While I was consumed with the sewing project, DH went out and bought pumpkins, and he and the kids made jack-o-lanterns, the traditional kind:
This is the first year we've actually had jack-o-lanterns to light on Halloween, because we waited until today to carve them. Last year we did it just 2 days ahead, and the pumpkins dissolved into puddles of black fungus and nasty-smelling goo. That was a lesson I don't need repeating...
Mom and I sat outside with the candy bowl and watched the kids swarm the neighborhood. It was a little cool but very pleasant out there. It was nice to just sit and occasionally give a kid some candy. No pressure, just hanging out. A little before 7 I came in, and at 8 o'clock, I told the teenagers at the door they were our last official trick-or-treaters and they could take what they want (some took handfuls, others still took only 1 piece -- there is really a remarkable range of manners out there.)
As I was closing the front door I noticed that someone had smashed one of our pumpkins in the street. Nice, huh? People can be such jerks. I got a bag and picked it up, it was all still in pretty big chunks so it was easy -- it hadn't been run over by any cars yet. Hey, way to make a little girl sad at the end of a happy day (it was DD's pumpkin that was destroyed.)
I don't know if this happens in other parts of the country, but around here, we always get "traveler" trick-or-treaters, their parents drive them around to other neighborhoods to troll for candy. It's ridiculous. My kids went to maybe a dozen houses with DH and have way too much stuff as it is, not to mention the stuff we have left over. I won't be sorry when they outgrow this "holiday", although it is fun to see them dress up. Dressing up is fun, but they don't wait until Halloween for that -- I wonder how often that robe will put in an appearance? Hmmm. DS1 did look pretty scary walking down the street in it, all hooded with the long dangling sleeves... too bad that the scythe was too heavy/awkward for him to carry for very long, DH ended up carrying it... I suspected that might happen. We'll have to keep these things in mind for future costume prospects.
I feel like I haven't seen my husband all weekend, between his excursions and mine, we've been 2 ships crossing. Maybe we'll have a date next weekend, Mom has been suggesting it. I just want to get through DD's birthday on Thursday. I wonder how I'll be feeling by then? I can feel my temper flaring up much more easily these days, but that could just be because I am exhausted from doing to much. I would be exhausted even if I weren't post-op, but I am post-op, and I am trying to deal with the idea of having cancer. Yes, it's curable but it's still cancer and I don't think it has really sunk in yet.
I find myself telling people that the surgery went very well but stopping short of telling them I have cancer, unless we're in a setting where we can have an entire conversation. It just doesn't seem to fair to dump that on someone in a casual conversation.
I've got some writing to do, gotta get to it.
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