Matilda is just beautiful, Hec.
Thank you!
Emmett tells me that about 19 times a day. Except it's in ten year old boy speak. "She's soooooooo cute! And she's tiny. I gotta kiss the baby."
She was so good today. She had a little fuss zone when the grandpa came over, but after that she was golden through the commuting, the ceremony (well, she did cry during the actual baptism, but that's considered good luck and she stopped immediately after), and was a pip all during the lunch and social whirl afterwards.
We went out to dinner tonight and JZ put her in the front pack, where she half napped half squirmed during dinner but didn't make any noise. When we got home I took the baby and was holding her and Jacqueline leaned over and the baby gave her a huge "Where have you been?" smile. Like, she hadn't seen mommy's face for two hours because she was in a front pack looking at mommy's chest.
Then Matilda was super chatty and vocalizing with me which is just the cutest freakin' thing. They stare at you very intently and their face cycles through all these expressions and they gurgle out something like, "Agoooawoorah!" Then they flap their arms at you expectantly.
Congrats on the new job, Beth!
Go Matilda on the charming of the public, of course no one is surprised given her parentage.
I saw Sparky and her DH at the Berkeley Rep tonight, where we saw a really cool play starring Bra'tac! (Okay, Tony Amendola.) It's "The Pillowman" by Martin McDonough, who wrote "Beauty Queen of Leenane" among other plays, which means it's long, verbose, witty, and absolutely brutal. It has a lot to say about art and narrative and torture and bad families and stuff. Started a bit too "The Trial" but after that it veered off into other territories.
Given my current fannish obsession, the fact that it involves two brothers in an abnormally fraught relationship just gave it more power for me.
At any rate, it would have been too difficult to watch, except for it being really damned funny. I'm constantly amazed that I can watch some things on television that become just too powerful and difficult when put on stage. I wonder why that is.
'Suela, I'm interested in seeing that! A friend recommended it to me. It sounded right up my alley.
I recommend it. I think the Rep has some good ticket specials these days, but it's definitely selling out. We had a ton of walk-ins.
It's 12 degrees here. 12F. Which is damn cold in Celsius.
Actual train of thought, one minute ago: "Twelve degrees? Damn, that's cold. Those poor people near--Boston--wait, I'm near Boston. DAMMIT."
(It's 14 here, though! Ha!)
It's 22F here. And I can't stop sneezing and blowing my nose. Going out to do laundry is looking unlikely.
Oooh, laundry. Thank god I only have to haul it down to the cellar.
Katie, your name came up favorably last night at vwbug's. We all hope you're settling in and that you have your furniture by now!
It's 27F here. We're supposed to get 2-4" of snow today. Maybe that'll help the Bears today. (I'm otherwise convinced that the Saints will beat the Bears today.)
It's a balmy 27 in Chicago.
