A Return to the Movie Theater

      It has been a very long time since I ventured out to the movies and this use to be a part of my life I really enjoyed spending with my Josh and Carisa.  An then it all came to a halt cause my Josh was no longer there to share in the experience.  I know this seems a little drastic but for me the joy of going had left me.  I did manage to go one time with my daughter to go see Avatar in 3D  and that too was only because I knew my son would of wanted to see it.  So through my eyes he would be seeing it, and my daughter really wanted to see it too and I figured this would be my first attempt. 

       When I was younger and split up for the first time and living in Sacramento I managed to watch a quite a few movies on my own but that too was a different time in my life and now going is just so hard for me to manage to do.  I feel for my daughter cause all though she too has lost my son in her life  she still feels the need to move forward and enjoy the things she loves doing and for her that was movie going too.  Before my son's passing she would frequently makes trips to the movies with her mom for shows that maybe interested her and her mom as opposed to those that my son would like.

         As a family we would sometimes pick two movies ones that they like and ones that we liked.  The majority of the time the choices made were pretty good or at least tolerable all the members of the family. But alas this is no longer what happens and aside from the one trip to see Avatar I haven't been out there again until this past weekend.  My daughter and her mom have made at least a couple trips to the movies on their own and although I have been asked from time to time I have either declined or have been working on the day that chose to go. 

          So this weekend we finally had a family movie day to see the latest of installments of the Fast And Furious Movies. Afterwards we all went to my daughter and I's favorite restaurant so my ex could finally taste the Greek Omelet and due to a sleepless night she had we witness the full affect of what it looks like to be bobbing for apples without apples being on the menu.  I saw a lot of me in her and now knew what I must look like to people at work on those sleepless nights I tend to have, but all in all it was a pleasant time we spent together.  

           After all that Carisa and I did our usual Sunday routine while her mom struggled to get back home with constant calls to make corrections along the way where she might of gotten turned around.  So after a little shopping we were finally heading back to my house and we finally got the confirmation call that my ex had made it home safely.  Of course after a little silliness of our own we would be heading back to pick up some food and then take Carisa home.  A quick feeding frenzy and then on my way back home to get ready for the week to come.