THIS IS THE WEEK THAT WAS

(attempt at recreating post that disappeared off of my stupid phone)

If you like the title, I can’t take credit for it. The name comes from a pre-Monty Python show that some of the troupe was a part of. On the flipside, if you hate it, remember that John Cleese has enough money to buy and sell you (or at least his 3 ex-wives do.) But I digress; the point of this post is to talk about what’s been happening and why I was blog silent all week.



Lately, it seems, my days are not my own. After work, I come home, eat, bathe, maybe catch some of my favorite shows (sometimes not even that,) and get to bed just in time to rest up to do it all again the next day. On top of this, my boss’ computer broke last weekend so blogging while Gigi was napping was also not an option. Not that I am complaining, if I really wanted to, I could have typed one out on my phone (THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT) but with my cough currently in its 27th week, I just couldn’t be bothered which brings us to this blog…

1. My two favorite tiny people
Gigi and Graham are still wonderful (and wonderfully crazy) and I thoroughly enjoy playing with them every single day but there haven’t been too many developments to report on other than Gigi turning 18 months old and Graham’s crazy hair making his eyes less and less visible.


2. Gnomeo and Juliet
I am a Disney baby and a huge fan of Elton John so it was obvious that I was going to see this movie when Tuesday movie night rolled around. When it turned out that it wasn’t playing at Clearview (therefore it wouldn’t be free) I wasn’t even a bit deterred and luckily Lauren and my boss had a free pass so we each got in for half price. As a bonus, we didn’t see the film in 3D which meant it was (cheaper) less popular and, therefore, we had the theater with only 10 other people. This is good because, being the antisocial people that we are, we like to be in the middle of an empty row with nobody sitting directly behind us adding their two cents about every little thing that happens. I AM TALKING TO YOU DRUNK OLD LADIES

As for the movie, SPOILER ALERT: it is a retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tale Romeo and Juliet with one exception, there is a happy ending. I personally think it shouldn’t have had that, though I wasn’t surprised it was, but the cute little Gnomes and Elton John’s score more than make up for it. I was always a fan of the Original R&J movie, as well as the Leonardo DiCaprio version, and since this is geared toward children there really is no way to do a direct comparison (no bloody death scenes, no sex or kissing or nudity) though I will say Juliet that cartoon Gnome’s acting was superior to that of the young Clair Danes. All and all, I approve.


3. Fire Fire False Alarm
I woke up Thursday morning to the sound nobody ever wants to hear, the CO2 monitor going off. I, like everyone, have heard how crucial getting out is in this type of emergency so like the responsible adult that I am, I immediately ran into my parents bedroom to make sure they could wake up and vacated the house decided to brush my teeth wash, face, and get dressed before bringing the issue to my parents. Sure I had a headache at the time, but I had gone to bed with it, and I truly believed that it was a false alarm. It was not my finest moment, I admit this, but in my defense, I didn’t have my coffee yet. When I did tell them my father responded, “Oh is that what that was? I heard it but I figured it was outside.” Insert head slap here.

When the fire fighters arrived, in record time, they checked and it turned out that I was right, it was a misfire with the alarm but the point remains, you should probably react better than I did. The episode also serves as a reminder of the importance of having a carbon monoxide alarm because starting you day off by staring at 12 NYPD members who belong in a calendar or porn had there been an actual leak, we might have all been dead.