My daughter and commented on that on the ride home.  Previous episodes center around biblical or spiritual pursuits – The Holy Grail, the Arc of the Covenant, sacred Indian stones…  This episode has a different twist and an entirely new cast of villains.

The theater was packed.  Sold out, or really close to it.  We usually make our way to the center of the upper rows of seats, but not this time.  The center section was well filled out by the time we had gotten our popcorn and Skittles.  But the show was playing on the “Ultrascreen” so even the side sections have an amazing view.  A big audience always amplifies the funny or exciting parts too, adding to the thrill and fun of it all.

As usual, I ate way too much popcorn and will need to forgo eating for the next week, but this time anyway, it turned out to be a pretty good trade off – high adventure for extreme caloric binging.  lol.  Good thing the home Gym is up and running again after the basement has dried out.

Well for the third morning in a row, my internet radio station, Girls Rock Radio, started buffering badly (sorry, that’s geek speak for stuttering) and this time it showed no sign of letting up.  Later I was to learn that there was a major fiber optic cable cut down in Chicago that messed up internet access for the entire upper midwest.

Frustrated, I just felt like escaping it all for a while.  What with the money just pouring in these days (L.O.A. , I figured I deserved the get away.  Now, my daughter saw Maid of Honor on Mothers’ Day with her Mom.  I wanted to see it, too, but since they went together, I was left to find another way.  Voila.

I was left wanting more.

It’s a timeless tale (not giving anything away here) of a boy and a girl.  Girl finds another guy to marry, and boy suddenly realizes he can’t live without her.  The previews looked pretty funny.  And the flick was funny!  I really do recommend it.  Lots of it filmed in stunning locations in Scotland.  Michelle Monaghan is really very lovely, and they couldn’t have picked a better male lead than Patrick Dempsey what with his “McDreamy” persona from Grey’s Anatomy.  It all just worked.

And yet I was left wanting more.  Not from the film – it was brilliant – but rather from my own real life!