It just so happens our very favorite sitter mentioned she had today open. I thought it would be great to have her watch the boys this afternoon and evening. I am leaving with the boys to go to Baton Rouge this weekend, and had a ton of laundry, house cleaning, and packing to do. The husband had an after work thing to do, so I figured I would go to a movie. As in go to a movie alone. Do you know how long it has been since I went to a movie alone? A very long time.

While we were in Hawaii I read all three of the books by Steig Larsson, so I was positively giddy when I heard they were being made into movies. First up was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which I saw tonight. It had subtitles, and was great. I don’t ever think the movies live up to the books, but the movie was quite enjoyable, and it was fun to see the book characters come to life.

So, tonight, I watched a movie in a theater surrounded by couples and groups of friends, and it was positively wonderful to do something for me. Just me.