Time

$7 for the movie, $6 for the popcorn, $4 for the tip at dinner (dinner paid by the gift card from xmas), time with my brother priceless.  We went and saw "Jack Reacher" and even though I have a tough time thinking of Tom Cruise as 'Reacher', the movie was good.  I just thought of it as something else.  Dinner at Olive Garden was good.  Pat teased me that if Mom was there she would be telling us about arthritis in our thumbs since we were also texting at dinner.  I was updating Nana Nita on what she needs to know about the little kids' schedules.
We talked about Mike.  We talked about Reno and how could we make that work again.  We talked about Dave.  Pat asked the hard question....am I getting divorced?  We talked about Cassie.  We touched on Mom.  It is kind of funny how we get closer and closer as we get older.  Or are we just old?  Nah....I'm 43. At least this year I am and while the males in my family don't seem to appreciate the joke, it's all right.
It was a great evening without my little kids even if I missed them.  I have had one evening since the middle of Dec. without them and that was just for a few hours.