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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Feb. 8th, 2014 09:17 pmI think I watched too much TV/starred at Internet too much yesterday. I was catching up on my missed TV shows for the week like "Sherlock" and "Supernatural" and then I was watching Olympics Opening Ceremony for four hours and I still have a headache today. Not being able to take anything for it sucks. But I'm managing.
The reason I can't take medication (well, I can take Tylenol if I get really desperate) is because I have actual news that I can now talk about. Bear and I are expecting a Baby Bear in the summer, due August 2. We found out right before Thanksgiving and the timing worked out well because I was home in January during the miserable first trimester period. The second trimester feels better. Bear is a bit terrified about the whole thing, while I'm mostly excited (which is surprising to me because I thought I would be much more nervous about it).
I'm very glad Olympics have started. I probably won't get to watch them a lot, but I'll try to do as much as I can. I can log on online using my Dad's cable account - so some events I can watch online. I really enjoyed the Opening Ceremony. My favorite part, weirdly, was the "War and Peace" ballet. I'm not normally a ballet fan but that was fantastic. And I got a bit nostalgic for my childhood when they showed various Soviet era details to "Time Flies". I was born in Soviet Union, watched it fall apart when I was eleven and left for America at twelve, almost thirteen. So all those songs were my songs.
Today I went to the Met Opera with my Mom in the afternoon to see Dvorak's "Rusalka" with Renee Fleming in the main role, while my Dad went to see a movie. We met up at 11:30 in the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle and got some lunch. I liked the music but it was making me a little sleepy. I spent Act II with my eyes closed, listening to music/slightly napping, which helped me to stay awake later.
After the opera was over, we took the subway down to 34th street since I wanted to pick up some jeans and Mama wanted to come to see what maternity options were available in those stores. We went to Old Navy for jeans and H&M for some shirts. She actually bought then for me which was very nice of my parents. But now I have jeans I can actually wear.
On Thursday, I forgot to mention that I finished another book. Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood. It is his autobiography of his Berlin years and years before he came to the US. It was really interested to read, mainly for all the famous people he had as friends and colleagues. And a good perspective on that time period. The movie is on Netflix and I will probably watch it now.
The reason I can't take medication (well, I can take Tylenol if I get really desperate) is because I have actual news that I can now talk about. Bear and I are expecting a Baby Bear in the summer, due August 2. We found out right before Thanksgiving and the timing worked out well because I was home in January during the miserable first trimester period. The second trimester feels better. Bear is a bit terrified about the whole thing, while I'm mostly excited (which is surprising to me because I thought I would be much more nervous about it).
I'm very glad Olympics have started. I probably won't get to watch them a lot, but I'll try to do as much as I can. I can log on online using my Dad's cable account - so some events I can watch online. I really enjoyed the Opening Ceremony. My favorite part, weirdly, was the "War and Peace" ballet. I'm not normally a ballet fan but that was fantastic. And I got a bit nostalgic for my childhood when they showed various Soviet era details to "Time Flies". I was born in Soviet Union, watched it fall apart when I was eleven and left for America at twelve, almost thirteen. So all those songs were my songs.
Today I went to the Met Opera with my Mom in the afternoon to see Dvorak's "Rusalka" with Renee Fleming in the main role, while my Dad went to see a movie. We met up at 11:30 in the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle and got some lunch. I liked the music but it was making me a little sleepy. I spent Act II with my eyes closed, listening to music/slightly napping, which helped me to stay awake later.
After the opera was over, we took the subway down to 34th street since I wanted to pick up some jeans and Mama wanted to come to see what maternity options were available in those stores. We went to Old Navy for jeans and H&M for some shirts. She actually bought then for me which was very nice of my parents. But now I have jeans I can actually wear.
On Thursday, I forgot to mention that I finished another book. Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood. It is his autobiography of his Berlin years and years before he came to the US. It was really interested to read, mainly for all the famous people he had as friends and colleagues. And a good perspective on that time period. The movie is on Netflix and I will probably watch it now.