Dinner...a movie...and an umbrella??

Last night I spent some time with my friend Meg and her niece. We had planned an adventure. We had planned on going to see the newest Harry Potter movie that was released yesterday. We wanted to go to the Drive- In. the movie was scheduled to start at 8:40 p.m., but with the buzz about the popularity of the movie, we decided we wanted to be there as soon as the gates opened....7:15. During the day we touched base because the weather forecast predicted thunder storms. we considered trying to get tickets to the movie in a regular theater...but then determined that we were going to go to the drive-in no matter what! We figured that the worst case scenario would be that the power would go out and we would have a good story to tell. We were supposed to have several other people go with us, but most thought the idea of a drive-in in the rain was not good. (We did have two other people join us in a seperate vehicle.)

We stopped on the way and ordered a HUGE pizza...essential drive-in food... chips, soda, and of course, chocolate. We took my truck...along with some comfy chairs for the back and a cooler, which made a great footstool! So we parked...with the front of my truck away from the screen and set up in the back. We got to the drive -in at about 7:00 and we were NOT the first people there. Meg and her niece played toss with a Nerf football, other families were playing catch...people even brought their dogs! It was great. The skies were cloudy and threatening, but the rain held off... well it held off for most of the movie. A couple of times there were some raindrops, and there was lightening off in the distance...It actually added to the ambiance of the movie... until it started pouring. Perhaps we should have turned the truck around and gotten inside the cab...but instead, I got out my big umbrella ant managed to keep the three of us dry...mostly dry. There were parts of our bodies that did not fit under the umbrella with the rest of us, but for the most part, we were dry. The rain was loud on the umbrella, but we could still hear the movie. When the rain let up, we closed the umbrella. We only needed the umbrella twice.

Yeah, we got a little wet...and it was a little chilly...BUT... it was the perfect way to see the movie. I am not a movie critic, but the Harry Potter books are so much better than the movies. I wish I had remembered my camera so I could post some pics from the night, but I forgot it.

There is no way the HP movies can contain the detail in the books, but they are still pretty good. I am more excited for the final book to be released next week. It will be a good book to read as I recover form surgery. I had my final PT session today...at least pre-surgery PT... Hard to believe...

If you get the chance to go to the drive-in.... GO... even in the rain!