Still, still, still

Juudit still won't nap and we still haven't found a new nanny for her, so I'm still short of online time... I just wanted to add a detail photo of our New Year's Eve table setting, so here it is:

Flowers and everything as you can see. :) Nice, eh?

As last week was wearing me out with spending so much time just at home, and alone with Juudit, I decided yesterday I need to get out a little, and went to see Baz Luhrmann's Australia alone. I have always liked going to the cinema alone, but I have made it a habit only recently. It's a nice way to spend some me-time away from the family, and I get to see good, girly films, Karlo wouldn't be so excited about. :) Don't get me wrong, I love going with him, too, but it's a rare treat nowadays - after Juudit was born. Sometimes I go with my sister or a girlfriend, but I often decide I want to go the same or the next day, and it's always a bit of a challenge to make shared plans on such a short notice. Besides, like I said, I actually like going alone. I guess I'm a but weird that way. ;)

I remember I did that for the first time when I was a teenager. Back then I was really social - much more than nowadays - but I still loved how the experience felt really private and you didn't have to discuss it with anybody if you didn't feel like it. The following years I went alone only once in a blue moon, but I was often irritated afterwards if I went with other people. It's silly, but especially if I'm really impressed with the film, I can't stand people chatting about mundane stuff right afterwards, when I'm still re-living the film. Even if they want to talk about what we've just seen, I might not so soon. I just want to be quiet and reflect.

So nowadays I only love going alone and won't usually even ask anyone to join me. :)

I was really looking forward to seeing Australia, and like so often when you wait for something in anticipation, was a little bit disappointed. It was a good film, even impressive in many ways, and I really like Nicole Kidman as an actress. I also loved her wardrobe in this film, and the little boy was cute as a button! But still, I think I was just expecting too much. And for some reason I'm not drawn to or fascinated by Australia, even though the culture of the Aboriginal people is definitely interesting. I guess I have never had a past life there, or then it has been something unpleasant.

So yes, a nice experience, and I did get emotional crying in many parts, but it was not a divine film, imo. And of course I had to buy popcorn and a soft drink, because cinema is nothing without them, but being preggers I would've needed to go to a loo badly after 30 minutes, and it was a 3 hour film. LOL