This past Friday as I drove home from work, I couldn't help but
think we were due for a spontaneous date night. I called Jonathan and told him
we should go out to a movie or something and that is just what we did....
Well, kinda.
Well, kinda.
With nothing in theaters we were dying to see, we
settled on the 9:45 showing of 22 Jump Street. We figured even if it wasn't
great, we might get a few laughs out of it and hey, we never go to the movies so
why not? We headed out super early so we could stop and have a drinks and some
appetizers near the theater first. Even still, we got to the movie theater a
good hour and a half before the movie which is totally fine because they have a
bar and video games. We ordered ourselves a round of drinks and after playing a
few games, started to wonder what the heck we were going to do with ourselves
for the next hour or so.We grabbed a table at the bar and were were having a blast just talking. It’s so funny how you can live with
someone and see them every day but it’s still so important to go on actual
dates with each other to really engage in conversation and focus on each other. I was loving every minute.
So much so, that Jonathan looked at the clock and realized it was 9:45
and the movie was already starting. We’d been doing plenty of drinking, but not
much eating and we’d also planned on grabbing food before the movie. Where did
the time go? Jonathan jumped up in a panic and I spent about 30 seconds trying
to convince him we should just skip the movie all together because I was having
too much fun. Always the more reasonable one, he convinced me to go in the
theater but not before we picked up pizza and snacks on our way in.
Finally, we walked into the theater to find there were no seats
available. Zero. I couldn't help but laugh as we stood there with snacks and
drinks and nowhere to sit. Luckily, they were kind enough to let us swap out
our tickets for something else. We ended up with tickets for the 10:30 showing
of Neighbors and decided to head straight in the theater so we didn't miss
another one. By this point, we’d been in the movie theater since 8:00 and I was
3 vodka tonics down. We found seats and ate our snacks while we waited for the
movie to start. Finally, 10:30 came around and as the movie started, I started
to feel sleepy and antsy. I’ve made the mistake of going to a movie drunk
before and I’m just not cut out for it. I need conversation. I need activity.
Give me a few drinks then sit me down to be quiet for a few hours and I’m ready
for bed in no time. I powered through the first 15 minutes of the movie when
like music to my ears, Jonathan whispered in my ear, “Let’s go home.”
We spent 3 hours in the movie theater and after attempting to see 2 movies, we went home after seeing zero movies. As Jonathan said, "Only we would get to the theater an hour and a half before a movie and somehow miss the movie."
The best part about this whole thing? I'm not the slightest bit upset that we missedthe movie both movies. I loved every minute of these shenanigans. I had the most fun sitting at the bar with my husband, then sitting in an empty theater eating pizza and laughing at everything. The nights that don't go as planned always turn out to be my very favorite ones.
We spent 3 hours in the movie theater and after attempting to see 2 movies, we went home after seeing zero movies. As Jonathan said, "Only we would get to the theater an hour and a half before a movie and somehow miss the movie."
The best part about this whole thing? I'm not the slightest bit upset that we missed
