T’day is Wednesday an’ I work the matinee meaning I go in at 11 and get off at 4, but I gotta get there some early to dress up for my part. Anyway, after me an’ Addison cleaned up everything from where we made breakfast for Merritt, Devon, an’ Hannah… I should say me an’ her ate too. Anyway, it’s sunny so I took a walk ‘round the neighborhood.
Well, tomorrow’s Halloween, an’ in 2024 e’rybody puts on a costume and celebrates by eating candy and sometimes playing games. I tol’ em’ that in 1880, we’d carve a pumpkin and Granny’d cook up apples with some butter an’ cinnamon, but we didn’t do nothing like dressing up. Jacob said all that sort of thing come later on in the 20th Century.
I mentioned that the black sharecroppers didn’t do nothing, far as I knew.
I wanna say that I ‘bout got my mouth taught t’ not call black people what we called ‘em in 1880. I slipped one time and Jacob an’ me talked about how degrading it was ‘cause o’ how being forced a slave was degrading to start off, and that was the word for being a slave. He was real nice about it and we looked at a lot of stories on the Internet how words like that tie into being hateful and mean-minded.
Jacob’s a real good man, and I wish I’d ‘ve actually gone to school with him and all the people he tells me about. I’ll also say him and Addison are getting on real good. They kiss goodnight like a husband and wife kisses if you know what I mean.
Well, back to Halloween… We ain’t cutting up pumpkins or nothing, but me and Addison had a real good idea for costumes for ever’one. You’ll have to wait ‘til tomorrow to see what it is.
Nick is gonna make up some fun lights to decorate with. We’ll make up the common area for a party, and I just know it will be fun!
I hope you see when we post! It’ll be after ever’body gets done working, naturally.
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