I stay home. My kids are now all in school. I don't have a job or a hobby or really anything to do. I am lazy by nature so what do you do? Get a job? Go to school? Get a hobby?
I am home and EVERYONE knows it. Need a child picked up? Call me. Need a prescription dropped off? Call me. Need babysitting right now? Call me. Want to complain on and on and on? Call me.
I am sick and tired of it all. One day, a Wednesday, I could take it no more so I started walking. Before I knew it, I was standing in front of a bar. Do I dare? Do I go in and get a drink in the middle of a school day? No. I kept walking.
Then, out of no where, the movies. I love the movies. My husband loves the movies and so do my kids. Should I go to the movies?
I normally don't do alone. I went out to dinner one time alone and I hated every minute of it. I went to the movies one time alone years ago and was sure everyone was pointing and laughing at me. I don't do alone or like alone but the truth of the matter is I am alone a lot and I need something to do and becoming an alcoholic isn't a good plan so, movies it is.
I chose This Means War. I figured it looked cute and harmless. Light. I really wanted light too because this was a day where I just wanted to disappear from favors and drama and phone calls and texts. Light meant I could get lost in this movie and leave my real life at the door.
I got a large popcorn and a large diet coke. I sat on the end. Very few people were there but I, at least, wasn't the only one in the movie. I turned my phone on vibrate because I didn't want to miss a call from the school and I watched the movie.
The movie itself was OK. Classic story of a nice girl torn between two equal perfect but totally different guys. The twist is they are friends who did not know the other's perfect girl was the same girl. When they find this out they use their amazing CIA skills to sabotage the others efforts.
Its cute at times, stupid at other times but overall it served its purpose. As I walked home I was so excited for the first time in a long time. I was excited for tomorrow. I was excited for what I would see at the movies. I was excited to have a secret.
