Thanks to “Uncle” Luke we got to attend the midnight opening of HP5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).
He came over at 10:45 after we’d put Orion to bed. However, Orion, was not actually asleep by this time, so Trish and I took turns laying down with him.
At 11:15 we were driving down Elm st toward the new Westfield Shopping Town Capital Mall Cinema.
I’d purchased our tickets surreptitiously on our last visit. Orion likes to climb on the coin operated rides at the mall. He suspected nothing.
By the time we got inside the theater most of the seats were taken and staff were conducting a trivia contest for Spiderman 3 T-shirts. No HP5 paraphernalia would be available until the following day.
We both called our moms. Trish’s mom, Mimi Terry, was working her night job. My mom, Oma Barbara, was taking an on-line quiz that was due by midnight.
We both enjoyed the movie, but it mainly whet my appetite for HP7 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows).
On the way home I told Trish that when the new book comes out I might have to read ahead. She said, “If you want to pick a fight, go right ahead with that kind of talk!” We need to read it aloud to one another, or there’s going to be trouble.
“Uncle” Luke reported that Orion had called out for Mommy one time about a half an hour before we returned. Luke crossed his fingers and waited, and Orion went back to dreamland.
Last night, we got to see Harry and the Potters perform at the Olympia Library! We saw them last year at the Hall of the Woods with Orion, and we’d bought two of their CDs.
I found out about their show from their myspace bulletin that morning. The library had given out free tickets but H&thePs wrote that no one would be turned away for lack of a ticket.
When we arrived, however, those without tickets were told they would still be able to hear the show from outside!
After about 20 minutes, only the die-hard fans were left waiting. The ‘bouncer’ was asking Batman (the comic) trivia.
Then suddenly he let us all in!
We rocked out to the power of love and showed Voldemort that we have friends!
We also bought another CD!
