{"id":6368,"date":"2021-10-08T17:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6368"},"modified":"2021-10-08T17:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T22:50:53","slug":"its-time-to-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=6368","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time to Prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by Rebecca Dance<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Spooky time is upon us again, folks. It might not feel like it recently, with these eighty degree days, but I promise October started last week. For ease of access, please refer to the step-by-step plan below to fully embrace the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Step One: Eat enough seasonal sweets to make your dentist cry. I personally adore cotton candy and apple cider donuts. I nearly cried when I saw apple cider with the pulp in it when I walked through the Salem Wal-Mart. I suggest ignoring any health advice you\u2019ve ever gotten from a healthcare professional about nutrition and instead following your heart to the joy of a sugar high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Step Two: Pick up some wardrobe essentials. I\u2019m partial to a good cardigan, and I recently bought a few more at Target. I\u2019m not suggesting heat stroke, but I am suggesting that the next time you\u2019re debating what to wear because the weather is going to change, choose the aesthetic and embrace it despite the sweat. Just remember to stay hydrated if you choose to ignore the forecast and follow the fall of your dreams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Step Three: Decorate. It doesn\u2019t have to be a decoration sprint in the last few days of the month- decorations can be up and slowly added throughout the whole month to culminate with the grand finale on Halloween. I\u2019ve seen window stickers and small skeletons across campus, and every bone brings me a little more joy. I\u2019m on the hunt for a cauldron I can fill with candy to put outside my door, personally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Step Four: Collect a costume. Halloween is a highly decorative holiday, and it can take a lot of time to build the perfect creation. I\u2019m reading the stars this month and they say go crazy on your costume. Channel your inner Victor Frankenstein and create the perfect costume that will make onlookers unsure if they want to stare at your terrible beauty or run away in fear. The stars suggest that the casual costumer look out, because this year belongs to those who go all out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Step Five: Halloween!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(You better get going, because it\u2019s only a little more than three weeks away.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Rebecca Dance \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Spooky time is upon us again, folks. It might not feel like it recently, with these eighty degree days, but I promise October started last week. For ease of access, please refer to the step-by-step plan below to fully embrace the season.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Step One: Eat enough seasonal sweets to make your…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}