Waiting, Anticipating

So the Royal Baby is en route. Excited? I guess I am. Sort of. I mean I am curious to see what she'll have and what they'll name the baby but that's about it. I do not have my pink and blue bunting out, I am not waving my Union Jack from the roof top and I am not serving pink champagne and blue M&M's today. However, I am finding the Telegraph hospital live feed way too interesting.

I have been watching it off and on since Saturday and over the weekend it was dullsville. But I still watched. You could hardly hear any talking and all you'd see is the occasional tourist or passer-by. This morning that all changed. I had it running on one tab whilst going about my interweb business and I loved hearing all the chatter and excitement. You figure after three weeks of sitting outside a door today must have been like Christmas morning for those reporters. Over the course of about an hour I heard one Australian female reporter file about 10+ reports. She kept on repeating the same spiel, "well the wait is over. The Duchess (sometimes she said 'princess' and had to stop and start over) entered the hospital earlier this morning in labor..." The Aussies must be fully involved in this whole Royal Baby thing based on the amount that woman talked.

Last Friday I walked by the hospital to see the media circus for myself. Don't judge. I walked in front of the door, probably being captured on the live feed as I went, I should have done some Soul Train moves on my way. I also walked behind the hospital along the canal. It was my first time seeing that part of the canal, the end part, and it was actually a nice area. There seems to a fair amount of regeneration going on and they have created a nice little sitting area and a plaza or two, one with ping pong tables and a foosball table. Fun! Although I couldn't see the ping pong paddles or balls. Puzzling! I sat down on a deck chair for a while, they have them scattered throughout (thoughtful!), and realized I was sitting behind the (new?) Marks & Spencer headquarters. There are new office buildings in the area and the canal side walk reflects the improvements and increased foot traffic/office workers/investment in the area. Aside from the sidewalk power-washing going on it was really pleasant and relaxing.

I am now off to continue my live feed watching. I may break out the popcorn, we could be in for a long night. Not like I am excited or anything...