Chill out.

One of my favorite traditions during the Halloween season is to just ride around at night with the windows down, drinking hot-as-fuck coffee while listening to spooky-as-fuck tunes.

I did that tonight, actually. Proof:

(STARBUCKS DRIVE-THRU AT NIGHT, HOW SPOOOOKY)

It’s still hot during the daytime around here, but the air at night is much more autumnal. These dumb drives are my favorite way to relax during the Halloween season. (At home, my computer is too tempting a distraction, so it’s hard to just chill.)

Many of these drives last only a few minutes, but when I really need to clear my head, it isn’t uncommon for me to circle around for almost an hour. (Usually with just one random song playing on repeat, because it’s not like I can heavily fumble around with YouTube while driving. Yes, I just play music videos on YouTube, and yes, I know that’s not at all efficient.)

The drives are great now, but they’ll become doubly awesome in about two weeks, when everyone tosses Halloween decorations on their front lawns. My kingdom for cardboard tombstones.

I normally do this during reasonable hours, but I’ve done it super late at night, too. Like, 2-3 in the morning late. Neat thing about those drives is that the streets are completely dead, and naturally much spookier. Sometimes I pretend I’m in some dystopian horror movie. I don’t know why that relaxes me, but it does.

So, tonight’s question for everyone:

At this time of year, what’s your favorite way to just chill out?