What Is It With Kids And Movie Marathons
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What Is It With Kids And Movie Marathons
Funny thing about kids when it comes to watching movies. They seem to be able to watch the same movie over and over again. I don’t remember ever being like that as a kid, but maybe my memory is just failing. It’s not that I don’t enjoy watching a movie more than once, but I’m pretty selective about what movies I’ll spend extra time with. Maybe it’s an age thing, and I’m being a little more selective about what I spend my time on. My kids however will watch movies online free all day long. I guess it’s just what they like to do. I have done a few movie marathons in my time though. I remember years ago sitting in a theater in Boston, and watching all three episodes of the original Starwars series. That is episodes 4, 5 and 6. And more recently, I bought tickets to watch all the Lord Of The Rings in a row, when the last one hit the theater. 12 hours of movie magic I say 
Now, not every movie is going to be a blockbuster, and be worthy of that much attention from me. But, there are still some high quality films that are worth watching. Something that’s a little more dramatic, and with a bit of romance for that significant other in your life would be The Man Who Cried. Not entirely my cup of tea, but I do enjoy a good intelligent mystery when I can find it like with The Weight Of Water. I loved MTV when it launched back in the early eighties, and my fascination with music and video continues to this day. Just check out Center Stage if you want a glimpse of what I mean.
Finishing Work Before the Birth of my Child
For me the hardest thing about my pregnancy has been having to combine it with my full time job. It is not easy to decide when to start your maternity leave, but once I reached 26 weeks pregnant I had had enough. I worked in quite a manual position as a picture framer, and some of my duties were beginning to become quite difficult for me to carry out. One of the biggest problems was that my job was much easier to carry out standing up, but after a few months I found it almost impossible to stand up for the majority of the day.
My manager was actually really good with me. When I first became pregnant I had told them that I wanted to continue working for as long as I possibly could, and because of that I don’t think they had even thought of finding a replacement for me when I told them that I couldn’t go on. I gave them somewhat minimal notice that I was going to finish work, because I just snapped one day. I had been dealing with a really big job, and all the machinery I had to use felt like it was straining my stomach. The day was just exhausting and by the end of it I just marched into my manager’s office and told him that I couldn’t do it anymore. I agreed to finish the week, and he told me that it was fine! As is the way, the position is open to me after a period of a year, but I will have to see how I feel then! If I love my child as much as I think I will, then I will never go back!
