Electrically Charged

We learned a good lesson today.  If you want to see the entire movie, don't invite a spirit to go with you. 

We didn't know what to do today for Ian's birthday, but what could be more appropriate than a superhero movie?  First we went to the cemetery.  Lucy placed the KISS book on the grave--with a note that read,  "You'll go to Hell for stealing from a cemetary!"   I love that she spelled it wrong--she hates it when people spell things wrong.  My parents placed rocks from Yosemite--a little of the Jewish ancestry coming out.  Then we went to the movie theater to see the 10 a.m. showing of Captain America.  I was a little nervous to tell mom and dad that's what we were doing and found out later they thought it was going to be animated. 

It was a great movie.  We were all enjoying it.  Then the screen went dark.  We sat for about 10 minutes and then got it going again.  We were all so excited it was in the exact right place and that a manager slipped in to pass free tickets down the aisles for our inconvenience.  About 15 minutes later--with only about 15 minutes to go--it went off again.  Power outage number 2.  We had to leave.  The entire theater was dark--all 13 screens.  The water in the restrooms wouldn't even turn on.

My dad fell in the dark and got a gash on his arm.  Keith got mad at the manager  (because now we have to use the free passes to sit through the same hour and a half of a movie we already paid for to see the end).   I think he just needed to vent some of his feelings about the day.

I was just disappointed.  Ian would've loved that movie--at least the part we saw.  Not only did it have a great superhero, but it was anti-bully and showed that good on the inside is more important than buff on the outside.

As we were walking to the car,  we looked over toward Bass Pro Shop.  Parked right in front of the doors was an orange Toyota FJ Cruiser--the first one we've ever seen.  Wow,  Ian's dream car in his favorite color.  We got on the freeway to find a place where we could get flowers and I turned to Keith and said,  "I guess we know now what happens if a spirit tries to sneak into a movie theater."