Kindness and frustration

People are so kind. Since Tasha and Reece's wedding has been announced, people have been so generous, offering to make, lend or give us things for the big day. I feel pretty emotional, to be honest. It's really amazing. It feels like every other minute I think of something else we need to do or organise. Poor Tasha and Reece haven't had much peace on their week away lol.

Last night I went to the cinema to see Babylon. I confess to being a bit concerned that it was over 3 hours long, but it turned out not to feel like 3 hours at all. It was a BIG film - a sort of cross between an extravaganza and a love letter to cinema. Brad Pitt was brilliant and Margot Robbie was amazing. 

I am sad that I haven't had time to read for a few days but I have managed to plot instalment 2 for the serial synopsis so that's something. I had intended to plot instalment 3 today, but am not confident that will happen. I have a daunting list of things to do and also the bank are being a total pain in the arse about a bank transfer and want me to ring them. Jon rang them yesterday and they froze our main account. Now they are asking me to ring them as well. If I ring them and can't remember some flipping words about favourite places or teachers or something else equally ridiculous that I agreed on fifteen years ago, they will freeze mine too and then we will be sitting outside the house with a bowl, asking for dinner contributions 😧. I'm dog-sitting at Nikki's so will have to go home and find something that may or may not help me with the phone call. Arrrggggh.  I actually came set up for the day here today.

Best laid plans, and all that...

Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius.

Spike Jonz

Was it yesterday that I was thinking about that? Most often, your original idea changes beyond all recognition before it reaches completion. And, it's odd because, once you decide to write about something, the universe seems to link you to things related to it. In reality, it is probably just a heightened awareness of that particular 'thing'. For example, I was watching Call the Midwife and a Hindu woman gave birth to twins. We learnt some things about what happens after a baby is born to a Hindu couple, which is relevant to what I am writing about. You get a sausage dog and suddenly they are everywhere lol. You get pregnant and suddenly every one in the world is pushing a pram. (I'm not pregnant 😜). 

Anyway, I suppose that's how the idea changes so much. You are linked to something, which sparks a new thought, which links you to something else, until the idea has metamorphasised (it doesn't seem to like that word) into something else entirely.

I do love quotes. They are so thought-provoking.

Which, of course, is the point of them! 😄