The Rain Notebook

In December last year, I wrote up a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. And if I could help it I wanted to blog about each item I checked off the list.

In the meantime I forgot about it.  I forgot about the things on the list.  I remembered some things yet forgot others.  Today I got to looking at the list and discovered I already got one thing on the list.

Number 41.

Go see a movie in the theaters by myself.

Now I have done before and I liked doing it… however it had been years and years since the last time I did it.  So I wanted to add it to my 101 list.

Back in April I went to see a movie by myself.  I had a blast.  My honey had a friend up from the valley and they were up to their own projects and I didn’t want to be home feeling bored to tears.  So I went out to the movies.   My honey’s friend thought it was so weird.  He couldn’t understand why I would want to do it, but worse he said other people were going to think I’m weird.

I blew it off because I knew it wasn’t weird.  It didn’t bother me.  So I went to go see a chick flick, since it would be like pulling teeth to get my honey to take me to it.  What did I see?

Backup Plan

Now this movie was hilarious and I enjoyed it so much.    In fact I couldn’t stop laughing at the theater!  Granted every one in the movie was laughing but I laughed much louder.

However in the middle of the movie I got to thinking… uh… single (looking) woman, childless, in her late twenties, watching a movie by herself… but not just any movie, she was watching the Backup Plan.  About single motherhood backup plan and laughing her butt off about it!

It all of a sudden hit me… what would people be thinking?  I was there by myself, did I have desperate and weird written all over my face??  I did have my promise ring on but by this point they probably thought it was fake.

I didn’t let it stop me from enjoying the movie, though I think I controlled my laughter a bit more.  But I look back now and laugh.  This item on my 101 list gave me something to enjoy during and smile and blush as I think back about it.  ha ha