Halloween Season
Oct. 31st, 2022 11:33 amCassius is going as the Hollow Knight from the game, which involves a bodysuit, cape, and mask from Spirit Halloween, and a handmade Needle that he built out of cardboard and various colors of tape. Yay Cardboard Camp skills! We accidentally left it at Grammy’s house in Wisconsin after her annual Halloween birthday party last weekend, but she was able to mail it to us in time. Whew!
Theia is going as Artemis, in a generic “goddess” costume plus a bow and arrow. Both kids are deep into mythology, thanks to the Percy Jackson series and the Greeking Out podcast. And of course I’ve read them various myths and folktales as bedtime stories, since I have a collection of such things.
Last weekend we were in Wisconsin, as I mentioned. Phil went as a Plague Doctor (one of the most popular costumes for a while, I’m guessing) and I had a thrown-together steampunk Mad Hatter kind of getup, because when you already have the fancy Victorian jacket, top hat, and refracting goggles just lying around, you should use them. We helped prep for the party, had a good time, and then turned around and left the next day.
While there, we walked through the Shalom Wildlife Zoo, which is lovely in autumn, and I got some excellent photos of various wildlife. They have baby tiger cubs!
The real excitement there was when Phil’s dad walked out of the bedroom in his tighty-whiteys because he was having a medical incident the night before the party. He’s got Parkinson’s (recently diagnosed) and various blood pressure issues, but it turns out that wasn’t what caused the problem although it means he’s sometimes a bit confused and might not communicate well. Turns out the problem was a kidney stone on the move (ugh). But it was pretty scary for a while, as they called the emergency services and all. The kids were still awake, so they got to have that experience. Fortunately, everything ended well.
...And that’s my time for Monday journaling. Okay, real quick, what else?
Just had parent-teacher conferences. Cassius is doing well in school, mostly As although he doesn’t like having homework every day. Theia scored very low in math. The teacher thinks she wasn’t focused during the test, but she also needs to work on it more.
I’m over 1/4 of the way through my SF novel, Desolation Station.
I’m seeding our yard with Bee Seed as part of the lawns to legumes pollinator project. I’d hoped to do more planting, but I waited too long to get started and all the native plant nurseries have stopped stocking plants. I’m really angry at myself about that.
Phil is finally getting a promotion at work, but they’re managing it in a really annoying roundabout way and he has to justify why he should get a huge raise that won’t even get him up to industry standard and it’s just a pain in the ass right now but it will be great once it goes through.
This weekend I got to go to Alex’s All Hallows party and see the lovely improvements to her house (and finally reclaim my baking pan, LOL), and then our whole family got to go to brunch at Hillary and Doc’s and we got to chat with folks we haven’t seen for ages and the kids loved hanging out with other kids and playing video games. We also did Halloween at Midtown Global Market, I tried the new momo place, we did the scavenger treats thing at Lunds & Byerly’s (worth it!), and trick-or-treated in downtown Edina, which is also always worth it.
I need to figure out how to use Dreamwidth's picture hosting so I can post pictures... Maybe next time (in less than a year! LOL.)