch wig for next Halloween. Good gracious.