During my period of unemployment, my mom and I have resurrected our old tradition of movie Friday. We started this my last year of law school when a new movie theater opened up down the street and I had each Friday off from classes. The beauty of movie Friday is that we attend the super early movie that starts anywhere between 10 and 11 am. It only costs $5, there are plenty of open seats and you get to wear sweatpants!! Yes, this is the magical draw of movie Friday; I do not have to put on my nice jeans, cute shoes and attractive sweater in the hopes that a single guy will take the seat next to me. I can be fairly confident that the only other people who are going to be in the theater with us are individuals from the local senior center. It is AWESOME!
Unfortunately, movie Friday was put on hold when I took up a part-time job my last semester and continued while I studied for the bar. Finally after all of our travels this fall, Mom and I settled back into our routine. Last week we saw Everyone's Fine. Spoiler alert: everyone is NOT fine. This movie was horribly sad and depressing. And scarily honest. It was like watching a family down the street, which is probably what made it so hard to sit through. This week we saw The Blindside. Although it was also a tearjerker, it was refreshing to see the selflessness that humans are capable of. I definitely walked away with a renewed faith in my fellow man and a renewed obligation to giving back. I am super excited for next week because we are seeing Did You Hear About the Morgans? Finally a movie that should be nothing but funny.
I will miss movie Friday when I get a job, but it will be well worth the sacrifice. Hopefully Mom will be willing to trade in movie Friday for movie Saturday!
