"I'll be back"
18 May
First, a mom update: She’s up to 10 platelets per whatever unit, but she needs to be up to 50 before she’s allowed to leave the hospital. They have her on a steroid I don’t know how to spell and are hoping that that continues to work. Me too. I talked to her twice today, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. She still feels fine and has been doing lots of reading.
This morning, I walked to work again. It was such a nice day and the sky was so blue. Here’s a shot of the capitol building with some reflections from the windows on the building across the street.
The capitol building in the morning sun.
Work was uneventful and then I had to hurry home to meet Ben so that we could squeeze a run and shower in before we went to see a free movie. Dan and Ben are pros at finding free movie events online and tonight Terminator Salvation was showing. I wasn’t that excited about the movie, but I guess I can’t sit at home and read every night. Plus, I remember going to T2 back in the day and thinking it was pretty amazing (but I think I was 12), so what the heck?
When we got there the line was really long and we were afraid that we might not get in (it’s first come, first serve). Here’s Ben, Matt and Dan waiting in the long line.
Ben, Matt and Dan
This movie was at the AMC right near our house and what I especially love about the AMC is that you are allowed to bring in your own food. So, I stuck some cans of pop in my purse, popped some popcorn and put it in a ziplock bag. Dan was embarrassed, but I saved us like six bucks! I’m not ashamed.
Saving money!
We did end up getting into the movie and it lived up to my unexcited expectations. I wouldn’t recommend paying for it, but it was alright as a freebee. Oh, and they did use the line “I’ll be back.” Sweet.
I, too, am a big fan of bringing your own food into movie theaters! I remember stopping at Wal-Mart before going to the movies when I was a kid (this was a big trip for us) and buying snacks, and hiding them in all sorts of places (purses, pockets, shoved in coat sleeves, etc.) before going into the theater.
Two things learned the hard way: don’t bring a bag of assorted jelly belly’s unless you are sure you like every flavor, because once the lights go down, you have no idea what you are eating. And, a really loud cough doesn’t really fully mask the sound of coke cans being cracked open!
haha, that part about the jelly bellys really cracked me up. i love those things! but, they would be a disaster in the dark!