Mater

Cars 2 came out today.

11:30 am.

There we were with

Fav 6 year old twins in tow

Gibby & Gabby

I have realised with Steve and I we think ahead the way organised parents do.

Last night, Steve went and bought the tickets, knowing it would almost definitely be sold out.

I have also realised that Steve and I are not as organised as parents are.

At 11:31, we struggled in the dark to find a seat in the crowded auditorium, climbing all the stairs to the second to top row, only to find out that the seats were “saved” and we needed to climb all the way back down to the third to bottom row to find a four seats in a row.

The twin’s mother deems the movies “crack”

Disney Pixar is to pre-teens what Starbucks is to teens.

Excitement build in anticipation

Transfixed they are in awe

And when it’s over

They desire to go back for more and more.
And more.

But the sweet taste of Disney Pixar

Lasts longer

Than the calorie and caffeine laden venti’s,

No spoiler alerts necessary

(though prepare yourself for lots of English and Italian accents!)

But my focus was on Mater throughout

The rusty, wayward, eccentric

Old tow truck

Said the most profound thing 

When an attempt was made to remove his dents

He refused to be changed.

Mater values each and every dent he has

Earned during escapades with McQueen

His dents are precious

His dents are important

His dents represent more than just a random bump

They represent an adventure

My arm carries the faint reminder

Of when my husband nearly killed me snowboarding

And the fun we had

Doing something neither had done before

A new adventure together

Steve’s right leg is riddled with scars

Everyone a memory

Most prolific for me

The one that went green inside

From motorbike impaled in body

In Australian outback

A reminder of an adventure, a coming of age

The tummy roll, the fat that won’t shift

Loudly wobbles of your adventure in childbirth

Mark on chest, obvious to all

Reminds you of adventure and survival of surgery

Resenting your dent

Resents that chance

That opportunity

That adventure

That changed your life