Great news - and rather mundane ones
With a 5-day-delay, Baby Emma finally decided to be born. She's a really big baby, 3990 gr and 58 cm - her grandmother promised photos, which I will post later, in a friends-only entry, once they arrive.
The other news are less grand. We went to my cousin's funeral today - the one that was run over by a car - and it was depressing how very few people from the extended family we still know. No-one is left from Mum's generation (other than her, that is), and from us cousins only 5 were present. It was also hot like hell - I wonder if cemeteries schedule funerals at high noon to make more business, should the grieving family lose more members during the ceremony due to heat stroke...
Afterwards, Mum and I decided that it was too hot to cook a meal, plus we were both done in completely. So we went to one of the nearby shopping centers that has excellent air conditioning as well as eateries and had lunch there. I almost wept when we had to leave again.
I've spent 3 hours in the early morning with clearing out my desk so that it could be moved when the Big Painting Job hits the study next Monday. It was a dirty, sweaty job, but at least it's done. I'm so not looking forward to putting everything back in space!
The other news are less grand. We went to my cousin's funeral today - the one that was run over by a car - and it was depressing how very few people from the extended family we still know. No-one is left from Mum's generation (other than her, that is), and from us cousins only 5 were present. It was also hot like hell - I wonder if cemeteries schedule funerals at high noon to make more business, should the grieving family lose more members during the ceremony due to heat stroke...
Afterwards, Mum and I decided that it was too hot to cook a meal, plus we were both done in completely. So we went to one of the nearby shopping centers that has excellent air conditioning as well as eateries and had lunch there. I almost wept when we had to leave again.
I've spent 3 hours in the early morning with clearing out my desk so that it could be moved when the Big Painting Job hits the study next Monday. It was a dirty, sweaty job, but at least it's done. I'm so not looking forward to putting everything back in space!