I'm back

[days_unfolding]

While I was in Detroit, Mom and I watched the Harry Potter movies. (I hadn't seen the first three, and Mom hadn't seen the last two.) A while back, I took a silly "Who is your Harry Potter lover?" quiz and wound up with Snape. I went "Ew," and didn't post the results. However, Alan Rickman as Snape in the movies is another story. He has a very memorable voice and is charismatic. I told my mom that I was a fan, and we went in search of Alan Rickman movies. Mom already had Sense and Sensibility, which was good. She bought Snow Cake (a very interesting character study) and Love, Actually (a typical light romantic comedy, but pretty good). Maybe when I get my DVD player set up, I'll go in search of more Alan Rickman movies.

While we were in Evanston, we also saw Charlie Wilson's War, which was interesting and thought-provoking.

During the entire trip, I stayed organized and wound up being ready to leave early when we had to go someplace. I need to keep that up.

The flights back were uneventful, except for someone nearby who kept on farting the whole way from Chicago to San Jose. It was a looong flight. Someone must have said something to the flight attendant because she sprayed some air freshener near the end of the flight. The flight got in late (11:00 PM?). It took a long time to get my luggage. Two shuttle buses went past me before I found the right place to catch one. I had been running around in the rain, and when I caught the shuttle, someone commented that I didn't need to stand under a rain spout. When I got the car, I smacked the right back corner of the car into a barrier, and now the right side of the bumper is loose.

I went to a 24-hour restaurant (Denny's) to get something to eat and a 24-hour grocery store (Safeway) to get some essentials. By the time that I got home, it was 2:45 AM, and I decided to leave my luggage in the car until I got up today. I slept a lot. I'm still kind of tired.

Mom has come down with something, so I need to stay well-rested to try to fight it off. I also might keep taking Airborne.

The kitties are okay. It took them a while to realize that I was me and not the pet sitter. They've been cuddly and affectionate. I'm fascinated by how small and delicate they are in comparison to my mom's big dog.

I've been lucky because I haven't lost power from the storm.

Comments

[intenselee.livejournal.com]

As a reluctant fan of the books, then the movies...I am pleased with the movies overall. They did an excellent job of casting and truly Alan Rickman is one of the best. Truly a jackpot with him as Snape. My biggest gripe is with the last movie. Take the longest book to date and make it the shortest movie? Hello? ugh. The director was actually proud of the fact and TRIED to do that. He left too much out, frankly...stuff that needs to be addressed for the later movies... :\

Glad You are back safe and getting kitty love.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I was dismayed too about how much of the story they cut in the last movie. If I hadn't read the books, I wouldn't have known what was going on.