I gave in to Jillian's pleadings that "All my friends are going!" and "You never do fun things with me!" and bought tickets to the midnight release of ...
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We got to the theater at 10:00, anticipating a huge crowd. The line had barely started, but Jillian enjoyed hanging out with her friends. Fortunately for me, two of my friends showed up so I had people to talk to, too. They let us in to the theater about 10:30, and at 11:00 had some corny fun games and raffle drawings. Whitley won a poster (no, not a toaster...a POSTER, like the one above) and gave it to one of Jillian's friends, who you would have thought won a million dollars from her excitement. By the time the movie started, I was about to fall asleep, but the movie was exciting enough to keep me awake. Jillian and her friends were sitting behind me and it was fun to peek back at her to see her expressions and how she reacted to certain scenes. By the time the movie was over, I was wide awake! It was really hard to fall asleep when I got home, and Jillian was not happy about waking up for school the next morning, but we made a deal that she would go to school if I let her go. I crawled back in bed as soon as she got on the bus and slept until noon! For me, this was a one time experience. I'm getting too old to pull all-nighters! But I enjoyed being there with Jillian and her friends, and the movie was good, so it was worth it!
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