There is a certain sadness that has been blanketing the world since yesterday morning.
After 96 years of life and 70 years, 214 days Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth has died.
Even though she was a queen to the UK, the rest of the world loved her. We shared her sorrows and her joys, her upsets and her bad times as she shared ours all over the world.
She rallied her nation in times of trouble and strife even before becoming queen. She shared their burdens from World War II on.
I loved her because she was a piece of a country that I love, a couple of my favorite authors were born and died there....many of my favorite music artists are British. I love British stories, and I love watching the monarchy and British television programs as much as I love Korean dramas.
I think that it is awesome that her reign outlived her great great grandmother, Queen Victoria AND it outlasted the reigns of her male predecessors. She was a modern woman of her time like Queen Victoria and helped ease the citizen through the changing times.
She sacrificed a lot for her country, at times she couldn't spend as much time with her children as I am sure she wanted to, but she made up for it as they got older.
She was a present grandmother when her grandsons needed her. During the loss of Diana, she chose to be there for her grandsons even though the nation was criticizing her for her slow response to the death of Diana. She was following protocol.
I will be honest, I thought that she was purposely outliving her son because of how he had behaved throughout most of his life. King Charles III was never one of my favorites in the family, but in recent years he has been proving himself to being the kind of person to represent the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth as Head of State. His reign won't be very long, but I am sure that in his time, he will do a good job. Still not a fan of the Queen Consort but that is alright.
Rest In Love, Your Highness and God save the King!!
Since the end of July, I have been taking myself into control. I began by re-starting my beauty routine and taking vitamins. I felt that it was time for me to be proactive in my life so that I would feel better and be ready to return to work.
My latest Petscan showed that I am still basically cancer free but there was a few places between my colon and intestines that lit up and my doctor wants me to have a colonoscopy so that we can clear up the issue fast, but he doesn't think that this is cancer, which is good.
I have been trying to get more exercise and improving my stamina so that I can go back to work.
The only concern that I have is that I have gained thirty pounds and I now weigh more than I ever have in my life. I don't like this and in research, found that I am now over weight, even though you can barely tell because it is distributed throughout my body. I don't like this at all so I am trying to lose it in a healthy and positive way.
I have been so bored with everything in the last few months. I am so ready to go out and start working again.
I get lazy too. I haven't even finished Diana Gabaldon's latest novel for some reason. It has been out since last November. I know that part of me wants to take it slow and savor it because Herself likes to take her time writing and makes sure that the novels are at their best, but this other little part of me doesn't want to read for some reason. I will read in spurts sometimes. I don't know why I am like this.
This also happens when I try to knit. I will knit for a while but then put it down and not do anythng with it for a week or so. I quit in the middle of some of my projects too.
I don't like to watch a lot of television lately either. I spend a lot of time watching Korean dramas though. I need to figure out what is wrong with me these days and fix them.
Raven
