Monday, October 15, 2018

#MicroblogMondays: Odds & ends

  • While I'm happy for the Duke & Duchess of Sussex (aka Prince Harry & Meghan Markle), who announced today that they are expecting a baby, did they really have to do it on Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day?? (And here I always thought the Brits were ahead of us in North America when it comes to awareness of these issues...!) I am sure it was unintentional on their part, but it just goes to show we still have a long way to go when it comes to awareness of these issues. 
  • Yes, today is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day (in Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month).  Around the world tonight,  bereaved parents will be lighting candles at 7 p.m. local time and letting them shine for one hour, providing a continuous "wave of light" for 24 hours in memory of our babies. I actually haven't participated in the candlelighting in recent years, but I think I will do it again this year. 
  • Trying to get back into our usual routine since returning from visiting my parents last week.  Last Monday was (Canadian) Thanksgiving (a statutory holiday);  Tuesday we travelled home;  Wednesday we went to the supermarket to restock our cupboards & fridge/freezer (which we usually do Monday). I had a hard time remembering what day it was! Hoping this week will be a little more "normal!"  
  • Dh & I went to see the most recent version of "A Star is Born" this weekend, starting Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga (as well as Sam Elliott -- sigh!! -- Dave Chapelle, and Andrew Dice Clay (!!) as Gaga's dad (!!))(and he was really good!!).  I remember seeing the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version when I was a teenager, and crying buckets over it... and I cried at this one too. Cooper can sing (& direct), Gaga can act, and together, they have fabulous chemistry. I predict Oscar nominations to come... 
  • Younger Nephew & his bride have been living in her parents' basement since their wedding in April, but this weekend, they moved into their recently purchased townhouse -- two bedrooms, two levels, and about two blocks away (a 5-10 minute walk) from our condo building. Dh & BIL both think they paid wayyyyyyy too much money for it -- and they probably did -- (is there any other kind of real estate, hereabouts??) -- but I understand their desire to spread their wings & get their own space.  We went there to see it yesterday. I still think of  YN as an adorable, curly-haired toddler with a soother stuck permanently in his mouth, and it's somewhat bizarre to realize (not for the first time) that he's now a married adult with a mortgage.  
You can find more of this week's #MicroblogMondays posts here

4 comments:

  1. Oh man, I didn't realize that was today... That IS real sucky timing for a pregnant announcement. Couldn't have waited ONE day? I have been so consumed with the house selling pricesp that I totally was eating Thai food at 7. I wish I'd lit my candles.

    Happy belated Thanksgiving! So weird to have someone you remember as a toddler having a mortgage and a wife now. Time just marches on and so for no one!

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  2. October 15 is also, apparently, National Grouch Day according to my Facebook feed. Perhaps they're related. Although, every day for me is Grouch Day! :)

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  3. I think that in the UK the day pretty much goes unnoticed by most. In fact, I'm not sure anyone ever acknowledges it here in NZ, and I had good intentions to write something on my blog and on Fbk this year, but events conspired to distract me elsewhere.

    I'm looking forward to A Star is Born. I also remember the earlier version.

    Hope you're happily settling back in at home. There's no place like it.

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  4. I had such mixed feelings about the royal announcement, too. What a luxury to hear the news and be purely happy and not traumatized at all.

    Can't wait to see A Star Is Born, especially with your review of it. It seems like most people these days don't know it's a remake of a remake (of a remake). Such a timeless storyline.

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