Day 164: Surgeryland recovery and Berlin Bangles

I slept roughly again last night - I know the discomfort will pass but it's hard lying down and rolling over, so I end up waking myself up all night long. It makes me very pleased for my new podcasts.

We had a relaxed and slow start to the morning though, which made up for the lack of sleep. When I got going, I made pikelets - something I haven't done in years - in anticipation of Steph's visit for morning tea. They were delicious with Lindy's lemon butter! It was great to see Steph after many weeks, and catch up on her news. She bought me some poppies and tulips to brighten my day.

By midday everyone had deserted the house to go and see movies - I couldn't be tempted to go to Despicable me 3 with Angus and Rob, and wasn't invited to go to Spiderman with the teenagers, thank goodness. Instead, I set myself up with the latest series of VEEP and watched a few wickedly funny episodes. There's no doubt that Julia Louis Dreyfus is a comic genius. I also grabbed a brief nap before the boys came home.

Robbie went out with Nat tonight to see 1984 at the STC.
Orwell's tale is obviously striking a cord in these crazy Trump days; even though I love the novel and feel attached to it having studied it for the HSC with the wonderful Marg Walsh, I couldn't quite bring myself to confront that harsh world just yet. Instead, the boys and I played a few rounds of Jenga before Angus and I snuggled up together to watch Tim Burton's version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - which had quite enough darkness of it's own.


Today I'm wearing a set of three bangles I bought in Berlin two years ago when I was there with Dad visiting Daisy and her partner Tori. They're from a Spanish fashion chain that I love called Bima y Lola.







At the same time as I bought these I also purchased a bangle for Cazy as a birthday gift...and today we're back around at her birthday again. She's celebrating with her family and in-laws in Lucca, Italy and sounds like she's having a wonderful time. I'm sending love and birthday kisses to my wonderful sister. I found this lovely photo of her and Mum from a few years ago - out of all of us, they are definitely the most alike.

The luminescent almost full moon here tonight made Mum feel very close.