Arietty

Yesterday J and I went on a date to watch The Secret World of Arietty, which is based off the book The Borrowers.  We ended up trying to catch the 7:15 show but with the line up we didn't end up getting to that show so we opted to watch The Vow.  We got our tickets and concession prize from a admission 2 ticket we had been given for Christmas and wandered into the theater to find it was packed.  No two seats remained together unless we were in the very front row, and both mr hubbins and I nayed this idea and went to get exchange our tickets.  I really wanted to spend time with J because of how busy the following week is going to be with having family come to visit, which I am excited about, but doesn't leave much time after finishing projects for me and mr hubbins alone.  So we opted for the 9:40 show.  This is at eight o clock and so with all the people packed in the theater, and I am hot and huge I got a little bit antsy and just told J we should go home.  But as we sat at a table and I noticed a mother and daughter laughing over icecream and enjoying one another's company I had to stop and evaluate.

Had our marriage really come down to, we couldn't have fun without going home and being distracted without taking the time to truly open up to one another anymore.  I remember J and I would spend hours talking together not having anything distract us and it seems like once you get married and can talk all the time your conversations really start to lack  So I determined to make this a night out we could remember and so I got some little yogen fruz and we sat in  a booth and chatted.  It was fun the more we got talking to see the sparkle that I saw so often in J's eyes when we were dating.  That look where you know someone would rather spend all their time with you than anywhere else.  It was fun to have that again.  I am grateful that J and I also made the decision to see our "little kid" movie because it was awfully cute and it just made me realize so grateful that setting the standard to only watch good movies has helped me a lot with my testimony.

I think I have a weak spirit in the sense that any movie that has any darkness to it really bothers me deep down to the core and leaves me with nightmares for weeks on end or a hovering sense of sadness.  I remember when I was little and hearing swear words used to bother me a lot and still does.  I hear it a lot at university and so the words are so often engrained into my brain.  That's what I mean about having a weak spirit.  I feel grateful for this because it easily helps me to set the standards I need to be happy.  But going back to my movie, how wonderful it is to see that our world has not become so corrupt that we have lost the innocence of our youth.  J and I talked about this in driving home and at first we were really disappointed with how the movie ended but then concluded that this way it left it up to the imagination what happened next.  This movie didn't spoon feed you all the information or force you to adhere to thinking their way and we decided that this was best because it left it open for a child's mind to wonder and imagine.  I love working with children for their imagination and was excited for this opportunity for J and I to come up with our own endings to the movie which was fun to hear and do.