February felt like a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ kind of month. It was very admin-heavy – I managed to book my Miami flights which I’m SUPER excited for, started finalising plans for a visit to Dublin in the summer, and booked part of the secret trip for Husband’s birthday. Lots of boxes ticked.
The Nix
I spent most of the month reading Nathan Hill’s The Nix – an epic story that spanned decades and almost constantly caught me by surprise. I really hope the TV show happens as there were so many filmic elements. As much as I love quickly whizzing through several books a month, it’s good to let one stop me in my tracks every so often.
Early mornings
I’ve had a few early mornings this month with training courses up in London, and a meeting in the very north of England. I couldn’t do it regularly as I am really not a morning person, but it’s fun every so often especially when I get to see the sunrise on the way to the train station. My trip to the north involved a very early flight from Heathrow, followed by a four hour meeting, and then enough time for an amazing facial before a flight home – the facial made it totally worth my while (but only slightly alleviated my carbon footprint guilt…)
Nostalgia
We’ve been clearing out our study as the hoarding levels have become almost unacceptable. Opening boxes has mostly been uneventful, but when I got to the box containing my university work, the nostalgia left me breathless. I loved both of my degrees, but my first shaped so much of my personality, particularly the Men’s and Women’s Cinema modules led by my favourite Academic, Stella Bruzzi. They’re the reason I became a feminist, and I don’t know who I’d be now if I hadn’t taken those classes.
In the end, I kept the module lists and only threw away the associated material that came with it. I just couldn’t get rid of everything as it had all had such a lasting impact on me. It felt wrong to destroy such a huge part of my history.
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
I was so sad when The Soup was cancelled a few years ago. It became our Sunday lunchtime treat and the weekends have never quite felt the same without it. When we read that Joel McHale had a new show starting on Netflix in February, we had our fingers crossed that it would contain elements of The Soup. It certainly looked like it might, but there was always the concerns that they would want to do something radically different.
But it’s basically exactly the same and I LOVE IT!
Snow
After many months of pining over snow photos from the rest of the UK, it finally started to snow here at the end of Feb. Whilst we didn’t have a substantial amount, it was enough to make me giddy. We even managed a bit of a snow day (well, snow afternoon). Sadly, it hasn’t stuck around, but at least my journey to work on Monday will feature significantly less skidding around.
untold blisses 