This year a few friends and I dressed up as characters from the movie “Robin Hood Men in Tights”. Yes, this outfit required the wearing of bright green tights.

Early in the day before the festivities started uptown I made a triple batch of my mother’s epically delicious award winning chili. This recipe normally only requires one pound of ground beef, I used closer to three and a half pounds, so you can imagine the amount of chili that was consumed by Robin Hood and his merry men.

Other friends were also present for the dinner with costumes ranging from Loofas (the shower things) to witches, Bob Ross the painter, and even Batman graced us with his presence. Overall it was a great Halloween weekend with no rain and not too cold of weather.

I got fairly impatient with the carving, and my artistic abilities aren't the best, so I went for humor and carved the letter pi into mine (get it? pumpkin pie!). My friend Sam managed to carve the Incredible Hulk on one side and Picasso on the other, while the other two pumpkins were classic scary faces. We put them out on the balcony and lit them up. It was a miserable and rainy night, so they looked fearsome. Since the weather was so crummy, we stayed warm and dry, playing cards and watching goofy YouTube videos late into the night.

Next weekend is the much-anticipated Halloween party. I'm going to miss a good part of the weekend because I'm going to a programming competition in Cincinnati, but I think I'll be home in time for the Saturday night block party, which is always pretty fun. At the very least, we'll be able to light up the Jack-O-Lanterns again for everyone to admire.

Also, a chemical engineering alumnus, Dwight McVey, came to talk to a few senior ChEs. Dwight graduated from OU a couple years ago and now works for Chemineer which specializes in mixing technology. Dwight talked to us about searching for a job and interviewing for said job. He explained the importance of having a relevant resume for the job in which you are applying for as well as a specific cover letter for each job. One useful piece of advice he mentioned was to look at an interview as a time to sell yourself to the company. I think that this advice will be very useful as I start interviewing for potential jobs.

After that we all met up at Bob Evans to get some breakfast and our advisor was nice enough to pick up the check. While there we thought it would be a great idea to meet up at Courtside Pizza to watch Ohio State put a beating on Illinois. It turned out to be a very fun time and I feel like it was a great bonding experience.

This weekend we're planning on heading out to the Farmer's Market and the annual Pawpaw Festival. I went last year and enjoyed some pawpaw-flavored ice cream made by Snowville Creamery. I think we had some sort of pawpaw funnel cake, too. In between these fun activities, I'll be doing some homework, but that's the way that college goes. I'm very grateful to have some free time, especially while the weather is still really nice.