The 12th & 13th; It was a phenomenal night.
The 12th of April. A super busy day. Monica is going to be very annoyed because she has had no company.
I had to go out with Mommy for her to give blood at ten past ten as I had renal clinic at twelve, and there wouldn't be time for her to come back home and pick me up. While she donated, I drove around town in order to kill time. I went on the hunt for some lunch because I thought we'd get home mid-afternoon and we were going to be eating dinner early, and eventually settled on a very dull chicken sandwich, bought a coffee, then "browsed" in Foyles (I bought three books - The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley, A Book For Her by Bridget Christie, and The Girl In The Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz). By then, Mommy was finished so I met her back at the car and we toddled off to hospital.
I ate my sandwich in the car, and thought I was right to when we saw that Dr. Hewins was running an hour late. However, I didn't have long to sit and read (The Sandman by Lars Kepler) because he called me in at 12.15! He's very happy with my blood pressure and we've left it without a return appointment! He's there if I need him, but while I'm stable, I don't need to go back. Grand!
After getting home, we watched last night's Criminal Minds, then Mommy went to see Grandma and it wrote up a blog post. We then had to go out again at quarter past five to meet Daddy for dinner at Cau at six before we went to Hans Zimmer (Daddy got a last minute offer through work for £2 yes please).
We had a very helpful waitress who talked to us about the menu, and Mommy and Daddy shared four small plates, while I had a delicious pea and shallot ravioli. We still had plenty of time, so decided to go for puddings, and I had some tasty tasty churros with dulce de leche dip. They were so good. Next time, I'm having meat because I smelled it when walking past the kitchen to the toilet and it smelled divine.
Had a slight issue getting into the NIA, but Daddy knows all the secret entrances so we didn't have to join the enormous queue like everyone else. We were sandwiched between people from his office, sat fairly high up but that doesn't really matter in that kind of concert.
It was a phenomenal night. Two and a half hours of pure joy. We heard pieces from films like Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and The Dark Knight. We saw the man who sings the opening of The Lion King do it live, an insane drum solo from Crimson Tide, and I was transported to space during Interstellar. For the encore, he played Time from Inception and it was just gorgeous. To be able to dream up an orchestral piece of music and bring it to life is so special and not something I think everybody appreciates. I do miss being a musician. The cellist was an amazing woman, on stage in a crop top, short skirt and knee high boots, straddling her instrument and just playing it like a badass. Tina Guo, making cellos sexy.
The 13th of April.
Just the one trip out today. Time to lift out the red in my hair so I can be pastel shades for spring/summer.
My appointment was at 11.15, and I was there for just under three hours. Starving by the time I came out! I congratulated James and June on their win at last night's L'Oréal Colour Trophy, and that means they get to go to compete in the national finals! Very proud. James was able to take my hair lighter than even he expected, so I can go straight to lavender next time (in two weeks). I got a large chunk of my book read and am nearly halfway through. I am greatly concerned about the family of one of the characters.
Michaela just gave me a trim, so I wasn't with her very long. I was getting a bit tufty round the back and in my fringe. Nice and tidy now. She showed me a hilarious video of Blossom just sitting atop a pile of toys, cackling at her dad dancing. She's such a squidge.
After getting home and finally having lunch, I had to go and sit with.Monica. I was filling up her for bowl when I looked at the RDA on the box and realised that she has probably been being overfed! We weighed out what she should have, and we're going to have to be careful from now on. Can't have a big fat cat.
