Family Time and Date Nights

Lately, my wife and I have been spending time with family from both our sides of the family. My wife does have family within driving distance near where we live, and I have my own family nearby. For me, growing up, I was more about hanging out with friends than family, especially around high school and past that. It is understandable as the world of high school and college was about going out, exploring the world, trying to fit in and whatnot. As an adult when I was still living a bachelor lifestyle, that was still prevalent. Recently though, that has changed. I still hang out with friends, but not as much as I used to, now that I am married, and some of my friends have moved away. Our parents are now grandparents, our brothers and sisters are married with children, we are now aunts and uncles, and family takes on a different meaning.

Besides family time, date nights have been fun. We recently went to watch a classic movie, The Mummy, at The Frida Cinema, an art house theater. It was nice because it felt more like a communal event than just a bunch of strangers watching a movie in a theater. The Mummy is just a fun movie that was not trying to be anything else but entertaining. Brendan Fraser was a fun protagonist with lots of attitude and fighting ability. It was a bit campy at parts, and the movie asks its audience to suspend their disbelief, but it was great being able to watch it on the big screen.

Around the theater were a lot of places to eat and visit. Despite living in Orange County my whole life, there are still many places that I do not know about. It will be fun for the two of us to find and explore these places.