End-of-Night Chat

Just been to see Black Swan, with Hannah and a couple of her pals.  I thought it was really amazing, though I did hide behind my scarf at several points.  The girl sitting across the aisle from me kept doing really comedy jumps, but some parts were a bit squeamish, I must admit.  Loved the dancing, and the makeup, and Natalie Portman. After years of not knowing if I loved or loathed her, I am happy to say I am finally convinced by her, once and for all. 

I had a well-expensive glass of wine in the cinema bar (should have known better) and a random bag of Revels, which I've just realised I love!  Does anyone remember when they were called Strollers, back in the day, and they came in a Cadbury-blue packet?

I had high hopes for 2011 being a much happier year than 2010 but so far one of my friends has lost a job and a boyfriend in the same week, and I just read on my other friend's blog that her Grandad has passed away. 

I really don't know how I'll cope when my granny dies, even though just it really seems that she'll live forever.  Makes me appreciate the time I have with her, and the chances I have to go on holiday with her and go for lunches with her when I'm not working.  Sometimes she'll tell you the same story you've heard a hundred times before, but lots of other times she tells other stories and I learn a little bit more about her that I never knew before.  I never met my dad's parents, and my mum's dad died when I was only wee, so my granny is the only one I've really gotten to know and I'm really glad to still have her around.

Enough heavy stuff for one post, I think.  I just need to finish packing and then I have a Body Balance class to go to tomorrow, and then meet ED for lunch/brunch/cocktails I think. 

I think I'll stick my electric blanket on now so it's toasty for getting in to bed, and toss whatever else I need into my case, rather than try to do it tomorrow.  I have that Katy Perry song stuck in my head and I'm really hoping it won't keep buzzing round my brain when I'm trying to get to sleep, it'll seriously drive me mad.  

Baby, you're a fiiiiiiiiiiiiire-work!

Oh yeah, for anyone who's interested, I jsut signed up for an awesome yoga deal, at the Merchant City Yoga company.  You get 10 lessons for £20 which works out as a saving of 75%.  As far as I know, once you've paid you can take the 10 classes any time over the next year.  Click here if you want to sign up or read more!

Oh my God, is that her ear?!

That's what someone on Law & Order just said when his wife's abductor sent her ear in with a ransom note.   And for some reason, this just cracked my mum up and she killed herself laughing.  Every now and then she just goes off again, it's really funny.

Yes please.

Erm, no thanks.

  Went to the gym tonight and got a good wee work out, looking forward to the day when I have amazo arms. I'm thinking Madonna circa 1990, rather than 2010.

Just started reading a new book called The Saffron Kitchen, and so far I'm totally loving it.  It's not very big though, so I'm going to need another one (or two) to take to Tenerife.  My mum left a book out there the last time she went, that one about Operation Mincemeat, so maybe I'll just read that.  And my granny always has a copy of Gone With The Wind out there, so that'd be a good opportunity to finally get around to reading that!  On the other hand, we're only going for 6 days which probably isn't enough time to read it all!

 

Tomorrow I'll definitely get around to packing, cause on Friday evening I've got some stupid family party thing to go to.  It's not even my family!  Oh, snore.  The only piece of hope I have is that my granny is coming with us so maybe we'll leave early.  I hope I hope I hope.

 

My mum has this random thing in her foot - all of a sudden she let out a yell and then said she couldn't move her toes or anything!  And her foot was all twisted and at a funny angle.  She said she could feel her foot but she just couldn't move it, it was so weird!  It was also really funny, once I realised that it didn't seem to be anything serious.  Hmm.  No idea what it was all about but it's happened twice already, so I hope it doesn't keep happening or she might do it on the plane!

 

Last night she made me set up a Twitter account for her, so she could follow Phillip Schofield and Eamonn Holmes.  Well, after all that she hasn't even used it yet.  Works for me, I'm dreading the bazillion questions that she'll hit me with as soon as she tries to get tweeting.

 
Now that I've done the setting-up bit, I might fob her off on my bro to help her out!
 
I am desperate to see Black Swan, but so far every time I try to arrange to see it with someone, I'm foiled!  Really want to see it before we go away, but now I don't know if I'll have time.  Maybe it's time to try out the old Pester Power technique.  You've all been warned!