Several months ago, my
friends found out that I had never watched a Marvel superhero movie. They were shocked and then appalled that I,
Angie Good, a Ninja Turtle & Transformer lovin’ gal had never watched Captain
America or Iron Man. Once they processed their shock, they
determined this was unacceptable. Their
new mission in life was to introduce me to their beloved superheroes.
We selected a date which
just so happened to work out amongst 4 schedules…they called it “Fate.” My destiny was sealed.
Due to the fact that there
are 9 Marvel movies (one is the theater which makes 10 and a 3rd
Captain America
in the works but not yet out making the total 11ish), we decided a sleepover
was in order.
There’s something about
the mentioning of a sleepover that makes my inner 7th grade
girlie-girl super excited. Jammies and
junk food and movies with hunky superheroes with dear friends. What more could a girl want??? Pizza.
Gluten-free pizza. More on the
pizza later…
Friday, May 15th
– we (Leah, Uhura, and myself) assembled at Rhonda’s at circa 6 p.m.
Homemade pizza attempt #1
was an utter fail…due to the fact that the maker (yours truly) was just sooo
super excited about the sleepover and superheroes that instead of adding 2 cups
of hot water, the maker only added 1 cup…which made the garbanzo bean flour
resemble cornmeal. Bad cornmeal. After 20 minutes of watching and stating
“This does not look right!” was it determined that said pizza crust was not
working… Thankfully, yours truly,
brought extra flour and oil.
Pizza attempt #2 was a
success. Funny how adding 2 cups of hot
water (which is the correct amount) makes the crust turn out fabulous! *Sigh*
We began our superhero
moving-watching at circa 8 p.m. with the 1st Captain America. I’m not going to lie and say I did not
doze…but I did…until Captain America
transformed from that awkward body (which is a computer generation – his head
on a 12-year old body) to the hunky superhero we all know and love. *Whimsical sigh*
Our 2nd and 3rd
movies went well…
We took a 12:40 a.m.
selfie…I’m pretty sure it was to commemorate that I had indeed stayed awake
(give – or – take the 12 minutes during Captain America) until after midnight.
Around 1-something we went
to bed…and enjoyed sweet sleepover slumber until 10 a.m.
The beauty of a sleepover
is that there are typically no rules about sleeping in. You stay up late laughing and giggling about
this and that – and truly, it does not change over time. It’s been a loooong time since I was in the 7th
grade…A LONG TIME…but still, our inner 7th graders called out to us
to laugh and be nonsensical. Thus the
beauty of the sleepover…
Our Saturday was a bit
busy…between me guzzling 3 cups of Keurig coffee which I was totally judged for
consuming. I believe the direct quote
was, “How is it that YOU consumed 3 cups of Keurig coffee and you are not
laughing hysterically???” Too which I
replied, “You keep me up until 1 a.m. and ruin my great sleep pattern – I’m
allowed multiple cups of Keurig coffee.
Please don’t judge.”
We were able to squeeze in
the 2nd Thor movie before heading to Alexi’s production of The Sound of Music. I sat next to Leah. Big mistake.
Her goal – which she voiced – was to say funny things throughout the
play and see if she could get me to laugh outloud. Her best line was during the eldest VonTrapp
girl and the Nazi-boy singing “You are 16 going on 17.” Leah turned to me and said, “That 16 year old
is getting more action than us.” Thank
you kindly for pointing that out.
Along those lines – the
next day during Sunday school, my whale wrestling wannabe student told me she
won the local fishing derby but was disgusted that she saw her
ex-boyfriend. Have I ever mentioned that
I teach 1st through 3rd grades? And I now have a 1st grade student
with an ex-boyfriend which means at one point she had a boyfriend…and I
don’t. *Insert nervous laughter*
After the play, the girls
and I child-nabbed Alana to share in her birthday merriment. The poor kid was interrogated “Where do you
want to eat?” She really didn’t
know… We gave her a wide-open door and
she couldn’t make up her mind. We, then,
turned it in to 20 questions and eventually waltzed through the doors at
Applebee’s.
With the commencing of
nourishment, our next activity – selected by the birthday girl – was
bowling.
Have you ever gone bowling and used bumpers to block off your gutter balls? That is genius and I want those every time I bowl. {I’m an adult. That is probably unacceptable.} I will just need to bring a child with me every time I bowl. It’s only fair “for the children” to have the bumpers…well, it’s “fair” for Miss Angie too. Maybe. Sort of. Not really. It was just nice not getting any gutters.
Our evening wound down
after bowling… Miss Rhonda parted ways
and the girls & I took Miss Birthday Girl back to her house where we
watched Madagascar
2 while we waited for her sister & parental unit to return.
Fun was had by all.
Sunday afternoon I watched
the rest of Iron Man 3 and then finished out the weekend with the 1st
Avengers – thankfully Leah and Uhura had invited themselves over to join me in
the superhero movie watching. It’s more
fun watching movies with someone.
And now here it is a whole
week after the superhero movie watching…
All of the DVDs have been returned.
I do still have to watch the 2nd Captain America. I’ve been told that it’s the best one!
My mom is visiting. She doesn’t seem like a superhero watchin’
kinda gal…but just think, a week ago I did not think of myself as a superhero
watching gal and LOOK AT ME NOW!!!! I
have a crush on Captain America. I kinda like that Iron Man is always
eating. That dude hearts food. I don’t even mind the Hulk…not the old-school
Hulk from when I was kid. THAT GUY was
creepy. But the Mark Ruffalo Hulk is
charming…and he was always trying to keep his anger at bay.
I’m not sure what kind of
weekend shenanigans we will get in to…there’s potential for greatness. Tomorrow I have a hair cut and then we will
be making our way westward to Freeport… Sunday is church and then we will go watch my
last class of 2nd graders graduate.
Monday…not sure yet…there’s potential.
Have a wonderful long
weekend!!!
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