03-05-23 Happy Birthday my Jackie
I got up in a hurry when I rolled over and checked my messages to see they needed me to cover a shift at noon. I had stripped the bed, was doing laundry and just ready to jump in the shower when I got a message they didn’t really need me after all. I am trying not to be frustrated and do want to help if needed but I don’t think I really am needed anymore and that is ok. I am not part of the youth team anyway and have many more things to fil my time. I helped get them through the hump of the busy holidays and feel good about that. I did take opportunity to take my carload of recycling to one of the yellow bins. The first 3 I went to were all full but I found an easily accessible and empty one so I could unload it all at once. I also sorted several of my cupboards and assessed what I have for food and spices etc as I am not going to get Hello Fresh for the next couple weeks. In the between spaces I watched 3 Oscar nominated movies and puzzled. My dinner was tasty and I look forward to it at lunch tomorrow as well!
Took time for a fun FaceTime with Emmy, her mom and sister. Gwen is so big now! Emmy always has fun with emoji faces while we chat. She like that she will be 6 next month and just has to add a zero to make my 60. The one and only time that will happen with her.
The Oscar Best picture nominees that I have previously seen are:
Top Gun: Maverick
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
This weekend I watched:
The Banshees of Inisherin (Loved it!)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Should get best female actor)
The Fabelmans (I didn’t know until after that it was a true story)
All Quiet on the Western Front (felt a little like when I watched Platoon)
Still to watch this week:
Women Talking
Triangle of Sadness
Tár (If I can find where to stream it)
I published rather than saved without finishing my thoughts… today is my dear friend Jackie’s birthday but I was able to have her answer FaceTime so I reached out to her son who is going to try to make it happen tomorrow. I do miss her.
I did have adventures with the movies today as well. I tried to rent Triangle of Sadness and instead something else in French processed and on top of it the expiry date is very odd
Also I watched the first half of All Quiet on the Western Front in the original German with subtitles but found it hard to watch and puzzle so I switched to English but all the Germans had British accents!! That was annoying, almost as annoying as the soundtrack. The cinematography was impressive though.
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