Blue Valentine

I had a lovely sleep.  I slept through the night again and I woke early... again.  All of this extra sleep is great, but playing havoc with my back, it does not cope well with being in bed for too long, or maybe I need a new mattress.

Yesterday, was supposed to be shopping and blitz the housework day.  In actuality, I decided to pace myself, (at a pretty leisurely pace, I punctuated catch up phone calls and emails, in between housework.)  Needless to say, I did not make a great deal of headway on the housework front. 

So, I'm feeling really chilled.  Didn't realise it until today, but I've been pretty tightly wound for a good few weeks now and I've been running on empty too, at least in the sleep department.  Today, for the first time in a while, I feel like I can breathe deeply, it's refreshing and invigorating.

And so, I spend the day pretending to do housework and round it off with film night.  I'm watching Blue Valentine for the first time.  No prizes for guessing how much I like Mr Gosling.  I haven't seen this film before but, as to be expected from a Mr Gosling film, it is full of integrity, great story, great drama, brilliant performances from both he and Michelle Williams, just excellent.  It's no walk in the park so if you haven't seen it before, don't expect an easy ride, it's all, pure, raw acting telling an unvarnished story.