This is the time of year when we are usually in our Oscar mode. With the holidays behind us and a long dreary winter ahead we turn our attention to the movies and eating out. We are typically joined in this diversion by my brother and sister-in-law and my two nephews, now adults in the mid 20s. We try to see as many of the movies that may nominated until the nominations, and then we double down to see all of the nominees. While we're at it, we plan meals for after the show at restaurants we've been wanting to try. It all crescendos with a weekend at the beach spent together to watch the Academy Award Ceremony.
That is so not happening this year. The six of us lamented the situation as we sat outside visiting around the fire pit this afternoon. "Maybe we could have raclette and do an outdoor show?" I suggested.
"I don't even know what's in contention," my brother said.
"Me neither!" I answered, "When do the nominations even come out?"
It turns out that the actual ceremony has been pushed all the way to late April, so the nominations aren't until March 15.
"By that time," I said, "maybe we can actually see some of the films at the movies! And possibly go out to eat."
"It might be too soon," my brother said, "but I hope not. You should have seen the rapture on your face when you were imagining it."
What a super fun ritual. May you have many more years of it to come.
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