Urgh

[ailbhe]

I think it's a migraine. I had a terrible headache yesterday, and then awful digestion until after 2 am, and then there were three people in my bed who weren't me, and now I'm all seaweed-limbed and miserable.

Today is the last day before guests arrive and we have to get the house ready for beds for four more people. At least Linnea and I did her bedroom yesterday. And the ground floor isn't too bad under a surface layer of clutter. But the kids' shared bedroom (they share it with enough toys for a small department store in a major capital city and international transport hub) is terrifying.

In more cheerful news, I've been watching Lark Rise to Candleford and finding it charming. It has Julia Sawalha, who I've loved basically my whole life, and it's all about people who are basically decent and crises which are resolved fairly happily and there's no huge horribleness or malicious ill-will carried out on-screen. Given Emer and I've been watching Call the Midwife and Downton Abbey and The Paradise and things, it's a huge relief.

I'll have a go at that one with Judi Dench next I think. Cranford?

Comments

[clanwilliam]

Cranford is excellent. There is death in it - in fact, at the time it came out, Terry Wogan was talking about the Cranford murderer on his radio show. I have My Suspicions, since one character who dies in the books is alive all the way through.

But it's one of those shows that are full of fabulous female characters and actresses and Eileen Atkins is fabulous as well as Judi Dench.

[birke]

Oooh. Would you say Lark Rise to Candleford is good escapism? My go-to for when I'm feeling down is the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice but that does get old.

[ailbhe]

Yes, definitely. Look at the cast list!

[birke]

It turns out I'm not sufficiently familiar with BBC actors to recognize any names. But now that I know Julia Sawalha was Saffron in Absolutely Fabulous, she has positive associations.

[ailbhe]

I'm horribly ill. So I can tell you that all of season three is delightful.

[birke]

And awake way too late to be fun. :-( I hope the misery subsides soon.

[pauamma]

:-( migraine.

[erik]

I downloaded the first season of LR2C. So far I've only watched the first episode. I downloaded it because I loved Olivia Hallinan in Sugar Rush.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Cranford is good but there is some childbirth-related doom in one of the episodes.

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

Yes - I liked Cranford but it's not as happy as Lark Rise.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Sorry you have been dealing with migraines and stomach foo. I hope you feel better soon.

Re "Call the Midwife and Downton Abbey and The Paradise" -- they are all in my Netflix queue, yet to be watched. Haven't gotten around to it yet for whatever reason. But by all counts, I've been advised to forego "Game of Thrones" because between violence and death (but no cake) I might not be of the headspace to get into it. Even if it involves dragons.

[velcro-kitten.livejournal.com]

Yes do avoid Game of Thrones. It's like a very bad seventies tv show (D and i watched one episode and both said "good grief!" (Ditto Dexter, Breaking Bad and Walking Dead, how do people enjoy this stuff)