Monday, August 24, 2015
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bearshortyLast week passed pretty quickly. On Wednesday, it was really hot but we went to the beach and it was just wonderful. The wind kept it cool and the water was actually warm enough that even I went swimming a few times. It just pure joy to be frolicking in the water and jumping with the waves (I don't actually swim that much in the ocean. Mostly I like jumping in the waves). I felt really happy and was enjoying the moment.
On Friday, I got a haircut with color and highlights. My hair can get very big and puffy sometimes and I don't have the patience to style it or make it that smooth, so it's nice when it's all styled after a hairdressers. I usually keep my hair up in a ponytail or a bun but my daughter lately pulls any scrunchy out of my hair since she likes it loose (easier to grab on to to soothe herself), so it's also pleasant to have it look nice when it's down. It's shoulder length now; I just took a few inches off.
Saturday, was the second opinion dentist visit. I really like this Russian female dentist. She explained everything well, showing me the x-ray and talking to me like a normal reasonable intelligent person. I definitely need to redo the crown, but since my root canal hasn't bothered me for 12 years and the root is too deep to be much affected by a redo, it is probably not worth it to spend so much money on. One day it will fail and will have to be pulled anyway. Whether I have to do a redo or just a crown will depend on the insurance company a bit (they might not let me just to do the crown but the dentist will write to them). I definitely feel more comfortable with this dentist. It also helps that her office has a very handsome male dental technician. Nice eye candy.
And I had a very nice weekend - Sunday, Monday - with Bear. I got some time to myself, I cooked and cleaned, I finished one book and watched a movie and did some playground family time. And I wrote a drabble , a little conversation between Luna and Professor McGonagall. It was for RS Games inter team activity and my prompt was seagull.
One more week at home (except work orientation on Thursday), and then back to work. I am looking forward to it.
Movie: Into the Woods
I saw the stage version on Netflix maybe a couple of years ago. I enjoyed it enough to get the CD. I'm really glad I saw it first and knew the songs. I knew where the story was going and what songs to anticipate. And the movie was a very good adaptation. I did like "Agony" in the stage version more - the princes were more campy. But otherwise I enjoyed all the actors and the singing. I'm blaming my nursing hormones for tearing up at the end of the movie but the movie did affect me more emotionally than the play at the end. I did like the Baker in the movie more."No One is Alone" has been stuck in my head all day.
Book: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
I'm finally done. The last third of the book certainly picked up and I found it much more fascinating and interesting: from WWII nursing to captivity to exile at Tobolsk. I liked Tatiana the most of all the sister, probably because I could relate to her personality. I knew how the story would end, so it made the whole book bittersweet but it was actually the epilogue about what happened to the servants that was the hardest to read. I didn't realize how many of them were killed. Only the foreigners, the tutors, were spared, pretty much. Poor people.
The book was really well written too with strong research predominating. The numerous letters, particularly from exile at Tobolsk, made their lives vivid. And often those lives were pretty mundane - but the letters and personal accounts made them interesting. Now I want to read her earlier book about the last days at Ekaterinburg.
On Friday, I got a haircut with color and highlights. My hair can get very big and puffy sometimes and I don't have the patience to style it or make it that smooth, so it's nice when it's all styled after a hairdressers. I usually keep my hair up in a ponytail or a bun but my daughter lately pulls any scrunchy out of my hair since she likes it loose (easier to grab on to to soothe herself), so it's also pleasant to have it look nice when it's down. It's shoulder length now; I just took a few inches off.
Saturday, was the second opinion dentist visit. I really like this Russian female dentist. She explained everything well, showing me the x-ray and talking to me like a normal reasonable intelligent person. I definitely need to redo the crown, but since my root canal hasn't bothered me for 12 years and the root is too deep to be much affected by a redo, it is probably not worth it to spend so much money on. One day it will fail and will have to be pulled anyway. Whether I have to do a redo or just a crown will depend on the insurance company a bit (they might not let me just to do the crown but the dentist will write to them). I definitely feel more comfortable with this dentist. It also helps that her office has a very handsome male dental technician. Nice eye candy.
And I had a very nice weekend - Sunday, Monday - with Bear. I got some time to myself, I cooked and cleaned, I finished one book and watched a movie and did some playground family time. And I wrote a drabble , a little conversation between Luna and Professor McGonagall. It was for RS Games inter team activity and my prompt was seagull.
One more week at home (except work orientation on Thursday), and then back to work. I am looking forward to it.
Movie: Into the Woods
I saw the stage version on Netflix maybe a couple of years ago. I enjoyed it enough to get the CD. I'm really glad I saw it first and knew the songs. I knew where the story was going and what songs to anticipate. And the movie was a very good adaptation. I did like "Agony" in the stage version more - the princes were more campy. But otherwise I enjoyed all the actors and the singing. I'm blaming my nursing hormones for tearing up at the end of the movie but the movie did affect me more emotionally than the play at the end. I did like the Baker in the movie more."No One is Alone" has been stuck in my head all day.
Book: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
I'm finally done. The last third of the book certainly picked up and I found it much more fascinating and interesting: from WWII nursing to captivity to exile at Tobolsk. I liked Tatiana the most of all the sister, probably because I could relate to her personality. I knew how the story would end, so it made the whole book bittersweet but it was actually the epilogue about what happened to the servants that was the hardest to read. I didn't realize how many of them were killed. Only the foreigners, the tutors, were spared, pretty much. Poor people.
The book was really well written too with strong research predominating. The numerous letters, particularly from exile at Tobolsk, made their lives vivid. And often those lives were pretty mundane - but the letters and personal accounts made them interesting. Now I want to read her earlier book about the last days at Ekaterinburg.
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Date: 2015-08-25 05:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-08-25 02:23 pm (UTC)I love getting my hair done too but mostly because I have absolutely NO style whatsoever. I usually just headband my hair back and walk out the door HAHAHA. :D