The Newest Princess

I figured it’s time to replace Tuesday’s rant with a similarly scattered but less disgruntled post.

Sleep shifting is going as well as can be reasonably expected. I won’t even start to explain when I’ve been sleeping over the past couple days because it makes my head hurt. Suffice it to say that I’ve been sleeping in 3 or 4 hour chunks which means that I’m awake when I need to be, but feel a bit out-of-sorts.

At the moment it’s 3:30 am. I slept for a few hours earlier in the evening in hopes of increasing my chances of making it till 6 am. Thank goodness for the royal wedding! I can’t believe I’m saying that, but I am. I had no plans to do anything other than look at photos online after the hubbub ended — I do want to see what the bride wears; I think she’s gorgeous to begin with, so I’m sure she’ll be stunning — but that was before I realized I’d be awake anyway. It’s better than the 4 am infomercials, that’s for sure.

Plus, seeing all these shots of famous London landmarks is making me REALLY excited for our trip there next month!

CNN is going strong with a couple over-the-top “royal experts” and Anderson Cooper outside Buckingham Palace. Seems like Anderson Cooper was just in Japan reporting on the earthquake. Real news story vs. celebrity news story. I wonder if he ever finds himself bemoaning the state of the news today? Considering it’s made him famous, probably not.

This royal expert is really harping on the fact that the buses carrying various heads of state to the wedding are actually motor coaches. “They are motor coaches, NOT buses!” Same thing, dude.

After much perusing of Wikipedia, I still have no idea how royal titles are determined for those who marry into the royal family. Queen Elizabeth’s husband is Prince Philip, not King Philip. But her mother, who married King George, was called Queen, not Princess? And Kate will apparently be a Duchess…not a princess? The titles all seem rather arbitrary. I’m so confused.

I’m also confused about what the royal family actually does these days since they’re not the heads of state. Or maybe they are the heads of state, but they don’t control the government. Oh, you know what I mean. But that’s another issue.

Perhaps that’s why royal weddings and other royal activities get so much attention here. We don’t have royals. They seem exotic, or something.

These are apparently the things you wonder about in the wee hours of the morning when there’s nothing else on TV.

p.s. There are some wild and crazy hats on these women walking into Westminster Abbey. It looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. I think I love it.