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Yesterday after work, I met up with both Laney and Alexia, at the Pacific Place AMC, where we all saw
Wicked: For Good. It wasn't as good as the first one. It was fine, but I think all of us would have liked it a lot less if not for how much we had enjoyed
Part I last year.
Laney walked from home on Broadway to meet us, getting there around 5:10 for the 5:15 showing. Alexia left Issaquah at 4:00, and was there only moments after I was, having left work at 4:30 and it takes me less than ten minutes to walk just the few blocks over there. I had bought Alexia's ticket (she Venmoed me back, as usual) using my AMC app so I had both our tickets on my phone and Laney had hers on hers; so, Alexia and I were able to go inside, once she had gone to use the bathroom.
Laney was a bit silly when she arrived, poking her head suddenly above the wall barrier between the stadium seating and the walkway into the theater. It cracked me up.
I think maybe Alexia liked the movie more than either Laney or I did. We both thought it was fine—I stand by the solid B I gave it—but I think it's still safe to say we all hoped for it to be better than it was. I did have a lot of complaints about it, as engaged as I was while it was playing. This one had a much more reasonable runtime than the first film did, but I still maintain that it would have succeeded better as a single, three-hour movie.
Laney and I walked with Alexia a few blocks up Pine, until Laney and I needed to turn toward the bus stop on Pike and Alexia had just another block or so to her car. I could have accepted a ride from Alexia but I saw no need to add to her drive back home; I went and rode the bus with Laney. I then went home and wrote my review while Shobhit was out at some leather event, I think, at Diesel. He must have been out fairly late as he was pretty zonked out when I kissed him goodbye this morning.
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Ha! I nearly forgot about my Zoom lunch with Karen today—even after I sent her the confirmation email earlier this morning. I suddenly remembered again at like 11:45. Good thing I thought to heat up my sample frozen entree earlier than noon so I could be linked in by that time.
We had a lot to catch up on, and I could have told her about way more than I did. But, I started by telling her about my
cyst removal surgery on Wednesday, and then told her about my plans over the next week. She invited us to Thanksgving dinner at their Tulalip house, which I would absolutely love to do but I need to talk to Shobhit about it. We ended with her trying to get ideas from me on things to do with her close friend Diane who turns 60 on January 10. I don't know her that well though so I'm not sure what ideas I can come up with, but I'll try.
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Work so far today has felt a little schizophrenic, what with all the stuff I'm trying to get done before next week's PTO and getting constant interruptions forcing me to work on other stuff. I fear I won't get everything I
want done by the end of the day today, but I should still get everything critical done today. I suppose that's about all I can hope for.
I have lots planned over the next week, of course, although tomorrow is really up in their air, thanks to Shobhit's cousin's wife texting us a few weeks ago about getting together that day, but hasn't responded to the follow-up texts I've sent since.
But! Sunday I'm meeting with Tracy in Tukwila to see a movie at the AMC Southcenter. Monday I have this month's Weekday Happy Hour with Laney. Tuesday Laney and I get together
again for an extra BYOB Happy Hour
and checking out this year's Seattle Festival of Trees at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel—possibly also with her other friend Julie. Wednesday I'm taking myself to a movie in the afternoon and presuming we'll have a sparsley attended Action Movie Night the night before Thanksgiving.
I still have no idea what we'll be doing for Thanksgiving. I might be okay with just eating out somewhere, honestly.
Friday is the Lighting of the Tree Ceremony at Westlake Center. Saturday the 29th Laney and I have a movie to see, then Shobhit and I may go to Fourth Saturday Naked Night that evening. Sunday the 30th is the most exciting thing to look forward to, as Gina and Beth are coming up from Olympia so I can give them a Seattle Holiday Tour. Also Shobhit and I scored free tickets to
Elf: The Musical that night.
It's kind of funny how I have nearly all of Thanksgiving week planned out except for Thanksgiving itself. On the plus side, this will be the fourth year in a row that I've managed to get out of working holiday shifts at stores for work by taking PTO. I do have to burn through my PTO hours sometime, you know! And these days tend to fit pretty easily into my work load otherwise.
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