Hello!
And happy Friday. I love my new routine of getting up early. The day seems so much longer and I get so much more done. Naturally, I don’t stay up that late anymore and my sleep is better. These past days flew by extremely fast again. My husband and I are glad and happy to see our son grow up together. It is good to be together. I love how petit Joel speaks so well, loves his books and makes sure he let’s us know what he wants. The fact that he is into books is great. He is constantly surrounded by my books and sees us reading and he brings his own book and sits next to us to ‘read’. Besides all this awesomeness, the sun is shining and it is getting warmer. Spring-Feelings! Read on what I have been up to during the week.
Reading: Currently I am reading One Hundred Shades of White by Preethi Nair and I am loving it. It is well written and gives insight on the life of an Indian family’s traditions and values. I recommend it and will share a full review soon. I also subscribed to The New York Times and read the newspaper daily. I used to buy a copy almost daily in the US and it feels good to have a bit of New York back. Back to my daily New York City fix.
Watching: I watched the movie Still Alice which made me reflect and think about my life for quite a while. Julianne Moore (love her) is a linguistic professor at Columbia University. She forgets words initially. Simple words. Then she starts getting lost when jogging around campus. She sees a doctor and gets the shocking diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease. She is only fifty years old when diagnosed and hangs on her life and her normal self for as long as possible. What was so shocking and sad for me is this struggle the faced. There is no way back, the disease is getting worse and worse and it was heartbreaking to observe her family who can only watch her mother disappear every single day. Great movie but not an easy one.
My husband and I watched Twelve Angry Men, the 1957 version. An inner-city teenager is accused of murder. The twelve jurors are discussing the closing arguments of this murder-trial and trying to reach a decision by unanimously voting. Eleven jurors vote guilty. One juror (Henry Fonda) votes not guilty. The arguments that follow made us glue to the screen the entire time. I highly recommend this movie. Acting at its best!
Enjoying: My brother and his girlfriend are touching home base today. Awesome. Cannot wait to see both and spend some quality time talking, laughing, eating and drinking with them. Family is the best ever!
Listening to: the Modern Love Podcast. It is really well done. The latest podcast ‘Not so Simple Math’ is amazing, made me think and wipe away a tear or two. Also, I am listing over and over to this great remix of ‘Say, Say, Say’ of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. This song is literally on ‘repeat-one’! Great find! [patting myself on the shoulder]
Trying: Laugh- Mediation for the first time. This was so so cool. After laughing so hard that I cried I felt strangely relieved of something I cannot explain. Just really good and happy. Discovering something new and loving it is awesome. I also attended a 5 Elements Cooking Class which was interesting.
Thank you for reading my blog and have a good Weekend.
