You know me as deep as the sea goes/ calm my head whenever the storm blows. . .

Today is Mabon, though I declared it fall on Monday on my FB because why not? It's also Rex Manning Day. April will be coming over to celebrate with J^1 and J^2 with Empire Records, spiked apple cider, popcorn and ice cream.

My sister is married, everyone behaved and she was mirculously pleased by the day. I gave a nice speech according to my friends though I could hear one of my older cousins shrilling, why is she getting emotional and talking like that? She's not dead! *eyeroll* This is why we can't have anything nice, family.

I got a lot of compliments on my ensemble. I don't photograph well in the wild and didn't bring a camera of my own (James and Melissa for some reason are the only ones who have fairly consist luck getting nice pics of me) and pics are still filtering in. Here's one but it really doesn't do justice to the back of my hair, the dress, my boobs, my waist or my ass. Just sayin'.

I have a lot of fall fantasies. They involve a super clean house, housewifery, cooking yummy fall dishes with lots of pumpkin and apple cider, huge chunky cardigans, Ugg cardi boots, crafting, working on Trevia, reading on a window seat with a cup of loose tea in front of a fireplace and other dreamy things.

My house is currently a pit of despair in terms of cleanliness and we are starting to suffer from clutter creep again, we need to reorg. I don't own any chunky cardis or Uggs or a window seat or a fireplace or loose leaf tea. I've have fibro/exhaustion/whatever since Monday, so nothing's really gotten done. I've been in a lot of pain and grateful that my sister slipped me some illicit Vicodin. When I run through that stash (which will most likely be due to the pills expiring and thus not working anymore and me throwing them out), I will petition my doctor for a small handful of big girl pain killers because they make a flare up so much easier. I've now used a total of 3 vicodin . . .in my entire life, so I don't think I'm in eminent danger of becoming like Dr. House. None today, I'm muddling through the rest of the flareup on my "regular" meds. I'm tired and hurty but it seems to be starting to get somewhat better.

Current To Do List to Take Life Back Until My Sister's Baby is Born in Late November (in chronological order):

1. Get out of fibro flare up. I'm hoping by tomorrow/Friday.

2. Continue to dig self out of incurred financial obligations that have happened due to weddings and wedding related costs. Attempt to start savings.

3. Return Ava dress.

4. Eat as much pumpkin goods as possible, along with apple cider.

5. Clean all things on Sat.

6. Start yoga.

7. Buy and send out baby shower invitations.

8. Read for fun.

9. Remember what fun's like with friends.

10. Remember what a sex life is like (with friends! ;p).

11. Go back to the gym.

12. Put yarn up for sale on my Etsy.

13. Go to Delicious Orchards

14. Samhain

15. Craft for Trevia.

16. Go to Rhode Island

17. Go to FairieCon

18. Attempt to get a chunky cardi or two.

I'M BRINGING REX HIS LUNCH!

Now, today may be confusing for some of you because Mabon is sharing a day with an equally important holiday, Rex Manning Day.

It does present a plethora of potential etiquette dilemias, especially with the touchy subject comingling Pagans who don't celebrate RMD and RMD Believers who don't celebrate the Pagan holidays due to faith schism issues. And O What About the Children? Like me! I celebrate both! No one wants the stress of both holidays melting down over your lovely dinner and religious arguments are so boring.

So here is what you do. You honor both. Because? Let's face it, it's a Wednesday and you have almost no will to do anything. Especially, if like me, your sister just got married over the weekend and you just cooked a rehersal dinner for 20 and had Maid of Honor Duties.

1. Invite your friends to help celebrate! Pagans, RMD Believers and non believers alike! Everyone likes booze and/or ice cream!

2. A lot of guys like quests when celebrating religious events. Jow has not yet been exposed to RMD so I sent him on a quest to try to find Pumpkin Pie flavored ice cream and perhaps more apple cider as I suspect he bathes in it. J. will be getting the holy text for the evening.

3. Now that it's fall, peruse Halloween decorations. If you're like me, you like some of the nicer stuff to decorate your house year round anyway. Also, it's getting cold. Celebrating also means getting a new chunky cardi, *especially* since there's a sale.

4. Celebrate both holidays by drinking spiked apple cider, eating popcorn and ice cream and watching the sacred text.



p.s. I also came up with a formula for my super secret Trevia project today also.