When I met Burl I was hoping to find someone to take me to dinner and a movie – standing at the altar and saying “I do” less than a year later was the farthest thing from my mind! But fortunately I’m not always in charge of my life and I’m thankful God had better plans for me.
That dinner and movie thing – usually it’s me cooking dinner and then watching something on TV. Wasn’t exactly what I was thinking but it does fit the general criteria! We don’t go to a lot of movies because most of the stuff Hollywood turns out is pure crap. Add to that our different tastes in movies and the field gets even narrower. Plus these things aren’t cheap – even when it’s rush hour and we’re seniors!
Since we were still supposed to be on a trip, our calendar was clear of obligations so Thursday I asked Burl out on a “date” for tonight. We ended up going to Branson because the movie we wanted to see was no longer playing here. Not a problem – I figured I could knit in the car while he drove but turns out he wanted to watch the US Open on the portable TV and I had to drive. Serves him right that he couldn’t get reception on that handheld gizmo!
We saw “Sex and the City 2″ in a tiny theatre – Burl was 100% of the male audience population and the total attendance was about 20. Don’t think they made too much $ off that show today. We had read the reviews so weren’t expecting an Oscar-worthy flick which is good – we didn’t see one. But it was fun – had some really funny lines – and some outrageous clothes and hair styles – and I rather enjoyed that Carrie and her friends are starting to age!
During the movie we heard what sounded like thunder and then rain but just thought we were hearing something else. Nope! That’s what it was – LOTS of thunder and rain. We came out of the theatre to a true gully washer at which time I remembered that I had cracked the sunroof on the car to keep it from getting so hot. Really smooth move.
When the rain let up, Burl got the car and we had dinner at the Bleu Olive in downtown Branson. We’d heard so much about the place so our expectations were high – but even though the food was good, it wasn’t great and we doubt we’ll drive to Branson just to eat there again.
Our rain gauge shows we got plenty of rain here while we were gone – which means we won’t need to water the garden or the flowers tomorrow. Also means the weeds are growing wildly as I type – and after I spent over an hour weeding the garden this morning!
Shame on you weeds! But at least I got my wish of dinner and movie today…………..
