A Non IVF Post

Yesterday was Nathan's day off. And it was wonderful. But the best part came in the evening. As many of you know, Nathan and I love movies. Of course we like to be entertained, but when we watch a movie... there's usually a nice after conversation where we critique the movie, how it was made, etc. I think it goes hand in hand with our visual background. But right now we live in a town that... well maybe doesn't appreciate some of the finer films. Example 500 Days of Summer. We had been dying to see this movie. Last week Nathan earned four free movie passes for working the Daily News booth at the fair. Well last night, kind of on a whim, we decided to see where in Michigan 500 Days of Summer was playing. To our great joy, it was playing in Grand Blanc which is just a bit over an hour. So we immediately jumped in the car and left for Grand Blanc.

The movie was even better than I had imagined. Oh it was fantastic. So many movies are filled with foul language, unnecessary sexuality, are overly dramatic, and simply predictable. Well not 500 Days of Summer. They gave you enough to know what's going on and get their point without taking it over the line of uncomfortable or inappropriate. It was such a lighthearted story of "boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl doesn't." And the best part, the music. Every song in the movie, was by an artist that is either a pandora station or currently on our ipod. Everyone from Regina Spektor, Feist, and Carla Bruni. And it was shot and the story was told in such an absolutely beautiful and refreshing way. If you're looking for a great movie to see, this is it. And while movies like Julie and Julia are entertaining and 'cute' they are just always lacking something.

Doing things on a whim is something Nathan and I have always enjoyed. I remember in high school we drove by the interstate and thought... wouldn't it be so much fun to just hop on the interstate and head to the beach. We looked forward to 'growing up' and being able to, I guess some would call it, be spontaneous. And we have done that over the past five years. Sometimes its waking up on a Saturday morning and saying, hey let's go to Traverse City today. But we also know that will soon be changing (hopefully.) We do want to instill a sense of flexibility and spontaneity in our children. But we also are realistic and know that one you have little ones... it will have to be planned spontaneity. :) So right now, we are trying to value and appreciate our ability to go, go, go while we can.

And I have to say, last night completely took my mind off of IVF.