Three Magnetic Fields, Two Björks
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Kaitlyn: Oh my God, it was our first Halloween party since 2019, before the pandemic and many other events. Nathan was not in the picture at the time of the last Halloween party, so I spent the week leading up to this one forcing him to look at photos of years past. “Here is Katie as Winona Ryder in Heathers! Look!” I said. “Here is Stephanie as Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice!”
Monday through Friday, I indulged in this activity and in 1,000 sour gummy bats from a Haribo snack-size variety bag. (“Here is Lizzie in 2016, when she was the guy from Mr. Robot!”) The additional context we need here is that, in August, Nathan and I moved into the apartment directly above the one I lived in with Stephanie during all of those Halloween parties of yore. We are her quirky upstairs neighbors now. And the party is back!
Let me just cut the suspense in half: Everything we did to prepare for this party was worth it. In that statement I include the four hours we spent hauling a broken mirror, a twin-size mattress, an area rug full of slugs, two children’s bicycles (no children live in the building),, nobody fight!” I include the unpleasant tactile experience of making popcorn balls, which requires coating your hands in a thick sheen of butter between the molding of each ball.
