A Day in the Life (rebooted)

I went to the movies today with my wife. She wanted to see the final installment of Downton Abbey. I have been wanting to see the new Fantastic Four iteration, but it is no longer in theaters here, and she was not interested.

We went to World Wrapps for lunch, and I had the (chicken) Tikki Masala wrap with meat, brown rice/quinoa, slaw, pickles, cilantro, pumpkin seeds, yogurt, and Masala sauce on flatbread.

It was amazing, and while we dropped over $50 to eat on a concrete patio at a tiny table at a shopping center, the weather was perfect, the food incredible, and dining with my wife is always a good event.

My drink was also outstanding; I had an Olipop Orange Squeeze Their site has the exceptionally healthy and tasty ingredients:

Carbonated Water, OLISMART (Cassava Root Fiber, Chicory Root Inulin, Jerusalem Artichoke Inulin, Nopal Cactus*, Marshmallow Root*, Calendula Flower*, Kudzu Root*), Apple Juice Concentrate, Mandarin Juice Concentrate, Cassava Root Syrup, Clementine Juice Concentrate, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Rose Hips*, Acerola Cherry*, Stevia Leaf*, Himalayan Pink Salt, Natural Flavors.

I felt pretty affluent, dining in this manner, but it was casual eating, and while we are not rich by local standards, living in a mobile home and earning a modest income, by world standards, we are ultra rich.

Then we walked a few doors down to the cinema. I got some Reese’s Pieces and a water and went to see the movie. It was well shot, the acting was good and the characters well drawn. I enjoy British drama, but the denizens of Downton are very proper and upper crusty; even the working class have the typical stiff upper lip.

When I go to the movies, and sit in heated seats that recline and comfort, eat tasty treats, and relax for a few hours, I feel that I should be serving the homeless or building them a home. I’m glad I get to help out at my church, and hope my contribution to the needy, will please and honor the Lord.

I was not that impressed with the film overall, compared with the small screen version; it was probably just as good, but I didn’t feel the big screen helped its stories. Still, the movie was entertaining, and pretty well made. I will add that I enjoyed the TV series quite a bit.

Some of the scenes in the movie made me uncomfortable. Not to judge, and I guess we all need validation, but I was a little uneasy after seeing it. I edited this paragraph as I meant what I’d said, but it sounded bigoted nonetheless.

We left the theater with the saga concluded, and went home to a quiet house, aside from our pets’ initial excitement to see us; the dog of course more than the cat.

The next day was church, and I was grateful to hear the pastor preach; it was a message about how Jesus made a man wait while his daughter died, in order to first heal a woman who’d been bleeding for years.

The woman was a pariah, and Jesus healed her. Our pastor said that Jesus would have had reasons for making the father wait. And I figure that witnessing the girl rise from the dead was more impactful than healing her illness.

Pastor said that God solves our problems in His time, not ours, that he requires more of us than we expect (like making a man wait while his daughter died), but gives us more than we can imagine (like raising her from the dead.

I thought about the problems I have, and how I want to be appreciated and successful, and was comforted that while God expects more of me than I might have anticipated, His rewards are indeed far beyond my hopes or dreams.

When we departed the theater the day before, I saw a cool movie poster, about an era where life seemed simpler; I guess they are rereleasing this film this fall, and I appreciated this new version of the poster.