The Month of October

October 2009 was a very eventful month.
Early October my dad flew to Ontario to see his sister who had been put in the hospital because her cancer had gotten so bad. On October 10th, at around 9 30 in the morning my aunt Anne passed away. The cancer she'd been fighting for five years and the cancer that had returned five times, finally won.
On the evening October 11th, we had a Thanksgiving dinner. My Grandma and brother were in town and a family friend and his son came over. It was a beautiful dinner, and almost every thing that we ate that night came from within 100 miles.
The next day, October 12th, was my nineteenth birthday and Thanksgiving day, in Canada. That morning we drove my brother to the ferry, because he had school the next day. That evening, my Mom, my Grandma and I had a very nice dinner of left overs and then we had a cake for my birthday. It was actually really quite nice.
A couple of days later my Mom and I took my Grandma home and spent the night at her house on the mainland.
A couple of days after that my Dad got back from Ontario. He was doing okay, but certainly not great.
On October 31st, Halloween, my girlfriend and I got all dressed up and spent the evening dancing our hearts out at the only club in town. It was my first trip to the club and it was actually surprisingly fun. We got hit on by some very interesting characters. There was also a costume contest, and the person who won was a guy dressed up as Gene Simmons, in full KISS apparel. He got a $500 prize, but he spent $700 on his outfit. Ridiculous but hilarious.