On a Tuesday night before Halloween, my RA, Julie, held a floor program. I live in honors housing, D building, on the second floor. The program was called “Pumpkin Painting with Pals”. Julie organized this program with one of her friends from another floor, so both floors did this together in the D200 common room. Only one person from the other floor came, but the majority of D200 came. People brought friends, too. I really enjoy living on a floor with friendly people who participate in the awesome programs Julie plans for us.

At the start of the program, everyone went downstairs to pick out a pumpkin. There were many different sized pumpkins sitting in a big blue crate right outside D building. I chose a medium sized pumpkin and brought it upstairs. In the common room, Julie and her friend set up a long table in the middle with paint and paintbrushes. There was a snack table in the corner, with festive Halloween candy and Rice Krispy treats. Water and apple cider were available as well.

The other residents and I ate, drank, spoke to each other, and painted. It was a really fun night. People got really creative with their pumpkins. I just put an “S” on mine and painted a chevron pattern all over the pumpkin. Other girls recreated fictional characters on their pumpkins, made interesting faces on them, and so much more. I am happy that we did this. It was something creative and very fun. It is clear that Julie put a lot of thought and effort into this program, and that paid off because we all had a great time.