Movie marathon. On a school night.

Ok, so perhaps you wouldn't call two movies back-to-back a marathon, but on a weeknight it definitely feels like it.

I got home early this evening and was sitting by my open deck door enjoying a delicious ravioli dinner (thank you frozen Market Day) as I watched a beautiful storm roll in. The clouds darkened and hastened their movement and all could tell the storm was imminent. Suddenly the winds break loose and come rushing over the fields. Now, Indiana is quite windy, but I have not seen winds like this in quite some time. My kitchen window was open and items began flying across my table uncontrollably. I rushed over and fought the window into a secure position. And then I attempted to do the same with the deck door. Except it was slightly more difficult. Simply closing the door was not sufficient. The wind still forced its way through the tiniest cracks and crevices making the most awfully loud screeching and whistling noise. Thankfully once the deadbolt was secured it quieted down significantly.

Now, along with these shenanigans inside the apartment, my satellite dish outside was also getting a significant workout. The winds knocked it out of alignment. Now granted, this is not exactly a difficult feat to accomplish since it rests on a less than sturdy railing. Often a little wiggle will set things right again. Yet this was not to be this evening. Since I had a good deal of grading to do this evening I was slightly perturbed at the prospect of doing so without entertainment. At that moment I decided it was perfectly appropriate for me to pop in a movie. Wanting to be as productive as possible I knew it had to be a movie I knew fairly well so I would not become too involved with watching it but could be completely content listening to it as a little background noise. Enter "National Treasure". The first movie just ended, the second has just begun, and I am over half-way done with my grading for the evening. I think this will be a success- especially if it involves coffee and/or ice cream at some point. (It'll probably be both.) :D