The new Harry Potter movie opened this morning at 12:01 a.m. And thanks to scheduling it over the summer (instead of in November), my daughter and I were there, along with my college grad niece and a couple of her friends.
I liked this film a lot better than the last one, thanks to the return of screenwriter Steve Kloves (who adapted the first four books). He did a fine job of balancing the ominous background of You-Know-Who's return to power with lots of lighthearted scenes between the young Hogwarts students.
It's probably been a couple of decades since I've gone to a midnight show. These days, it's hard to get me out of the house after dark, and I was afraid I might fall asleep during the picture. I'm happy to say that although I yawned a bit, it wasn't from boredom -- and both Megan and I managed to stay awake until we got back home (at 3:00 a.m.). We had a great time.
But I'm suffering for it now. I don't do well on little sleep, and things that might be mere annoyances feel overwhelming today.
I'm tired...
...of an inbox that stuffed to the brim with PR pitches that look interesting but I simply have no time to get to...
...of the pitches that aren't interesting at all, but deserve some kind of response...
...of the ones I delete automatically, which should mean that they are less annoying but the volume has become so high I can't take it.
I'm tired of bad news: the cost of healthcare, the rise of the deficit, the sinking hole that is California.
I'm tired of getting pitches to donate money and time to worthy causes. I want to help but right now, I've got little of either.
I'm tired of living with half a kitchen and no floor and constantly learning of new expensive repairs we need to make to the house.
A few weeks ago, when I learned that the Harry Potter tickets had gone on sale, I thought attending the midnight show would be a welcome distraction from all of this... but I hadn't counted on the sleep deprivation factor and how that would play into my mood. Right now, escapism doesn't seem like such a good idea.
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