Finally

Today we saw the "final" Star Wars movie of the Skywalker era, or something like that.  I mean obviously there'll be more Star Wars movies.  It's just the part where there are Skywalkers:  that part is over.  Maybe.  I think what they're trying to say is that the "main story" is over, which is that story that began back 42 years ago.  Which... well....

There was this big party in the movie a celebration that happens every 42 years, and that was no doubt tied into reality, which is to say this was just a celebration of 42 years of Star Wars.  As such, we got to see little blips of different places all throughout, from Bespin to Coruscant to the forest moon of Endor.  Many characters were back in one way or another, all squeezed in as part of the celebration.

We got our seats in the back row, and can you believe that Ba-Ba and Nana came along with us?  They sure did!  The five of us went to the Port Orange theater here, and of course we got the big tub of popcorn.  The seats are comfortable, and the theater was nice with sound and a huge screen.  It was just fun to have all of us there for a movie.

It was a longer movie, or at least the experience there was with the trailers and commercials and so forth.  So when we got out of the theater, it was already dusk, and the new year was looming!  We drove home, and celebrated the last Taco Tuesday of 2019 today, and after that watched some fireworks on the beach.

As we've done the last few years, we watched the livestream from the Magic Kingdom, the fireworks show that counted down the last seconds of 2019.  Counting down along with Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Daisy, we spent the last few seconds of 2019 in the bedroom watching the year end, and of course watching the big celebration not far from here as the new year begins.

We were all pretty tired!  It was a little more difficult making it to midnight this year, but we did barely make it.  Some might say that sums up the year, or at least the month:  we were holding on and barely made it through.  This blog sort of defies that in a way.  I mean, it records a lot of good things that happened along the way.  We could focus on cancer, bad doctor reports, and all kinds of stresses. But there was a lot to be grateful for, and a lot of good news throughout the year.

It might be like that Star Wars movie.  There was a lot that happened in it that made no logical sense whatsoever.  But... by the end of it all, rather than focus on all the negative aspects, the better choice is to look at all the good within, and be grateful we're here together.