Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day in Thailand. It's a national holiday so there is no school, the banks are closed, (most places are closed) and mothers with their children are running around the city together. They have tributes to mother's on TV (for hours and hours) and there are restaurants and retailers all over the place that have specials for moms. I even saw a fancy restaurant where moms get to eat for free today.

It was kind of like being Jewish on Christmas (not that I don't celebrate mother's day, just that I can't right now), so I went to go see a movie with all the other Jewish people (just kidding). Last time I went to the movie I was totally blown away because first of all, you have assigned seats. When you buy your ticket, you choose on a screen where you want to sit. Now I was one of a dozen people who went to see this movie, so she shows me a screen of hundreds of empty seats and asked me where I would like to sit...? Uh, anywhere is fine...and she asks me to point to one. Ok. So I go in and sit down at my seat and just as a couple of women are trotting through my row (I thought I chose an empty row), I start to gather my things so they can scoot past me. Nope. They sit down in the seat right next to me. This boggles my mind. There are a million empty seats and you want the one that shares my armrest? Why? I kid you not, there were 12 people in the theater, and there we were, an awkward group of three sitting together. I will never understand this.

Needless to say, I learned my lesson and today I bought my ticket right as the movie was starting and chose an empty row toward the front. Hey, I'm an American and I need space to enjoy my movie. Ha.

Happy second Mother's Day, mom. I truly wish you were here to celebrate. Seeing all these moms and daughters around makes me miss you even more than I already do. Two Mother's Days in a year isn't enough.