Spinning on that dizzy edge

First off - Happy Halloween, everybody!

Life has been a lot, lately.

( Car woes )

The kid in question turned 13 last week. 13!!! I have not yet fully wrapped my brain around that. ( Weathering the teen storm )

Due to feeling just overwhelmed, I decided to not sign up for Festivids this year. ( Justified... )

At least the autumnal weather has finally arrived. It is just wrong like the wrongest of things to require AC in October. Now I can sleep properly cold (while my thin-blooded family complains - wear PJs, dudes!).

I'm thinking this evening calls for some spiced wine and curling up with media while taking door duty for trick-or-treaters. Maybe some chocolate munching, too. :) I hope you all have a lovely evening!

I have stayed up stupid late once more, but this time with a purpose: I have mapped out garage sales for tomorrow morning, so now I can head out in the morning and hit most of them when they're still going strong, instead of compiling the list in the morning and hitting the road when most of them are closing.

I love garage sales: the prices, the variety, the random weirdnesses. Sometimes I get to rescue old D&D books. Other times I pick up kitchen gadget parts to replace stuff that's broken. I've outfitted the Emperor mainly through used clothes.

Also with the stupid lateness, I've refreshed my MP3 player with the recent Night Vale episodes and Alton Browncasts. I'll let it charge through the night so it can play in the car all day tomorrow.

Other things on the to-do list for this weekend:
Hit the semi-annual consignment sale for toys and uniform pieces for the Emperor
Weed the front garden beds
Process the tomatoes sitting patiently on my counter
Clean up my room (somewhere my mom is laughing and she doesn't even know why)
Take the Emperor on a whirlwind trip through the seasonal Halloween shops to assemble his Adventure Time Lich costume
Take the Emperor to the library to refresh his stash of Garfield books
Visit the craft stores for other parts of his costume
Organize the basement to make room for the treadmill
Pay bills, file paperwork

And with that, I should get my ass to bed. Good night, Interwebs. Good night. ;)

I had my laparoscopic surgery on Friday, only to discover that nothing is wrong. No scar tissue, no endometriosis - even my closed tube has somehow opened up. The only odd thing my doctor found is that my uterus has an abundance of blood vessels attached to it, which could explain my painful, heavy periods.

Of course I'm happy that she didn't find any serious problems, and we definitely needed a better picture of what's going on in my ladyparts, but I was hoping for a simple issue with a simple solution that would fix my fertility shortcomings, like what happened last time. Now we're back in the "Well, let's try this" phase. Plus, OW - my stomach is still sore and I'm not back to 100% yet.

In other news, the Emperor has decided (with a bit of influence from me) to be Harry Potter for Halloween this year. He has the hair and glasses for it, so now I need to procure a robe and accessories. I'm dithering between making the robe or just throwing money at the problem. The cheapest costume ones I've found are $20 or so, which doesn't include the tie. My crafty side is clamoring to get all DIY on it, especially with last year's triumphant Darth Maul double light saber. But I also recognize the obsessive warning signs, that if I don't make a decision one way or the other, I'm going to spend hours researching all the options.

Anyone out there have either a really kick-ass pattern or a suggestion on where/what to buy?