Visited the new baby yesterday, and held her for about 45 minutes while she slept. She kept doing these full body snores and then settling back down to silence. My sister said I had the magic touch, but I think it has more to do with baby crying all night and getting a feed right before we got there. She has a couple of scratches on her head from the forceps (it was a very difficult birth) but otherwise she is completely perfect, and my sister looked very well too after getting a good sleep. The hospital is keeping them for a few more days, so Lee and I are visiting tomorrow.
A Spot of Bother is the second novel by Mark Haddon, who you may remember wrote the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Spot of Bother is nothing like the Curious Incident. It is about a family, the father is retired, the kids are grown up and messing up their own relationships. Then the father finds a lesion on his side and decides it’s cancer.
The story is told in chapters from different character’s points of view, as the father spirals through facing his own mortality into possibly going mad. The writing is compelling and I was sucked into the story almost straight off. It’s essentially a family drama, but it’s told with affection and humour and that makes it fun. I liked it a lot, but I didn’t think Lee would. It’s a bit too much about emotions and real life for him.
Today I am wearing an altered t-shirt that I made out of my old cropped Supergirl tee. I cut up an old long sleeve red tee (from Deka!) and added the sleeves and the bottom part of the torso to the cropped white one. It looks pretty flattering and it’s nice and long in the body. I can wear my Supergirl tee without feeling like Britney Spears (i.e. showing off my belly, which it is terribly unfashionable to do now.)
I liked Say Anything well enough, although it was a bit more serious than I expected. I wouldn’t say it’s the most romantic film I’ve ever seen, but it was pretty good. I would have taken Cusack back earlier than the girl did, but that’s just me.
PoF: detailed above
CO: the future.