I need some cider.  It’s THAT kind of day outside.

Some hot, mulled cider and Halloween candy.  Oooh, and fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies.  Possibly sugar cookies.  A whole lotta cookies.

Christmas carols in the background.

Warm, clean quilt on the couch.

Muted lights.

And my husband.

This is how I would self-soothe tonight, in a perfect world.