I went back to the sleep specialist today for the results from my (lack of) sleep study. I did manage to sleep for 2 hours. During those two hours, I apparently stopped or severely slowed my breathing 82 times. My oxygen saturation, which is supposed to be 90 or above, was 80. So the doc says I need one of those d*mn CPAP machines. Sigh. I was really hoping that after losing some weight I could avoid that. And joy of joys, getting fitted for the d*mn thing means another lack of sleep study. At least they are giving me a pill this time to help me sleep.

I go see the surgeon next Monday about the tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, et al. At that time they'll do a CAT scan of my sinuses to tell me what else they're going to do. It's not going to be pleasant, but hopefully this will quiet my snoring so that should I ever find another boyfriend, I won't drive him from the bedroom. Well not with snoring anyway.

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In other news, I gave away almost all of my Halloween candy last night. I had a lot of cute little trick-or-treaters, and a lot less of the big scary ones, so that was good. In addition, some of the little ones were being helped around by some cute redneck daddies, a trend I can only hope will continue. We both get a treat then Oddly though, about a third of the kids didn't have costumes. What's up with that?

I creeped myself out watching little snippets of " Halloween 3: Season of the Witch" on the computer last night, and didn't sleep well. The movies on TV last night sucked. When I got in from the dentist yesterday, I caught the end of "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte", which is of course great, but apparently they decided everyone would be out last night, and just put on crap. TCM was hosting a Boris Karloff marathon, but not his good stuff. They were showing stuff from later in his career. Now sometimes I can hang with the obscure movies, but on Halloween night I want the good ones! I ended up watching documentaries about weird birth defects on A&E. It was good, but it wasn't what I wanted to see. I should have just stuck "Hocus Pocus" back in.

Justin first said he would come over, but then he wasn't able to. It was OK though. The weather was nice, and I was enjoying seeing the kids and giving them candy. It was a pretty good night.

I got a phone call from a nice guy I've been talking to in Atlanta. He's planning on coming to see me Friday night. He's canceled every other time he talked about coming, but he sounds like he's really going to do it this time. He has moved down there full time now though, so I guess it really doesn't matter. He's getting sucked into (pardon the pun) all that easily available Atlanta sex, so at some point I guess he'll fall in love (or lust, or something) with some pretty Atlanta boy and be gone. He is a nice guy though, and I enjoy hearing from him every now and then.

I am really looking forward to Saturday this week. My old friend Terry is coming by with his husband for a movie marathon. I haven't seen them in a while, and am really looking forward to it. Terry and I have known each other for 21 years (! man do I feel old). Although we don't see as much of each other as we used to, when we do, it's like no time has passed. We pick up right where we left off. He is such a sweet guy, and I really love him, although I worry about him.

I'm trying to decide what to cook for them. I'm thinking of making a crab dip I have been turning over trying in my head, it's a recipe that is growing out of another one I know. Sometimes those are the best. I would love to make some little quiches (I know I can do better than those frozen things) but the crust work is discouraging me. I also make some artichoke squares that are very good, and maybe I'll do a Mexican spinach dip. Hmm, now for sweets. I could do more brownies, but I'd like to bake an egg custard. That's Terry's favorite, and I used to make them for him all the time. But he likes trifle too, and I haven't made one in a while, although those are a pain in the tuckus. Still, they are good..

My mother finally bought a new car. I am SO relieved. She spends a lot of time on the road, going to see my sister, and driving to the mountains to see my grandparents. She checks in on them every couple of weeks. She's been driving a 99 Ford with 240K miles on it! I am really glad she has a new car. It's a Honda, so I know it will be reliable. I will worry less about her being on the go so much now.