day 62 after birthday62

For well over a month, I've had a note posted to my kitchen cabinet: "July 29 - 62 days after birthday62".
I had not known what special something different I would do to mark the occasion, but I knew mark it I would.
I had hoped things might have improved, that I might be able to have family and friends over to share a meal.
Well, that idea certainly will not be made real anytime soon.
My efforts to gather like-minded folks for a trip to St. Simons Island to go to a special screening at a cinema have not panned out either... well, let's just say "not yet".
'Hope' is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.
Emily Dickinson had that right.
If ever there was a time to 'Hope', during a pandemic or other crisis is certainly that time.
(smile))
So, what to do, for a girl wanting a movie experience more than aught else?

How about A Night At The Drive-In down in Jesup?
It promised "A Celebration Of Multi-Cultural Voices In Film" through a doubleheader of films, which certainly sounds exactly like my kind of thing.
I found out about it last Wednesday -
and immediately booked my space.
How amazing that there were still tickets available for the free event!
Right place, right time.
The next day, I talked about the excursion to the physicist, hoping he might want to go, too.
He abstained, but that was okay.
I already had my ticket to be there.

After all, I know that if truly I want to do something, I should go ahead and do it, accompanied or not, as missing out was not acceptable.
Hallelujah for knowledge of self!
So, after just one "Quantum Leap" (missed on June 2nd), I jumped in the car!
Road trip south time, rain and all!
And this was waiting for me - a snack box with popcorn, cookies, and a water bottle as a souvenir!
(smile!)

Right place, right time!
How did I know?
Well, there were five spaces left to an oversold show when I arrived 20 minutes before show time.
I parked in space 71 - yeah!
Then, during "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse", the boy is late to physics class and used the excuse: "Einstein said that time is relative."
Hahaha! I used that line, too!
Delightful, just delightful, to know I was where I should be!
i thank You, God!

After the first movie, the majority of the folks started clearing out.
I understood: the time was already 11 PM, on a work day, when the credits began rolling.
I hope they were still tuned to the broadcast channel, though, so they heard Michael B. Jordan's words of thanks for our attendance.
I know that I am grateful that he cares enough about community and diversity to have curated the ten movies for this series.

And just look at this!
I was even treated to a bit of baseball with the second movie!
That would be Jack out in the field, hoping his Dad would be there...
but Peter Pan had grown up, into a man more concerned about his job than his family.
That is, until "Hook" stole the children away one evening -
and I felt my eyes start to droop -
so, it's time for me to go!
I'll be back, though, for another movie, maybe even next week!
Delightful to be part of an audience,
delightful to feel one of many experiencing the same art,
delightful to have something different,
delightful to get the point of this experiment with community building:
we are all in this together.
(smile!)
i thank You, God!