Waiting

I heard on the radio this morning that January 31st is the birthday of Philip Glass and Justin Timberlake. Before leaving for work Steve gave my stomach a pep talk but, alas, I don't think that little Owen will share his birthday with these American musical icons. So I've spent my day...waiting. Now, don't get me wrong, it's been nice not having to work. It's also been really weird.

I ordered a new clock for our sparsely decorated mantle that will replace the Lego replica of the John Hancock building. In hindsight, it's kind of an ironic purchase, right?


I also spent some time waddling around Providence Place mall and took myself to an afternoon showing of The Iron Lady. Meryl Streep was amazing, of course, but overall I thought the movie was just okay. Check out the view from the mall overlooking downtown Providence. Not too shabby!


Steve and I have been trying to eat out as much as possible these days. Partly to sample the culinary delights of Providence (and have good places to eat when we have visitors - hint, hint) but mostly because we know that going out to dinner will soon be a luxury. In fact, we ate dinner in last night only because we vowed to go out tonight.

Before dinner, I was hoping that we could also check out Brown University's Ladd Observatory. The observatory has a 12 foot telescope (good for making a close-up wish upon a star) and is open to the public on Tuesday evenings. It also happens to be down the street from our house. Unfortunately it's closed tonight due to weather forecast.

Fingers crossed that our days of waiting are numbered.