Lunar @ MindSay

Like many people I am amazed at the stars and fascinated at their cycles. I always keep track of when the moon is waxing and waning. It was a special treat last night to see the full lunar eclipse. We even threw a little party. My mom and my sister came over and we made curry, upside-down pineapple angel food cake & watched Stardust.

I was quite distracted always checking on or watching the moon. I did of course take pictures.


Here is the moon as the eclipse is covering it over half way. At that moment I was wishing I had a good telephoto lens. ;) I did have to use a filter because the moon was so bright.



It was still not totally eclipsed but you can see blueish star Regulus on the top right. Regulus is in the Leo constellation.



Not only was this eclipse a rare treat but we were also lucky enough to see Saturn & Regulus shining brightly right along side the moon. So doubly rare with lots of energy! I think that this build-up is what has caused a lot of relationship problems and drama these past couple of weeks. (If you believe in this stuff that is. ;) )


This is when it was totally eclipsed.



The total eclipse with Saturn and Regulus.

What a beautiful and awe inspiring sight. I'm thankful that I was witness to it.

So my cousin died. The private viewing of him was today. My aunt is hysterical and couldn't stop shaking. It's hard to see her like that. I think it's the first time they saw me cry, of course, since my enfance. Is that the right word? Enfancy...enfantcy, infancy?...I don't know. When I was a younger child.

I didn't too much, but remembering how we used to play when we were kids and how he always protected me, I guess it brought back a ton of memories seeing him lying there. I didn't shed any tears until I saw him. Really I was just staring at his feet because my Aunt was hugging and crying over his face and upper half. I stood back and looked at his feet sticking up from under the blanket.

I'd never been to a wake, and the actual wakes are tomorrow, which I'm also going to. The funeral's on Friday.

He was in a car accident. I think road conditions were icy and that was a factor or the cause. He just graduated last year. My other cousin (his brother) got called to the site and saw him. I'm sure that would be dreadful. Nan says he'll take it hard.

So that's my week. Missing a bit of school, but hopefully I'll catch up. I've been doing okay in some of my courses this semester. Woot lunar eclipse.

Night

Lam on phat tai, van su nu y! Suc manh que va giang giao tro mot nam moi vui ve va han phuc.

 

Thats pretty much all the greetings I know when I greet people who knows if its right either. Hope everyones lunar new year went off on a good start, Lion dance season has just begun and we bumped into our supposed "rivals" who came uninvited to the chinese temple, I mean if you're not invited why come and perform anyway?

 

Meh, when the world gives you lemons make lemonade right? Hehe hope everyones well and fi if you're reading this LOOK AFTER YOUR WELL BEING!

 

Tis all =)

...but for now I hope this'll do.

This is for the things I don't say enough, waiting for the day we touch. Your lips to mine, eclipse, solar, lunar. I'll see you soon but I'll talk to you sooner...

Do you honestly believe I'd turn my back on you and leave my true love all alone in this cruel world? When every single solitary day I do my best to secure a future for me and you girl. Cause it is all about you, it's BEEN all about you. Seconds feel like millenniums when I'm without you. But my mama said there be days like this and ain't jack we can do, that's the way life is.

But it's been weeks since I felt your lips, and I'm a fiend for my queen so I need a fix. Only for now I'll settle for these talks on the phone. But I cut my arm off for a moment alone with the one that I cherish; whether in Rome or Paris, Amsterdam or Japan. Please note that I am thinkin' bout my baby as much as humanly possible, and I know you're frustrated cause life has too many obstacles.

My dear, I know you're lonely, and I know very well that it's hard and it hurt. But there's no need to cry cause I will be home soon, and there ain't no limit to the things that we goin' do. Whatever you want, name it and I'll make it reality. To see my baby's face nothin' means more than that for me. This is far from flattery and I ain't trying to impress you. The truth is, I miss you and I'm hurtin' internally.

Sometimes these long trips feel like eternity. But they say distance makes the heart grow fonder. And in this case it's proven to be fact, so I'll be back like a T100. From blocks away you will see me comin' with the biggest smile you ever seen on my face. Because even the toughest man on the planet needs lovin'. There's nothin' that tames the wild like a woman's embrace.

Feels like it's been forever and I can't wait to see ya. It's like wit' Bonnie and Clyde, Tony and Maria, Romeo and Juliet, Akeem and Alicia; basically inseparable and it's more then sexual.

Withstand every shell tell me don't you like the sound of that? Got my heart racing and I'm about to have a heart attack.  Wantin' to be loved by you, just you, 'cause theres nobody loves you like I do. And I ain't scared to show it. But these feelings are hard to put into words and I'm a poet / MC. So give me credit for expressing them because writin' this was more nervous then I ever been. I had to get it out for when I'm unable to sit wit' you. You have a little song that I wrote for you to listen to. So you know the way that you're missin' me I'm missin you.....

.....I wanna give you the world, but for now I hope this'll do.

 

Around the time of my July post, my husband did this to me.

Yup.

There's a wee little Brightstuff baking in the oven.

As of today, dear friends, I am officially 13 weeks pregnant.

This is the little bean's 12th week ultrasound. He's supposed to be about 3 inches long (about the size of a lime- give or take a few inches) and weighs about an ounce or so.

Crazy stuff.

I find it difficult to believe that I have this little person growing and just chilling out inside my body. Right now, he's way too small for me to feel anything (though I'm convinced those little twinges I feel are definitely the baby and not last night's pizza coming back to haunt me). When we went for that ultrasound, we watched as the baby hopped up and down and waved at the camera.

Seriously.

Words cannot describe the feeling of awe I felt seeing all of this going on inside of me.

Anyway...

The past few months have been weird adjusting to the idea. As a result of being knocked up, I've had to say goodbye to three of my very dear friends. The first two....

  

It was a sad, but necessary farewell.

Truthfully, I only really miss having a beer now and again. The smokes, I can do without.

The third thing I've said farewell to is my figure.

While I was never a small girl, the one thing I was always proud of was my hourglass figure.

Think Gauguin-ish.

However, that has certainly all changed. My belly's sticking out in the front. If you look at me head on, I don't look pregnant.

If you get me in profile...jeez.

Let's just say that my protruding belly is almost as far out as my 36D's.

I'm looking noticeably pregnant and couldn't hide it if I wanted to. I had to "come out" at work because people were beginning to guess when I was only 9 weeks along!

Oh, and before it gets confusing, no- we do not know the sex of the baby. Not only is it too early for that, but I really don't think I want to know just yet.

Besides, we are both convinced the baby's a boy and have been liberally referring to it as such. The Chinese Lunar Calendar (http://www.thelaboroflove.com/chart/cal.html ) says we're getting a boy so of course, we MUST be getting a boy, right?

Anyway.

So that's the first big, excellent news.

My life is good. I can't complain.