Happy & Sad Day

The day started out happily enough - Queen Elizabeth II turned 90 years old with  the celebration of an entire nation.  I have to say, the Queen received all sorts of perks that I don't remember President Obama getting when it was his birthday.  I suppose though that President Obama has only been in power for 7 years where as Elizabeth has been Queen for almost 70.  

I know many people don't get the monarchy, and to a point I don't really either.  However, I do like the Queen.  She just seems like a sweet grandmother you'd like to have afternoon tea with.  I'm fairly certain the adorable photos they released of her with her grandchildren, didn't hurt that image one bit.  And I know she's notoriously reserved - she definitely has the English stoicism down to a tee - but I hope she's happy to see such a fuss being made about her.  After all she's weathered, she deserves a celebration. Happy Birthday Your Majesty!

After the birthday celebrations, the day continued on quite happily with the celebrations of my parent's 37th anniversary.  They are definitely my most favorite couple in the world (obviously!) They are a loving, funny, kind, playful and all around fabulous couple and they deserve all the love and happiness in the world. Here's to at least 37 more years, buds! Love you tons!

Then of course, the day took a bit of a curve with the news that Prince had died.  Now I don't count myself as a huge music person - I love music but I know next to nothing about things that aren't Billy Joel or Showtunes. So I was quite shocked by the outpouring of mourning for the last few hours. I knew he was good, but I didn't realize just how much he had contributed to the music industry and how much people loved him. When someone so relatively young dies, it's always sad, but it seems that this death is going to take a little more time for some to get over than others.