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Mary Poppins will Never be the Same

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In honour of the 40th anniversary of the release of Mary Poppins, Channel 7 screened the movie last night. I had not planned to watch it, in spite of the fact I love this movie, it is right up there with TSOM.

Love it.

Anyway, I was sitting on babies last night which presented the perfect opportunity to watch said movie in comfort of someone else’s home. It also presented the perfect opportunity for YGM2 to text me and say hi.

The conversation went something like this…

YGM2 :”Hi”
Me “Hi Yourself”
YGM2 “Watcha doing?”
Me “Watching TV, and you?”
YGM2 “Washing and weekend housework before Mary Poppins comes on at 8.30”
Me wondering if he is for real“I love that movie, it’s right up there with TSOM”
conversation continues

We texted each other all evening, lots of trivial info was shared and a good time was had by all! Felt a bit like that scene in The Truth about Cats and Dogs. (Without the phone sex. More like the sandwich making part.)

So, it would appear that our first date was watching Mary Poppins together, separately, which he did while doing laundry and house work.

she ponders Hmmmm, Likes Mary Poppins + House trained =…

OMG

The Song in My Head in the Morning #3: Lola’s Theme: The Shape Shifters

1am

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My maternal Grandmother died today.

I feel completely untouched by it too so have been reluctant to tell people because I wouldn’t know what to do with the sympathy.

In truth she was my step grandmother but raised my mother from age 4 this is no small achievement considering Mum had 4 older siblings as well. ‘Grandma in Tauranga’ was never really an object of affection for us – a lot of not so happy family history – so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised by how I feel. Perhaps had I been in NZ and able to attend the funeral on Monday it might be a different story… Maybe if I saw her or saw Mum’s grief it would be different too

However,

She was a good Presbyterian and sang in the choir
She loved her garden and raised beautiful flowers
She did what she could to raise 5 kids, yet sadly had none of her own.
She found love with a dear friend late in life who’s mind left her long before he did
Her house was always spotless
She used to have us come to stay for holidays
She had a huge grapefruit tree which bore much fruit

Isn’t that weird? I can’t think of anything else…

So there you have it.

My Grandmother died today.

Friday

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To do today

Get out of bed and go and shower (for 1 minuted less so as to save water)
Go to work (No further ahead on the move to IT – waiting from GM to contact me … (itchy feet)
Meet with IT guru re college website (take list of things he needs to fix)
Lunch – offsite today – (don’t forget to pick up ingredients for Bills ricotta hotcakes for Breakfast tomorrow)
Meet with Blee re Sibelius lectures at college next term (ooops forgot to write course outline….)
Sit on babies tonight (yay, lots of lovely money for watching TV)

The Song in My Head in the Morning #2: Evermore: Hillsong Church

Yawn

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How did it get to 11.23pm? I have been watching TV and editing photos from the Dance Recital and I am pretty darn happy with them. I got totally lost in the images!

YGM the 2nd actually suggested today, ever so casually, that we could hook up and do something on the weekend… Yikes! After corresponding for only a week. He is a much more interesting prospect than YGM the 1st whose correspondence has dwindled to once a week if I am lucky. Am delighted for it to die a natural death actually… This other prospect is a lot more interesting!

Hmmmm what to do…