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Have you ever had one of those moments when you wondered how you got so lucky? This past weekend held one of those for me. I'm still caught in that state of "was it real, or did I just dream the whole thing?"
It was a rainy Saturday, so my plans for yard work went down the drain, so to speak. The forecast hadn't called for rain, so I didn't have anything planned as a back-up, and I decided I might as well go to the movies and catch The DaVinci Code to see what all the fuss was about.
While I was waiting in line to buy my overpriced milk duds and cherry coke, I noticed a woman and her husband in front of me. Well, I assumed he was her husband. I never did get a look at her left hand. Normally I don't pay much attention to anyone at the theater, but there was something about her that caught my attention. She wasn't beautiful – rather ordinary looking, to be honest, but there was something about her... She was wearing a long pale blue sundress that was kind of dated, and it buttoned down the front. She seemed to be furtively looking for someone, which struck me as odd. The guy she was with was a decent looking chap, although he did seem to be a little detached from what was going on around him. He was more interested in the enormous bucket of popcorn he was holding than the woman he was with. Maybe she was waiting for a friend? Hard to say.
As I neared the concession counter, I noted a rather rugged looking guy in jeans and a faded T-shirt standing to one side, watching the sundress lady. Normally that wouldn't have seemed like a big deal, but given that she had seemed to be looking for someone, of course I started wondering if she might have been looking for him. Just then, I noticed that he caught her eye, and she gave him a small, secret smile. Well, now, this was certainly interesting.
Armed with my milk duds and cherry coke, I made my way to the theater, which was less crowded than I had expected, given the publicity and talk of protesters. But, given the construction going on just down the hall from the theater I had been directed to by a pimply-faced usher, I suppose it wasn't all that surprising. There was a lot of construction dust and mess, so it stood to reason that a lot of people may have just gone to a different theater, preferring not to deal with the inconvenience of remodeling. It's not like they were actively doing construction on Saturday, though – from what I could tell, the job site was deserted.
My seat of choice has always been in the back row on the aisle. I don't like having someone sitting right behind me. Fortunately, for the time being, I had the entire back row to myself. Too bad this one wasn't stadium seating, although it appeared as if that might be remedied soon by the construction.
The popcorn guy and the sundress woman sat right in front of me, she on the aisle. She was probably one of those women who had to pee midway through the movie, I guessed, and he probably didn't want to have to move for her. I couldn't say I blamed him. I hated having to move for anyone while I was engrossed in a good film. It's precisely why I prefer to see movies alone.