The first of what I anticipate will be multiple office e-mails regarding next week's planned Trunk-Or-Treat festivities was sent early this morning. I briefly glanced at the e-mail and promptly deleted it. I wouldn't even say that I read the e-mail because I didn't. As I'm writing this, I couldn't even recall the written contents of that e-mail, being that I did not pay it any attention. I remember seeing a few pictures in the e-mail itself, but that's all I recall. I am being completely honest when I say that I want nothing to do with those festivities and I did not hesitate to ignore that e-mail.
Last year, which was the second year that the department was even doing Trunk-Or-Treat, I opted out and did not participate in any of it. I wish to continue that streak and avoid the 2025 iteration of Trunk-Or-Treat. I've never been big on Halloween anyway, not even as a child, but the last thing that I want to do now, as an adult, is engage in anything related to Halloween in the workplace. I'm not doing any of that dress-up nonsense. At most, I might wear some kind of shirt (i.e. something with skulls, black cats, or even a zombie) that might be loosely related to Halloween, but that's about as far as I'm going to go. Beyond that, I'm not going to budge.
I already dislike many of the people with whom I work and that's in a professional capacity. I would prefer not to associate with them in something that could be deemed fun, but also something that is not essential to the work that we do. I just want to go in early every morning, do whatever work it is I need to do, and get the hell out. I'm not there for fun, games, or anything that I would consider to be needless socialization.
I suspect that Morie and Gloria will do their damnedest to get me to participate, but in the end, I will decline and make it clear to them that I want nothing to do with it. I'm even willing to take the latter half of the workday off, just to not be there when everything is happening. If it comes down to it, I could very well just take the whole day off. I have plenty of vacation time as it is and as I tend to joke, I could use the time off anyway. I already work seven days a week as it is, so maybe I would be entitled to a random day off.
My avoidance of Trunk-Or-Treat should mark the beginning of my avoiding all other holiday celebrations that are likely to be held between now and the end of the year. There's usually some kind of Thanksgiving "feast" that the office likes to throw the week before the actual Thanksgiving holiday. It's more of a potluck kind of thing. I don't cook. I barely eat. I dislike people. I'll be skipping those festivities. For the past two Decembers, the office likes to throw a get-together at a local bowling alley. I did it the last two years. I'm not looking to bother with it this year and I will look to skip bowling altogether.
I don't particularly care for the forced socialization that always takes place at this time of year. Mentally, I will look forward to 01/02/26, when all of that holiday stuff has come to end and normalcy can ensue once again.
Currently, I find myself gradually approaching what I would consider to be a form of gauntlet.
Ready or not, here goes nothing.
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