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SOL10....Movie Night

     Movie Night

     As I stood in the kitchen watching the glass microwave plate spin around, I contemplated what movies I might be interested in watching. It's finally Saturday night and I plan to spend it relaxing: being lazy in my big comfy slippers, bowl full of popcorn, and a movie. Several movies to be exact.
     I heard the first pops of kernels exploding in their bag and took a peek in the microwave. The plate kept spinning round and round and I watched as the bag slowly grew larger and larger. I could already smell the popcorn smell taking over the kitchen.
     As I breathed in the yummy popcorn smell, I went back to contemplating my movie options...was there anything on Netflix or Amazon recently? I haven't checked in a while, so I'm sure there was something there. I also had a pretty large collection of my own I never watched too. It had been a while since I watched a movie, I might have too many movies to choose from.
     While the kernels continued popping away in the microwave, I walked over to the shelves to browse movie options. At first, I tried to decide what genre of movie I was interested in, but that didn't limit options at all. Aside from knowing I didn't want to watch a scary movie, which I didn't own many of to begin with, I didn't have many to cross off the list. Action? Sounds good! Comedy? Good! Romance? Sure! That method was not working.
     I decided instead to just go shelf to shelf, checking titles that sounded interesting. As I ran my fingers across different titles, I pulled out one or two that might work. I made it halfway through the third shelf before I paused on a title: French Kiss. I haven't watched that in forever, and I love Kevin Kline in that movie. Immediately, my mind ran through memories of the movie and I decided this was the movie to watch tonight, or at least the one to start with.
     As if on cue, knowing my movie choice was made, the microwave beeped, letting me know my popcorn was done. Yes! The smell of popcorn had taken over the living room as well and I was excited to dig in. Knowing my night was planned and ready to begin, my mind relaxed. All thoughts of work or chores left my head as I moved back toward the kitchen to grab my popcorn.
I yelled into the other room, "Charlie, you ready for a movie?"
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  1. Manny. Help!March 10, 2018 at 11:43 PM


    I can't log in for some reason :( I can't do my blog :(

    It's Manny by the way

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  2. UnknownMarch 11, 2018 at 10:18 PM

    Hope you enjoyed your movies! Makes me think of kids choosing books--so much depends on the mood in the moment.

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