Trick or Treat!!

Halloween 👻 growing up was an adventure!  I got to dress up as my favorite Power Ranger or Ninja Turtle, meet up with friends to plan the night, and All You Can Eat Candy!!! Usually in elementary school we typically had a Halloween carnival and every classmate brought candy to share with the class. There are levels to Halloween candy too lol.  You have the good stuff, the okay stuff, and the stuff you try to give away lol. Now that I am grown, Halloween is still an adventure but in different ways lol. First off, the candy prices are outrageous, now I understand when I got the “okay stuff” as a kid lol.  The costumes have not changed much though.  The ladies just learned how to sexy up their outfits lol. The guys still wait to the last minute and more than likely does something similar to the year before lol. We still have our grown-up carnivals; however, they are much more expensive to attend lol.  One thing I do not miss from childhood is “bobbing for apples”.  I did not like it then and for sure do not like it now lol.  I did enjoy going from house to house getting the candy and checking out the decorations.  Hopefully, one day I can be the spooky decorated house with the “good stuff” candy lol.  Also, who does not love the Halloween movies? Hocus Pocus, The Adams Family, Bettlejuice, Halloweentown, and the list goes on!!!

Stepping Up to the Plate!!

I always hear people say: “The family doesn’t get together anymore.” In actuality, that is a true statement; however, it is our own fault because we are not continuing the traditions laid out before us.  As a child growing up, my generation (millennials) really did not have to do much.  We were the younger group; therefore, no responsibility was on us lol.  Our hardest task was making sure we included "ma'am" or " sir" after yes and no when talking to someone older lol.  All the family events were fun for us because all we had to do was show up and play all day lol.  Even when we got hungry, someone older typically fixed our plates to avoid any messes.  Let me tell you, that is not the case anymore these days lol.  Now that we are older, we have real responsibilities for events. Mine is usually setup and cleanup crew 😒 lol.  That means I must show up earlier and leave later lol.  I HATE IT HERE!!  We have to fix our own plates now and typically after everyone else has eaten lol.  Due to respect, we let our elders go first and then the children must eat second smh; here we are getting the short end of the stick lol.  It sucks but it is the rite of passage.  If we want to continue the events our parents and grandparents did, then it is up to the millennials to step up to the plate.  After all, we are not the younger generation anymore lol.  We, The Millennials, are in our 20’s or 30’s now, so it is time we started taking charge of things!!! I too am guilty of sitting back but I will make a greater effort to get involved 🙄.  We have a generation watching so let us make it count.  I will hate it and it will be challenging 😅 but we can get it done!!

Hell's Kitchen!!

Have you ever spent hours on something for it to be over in minutes?  Before your mind goes to the gutter, I am talking about preparing or cooking meals lol.  You spend hours chopping, dicing, baking, frying, or boiling just to eat something within minutes smh.  Growing up, cooking always looked like an art when watching Red (mom), Mama Lillian (auntie), T. Rose (auntie) and Grandma do it. They always made everyone’s favorite dish and always seemed happy doing it.  There were salads, vegetables, meats, and desserts for as far as my young eyes could see.  What Trellie did not know is the time my favorite ladies put in to prep & prepare the food.  I also did not think about the cleaning afterwards once everyone was full. Yet they always seemed to manage it with a smile.  Now that I am wearing the apron, on occasions lol, I am seeing their struggles lol.  Trying to prepare dishes that require different things is hard lol.  You must first make sure you have all your ingredients; I never do lol. Always need to check temperatures to make sure nothing is burning or not cooking properly.  You must monitor the times because nothing is worst then eating cold food. I do love it when my dishes come out great and I get compliments though.  So, I guess all that sweating in the kitchen was worth it 🙄.  I have learned to clean as I finish with a pot too.  It makes washing easier, then waiting to the very end and cleaning everything at once lol (throw the whole kitchen away).  So, if you are reading this, I am telling you now to order that Takeout and avoid all this cooking because I HATE IT (sometimes lol)!!

Civil War!!

 

Growing up I saw a lot of rivals battle each other.  There were Superman vs. Lex Luthor, Batman vs. Joker, Power Rangers vs. Rita, Ninja Turtles vs. Shredder, and the worst of them all Sasha vs. Montrell lol.  You may not have known the last one, but it was one of the worst of them all lol.  Young Trellie was incredibly competitive and my arch nemesis was my very own cousin, Sasha lol.  One thing, I learned from my feud with my cousin is that it was created by one simple question: “Why can’t you act more like Sasha?”  Hearing that made me feel like she was better than me and the rivalry was on lol. My cousin and I were more like Ying & Yang than enemies; however, I was not able to see that back then lol.  We are both 88 babies (I am older by 6/7 months).  We were both gifted students in school and loved playing sports. In actuality, she always pushed me to get the best of myself and vice versa.  Once again, Young Trellie was too young to understand lol.  We fought, snitched, and laughed at each other’s downfall all the time.  In fact, it was not until a common enemy came along (her younger sister) and we got older that we realized the bond we truly had.  To this day, Sasha is one of my best buds.  We won our first video game together (Streets of Rage on Sega), we attended college together (Southern University), and we celebrated her 30^th birthday in epic fashion together lol. I think this week, I am hating on childhood because I wasted a lot of time fighting my greatest ally lol.