spare time

SO- I know its been a while since I've written.  It's not like there are many people that read this anyways, so I guess it doesn't matter too much.  There have been a couple things that I have been wanting to write about, so I'll take them a few at a time.  Today you get to hear about what I have been spending my spare time doing.  

It all started last Saturday night.  My roommate Michelle had tickets to a play and invited me to go with her to the Hale Center in Orem.  It was a fun little play.  Well, on the way up we were talking about how Twilight had just come out on DVD.  If you know me very well, you know that I thought that those books were pretty dumb and never read them or saw the movie in one of my stubborn protests that I create sometimes. (At least I can admit it, right?)  Well, Michelle and I decided that we should get the movie and watch it.  I wanted to see what the hype was all about.  The whole evening she kept preparing me for it and telling me that I probably wasn't going to like it.  I re-assured her that I had no expectations for the movie and I was watching it purely for social value.  I just wanted to know what everyone was talking about.  I didn't want to waste time reading the book when I could just watch the movie.  We got home, got the movie and started it.  Here is where my whole stubbornness flipped 180.  

I got trapped in the story!  I was totally not expecting it- actually I was opposing it, but it happened.  Yeah, I know the movie is cheesy and goofy, but I was caught.  The next evening Lindsay's sister was coming over for Sunday dinner and she was gracious enough to bring me over book 1 to read.  I got 3/4 of the way through it on Sunday evening.  I realized Monday that I was not going to be able to wait for all of this trade-off/borrowing stuff so I went to Costco after work and bought the hardcover set.  I read like a madwoman all week.  This evening, 9 days after I opened the cover to Twilight, I closed the back cover on Breaking Dawn.  9 days and 2379 pages later ( I should really say 7 days because I was camping for the weekend and didn't really read and I worked late on Wednesday and didn't read, but I guess we'll take the actual day count), I can finally say that I have fallen in love with that story.  I honestly thought that I'd never admit it, but I am throwing all my pride out the window and saying that I Love TWILIGHT!  Edward and Bella- WOW!  So, that is it.  I know it's shocking, but I'm not afraid to let the world know that I am a vampire lover.  Isn't it amazing how quickly things can change!  So here is my little shout-out for those books.  They are great.  My Mom was right.  She kept telling me that I was a little brat for refusing to read them- I get what she meant now!