Beauty and the Beast 2012

Beauty and the Beast - or, how things are finally starting to turn around.

As mature as I am, I will always be young at heart. I will always giggle like a little girl when something is really funny, Goofy will always be my favorite Disney character, "The Fox and the Hound" will always make me smile, and I will always remember my very first movie.

Things have been touch-and-go for a while … just about five months, now. We’ve been stressed, shocked, annoyed, frustrated, hurt, disgusted, angry, spiteful, and just about defeated. Time was, my mother didn’t know the meaning of the word “quit”, but she’s finally thrown in the towel with Josh. He’s hurt us enough, it’s time to move on.

And so, we have. I’ve been working at the same wonderful job for the past 4.5 months, mum has been running her own day home - successfully - for about 2 months now. We’ve been delivering papers in the evenings, and now have our own early morning Red Deer Advocate route. (Getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning? Not so hard. Not going back to sleep as soon as we get home because I work in 3 hours? A tad hard.) But, for an extra 1000 bucks a month, it’s well worth it. No more scraping together money to get by each month. No more working 28 hours a week to see maybe 50 bucks of my paycheck. No more having to deal with the incredible bullshit that is Children’s Services. We’re moving on.

We were watching Bones last night, and a commercial came on for Beauty and the Beast - in theaters. I despise 3D, but for Beauty and the Beast? … Yeah, I’ll tolerate it. It’s coming to theatres tomorrow. I’m off work at 5 … I’m going to see the 7:40 showing.

Why do I get to see this? Today is payday. I don’t have to wait two months to get paid from Children’s services for Child Care. I don’t have to count on them for anything anymore. I have an awesome job that pays well, and I finally get to start spending my money on me. (After paying utilities and buying groceries, of course ;)

Beauty and the Beast was my very first movie. My mum bought it for me, and I watched it so many times that to preserve her sanity, she bought me and new one. And so on, and so on. Today, my room is flooded with bookshelves full of movies. Movies are my passion. I love action, drama, romance, thriller, animated, war, historical … the list goes on. I could happily spend a week just sitting in my room, watching hours upon hours of movies. “My Name is Khan” is my favorite movie, “Rent” is my favorite musical, “The Fox and the Hound” is my favorite kids movie … but “Beauty and the Beast” will always be the best, the first, the one that started it all.

And it’s coming to theaters. You bet your ass, I’m gonna be there.