Ah how I love summer movie season. I mean, I really love going to movies. The movie theater near our house is awesome. We can walk there, grab a quick bite before or after and then walk home (which is always nice after sitting on your ass for 2 hours).

This year started slow. After watching the HORRIBLE movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, on Christmas day, I did not go to the theater to see another movie until Observe and Report came out. Yeah, that came out in April. That movie was OK, I’ll definitely watch it again, if only to view more of the Albuquerque setting. After that, the next movie we saw was The Hangover. I may not have mentioned it, but I LOVED that movie. We loved it so much we saw it twice in one weekend.

I am happy that my movies are starting to pick up, now that it’s summer. I can’t wait for Harry Potter, Funny People, 500 Days of Summer, and Paper Heart (to name a few). There may be a few obligational movies thrown in there, but that’s OK, as long as I’m at the movies!

So, yesterday, Heidi and I planned a day at the movies. There were a couple new movies out on the list to see and we decided to spend the day at the theater knocking them out. We planned it perfectly. The Proposal, My Sister’s Keeper, Away We Go and The Hangover. Yes, I know I’ve already seen Away We Go and The Hangover, but if I was going to sneak into movies, I was going to get my fill. We packed ourselves lunches (delicious PB & J sammys) and snacks and headed out. We planned so there would be little to no lag time between each show.

The Proposal was exactlywhat you expect it to be. That doesn’t mean, however, there were no laughs. We were cracking up through most of the movie and even though we weren’t huge fans of how it ended, it was, again, predictable.

Now, I’ve read My Sister’s Keeper. I am big Jodi Picoult fan and a big fan of the book. Going in, I knew I had to brace myself, as I am always disappointed by movies based off of books I love. I had already read that they changed the ending and really, the movie loses a lot by doing so. I think Picoult’s book made a strong statement that is completely lost in the movie. The movie felt very scattered and poorly put together. Cameron Diaz seems desperate for an Oscar and I hate to be the bearer of bad news (aw, who am I kidding, I love it), but this isn’t going to do it. She played the mom as too calculating and never once did I feel like she loved her other daughter. Michael cried like a baby and although I may have gotten a tad choked up, I felt it was just trying way too hard to make me cry.

By the time we headed into Away We Go, Heidi and I were getting paranoid. We’re really good girls, at heart, and we were so worried someone was going to figure out had been there for 4 hours (and counting) and cause a huge scene and be thrown out. I think we both imagined it to go like this (start at the 2:14 mark). We also got paranoid whenever Michael left because if things started to go down, we wanted him there to handle it/get us out of it/take the fall. Yes, these are the paranoid thoughts that ran through our heads.

We made it, though! We made it all the way through The Hangover and then we, literally, high-tailed it out of there. Once we were out of the main doors, we high-fived our success and headed over to RR. All in all, it was an awesome day.

This week is also awesome because a) it’s a short one and b) my boss is in FL, so it’s just me hanging out and cleaning up the office. I love when I can come to work in jeans, work on projects and generally be left alone.

Hey, it’s the little things, right?