Timing is everything.

DH took time off, so if the weather was crappy, it would have been ok to stay a few days later.  But the weather was ok and we got home safe and sound. We had a quiet, lazy day on Monday.  Today, we went to see "Rise of the Guardians"at the matinee.  I loved it!  It was funny and sweet and just what you might expect from Pixar. Santa was a big Russian dude!  the tooth fairy was half hummingbird.  The Easter bunny (voiced by Hugh Jackman) was a 6ft 2 inch rabbit armed with boomerangs.  The Boogieman was out to make all the kids in the world stop believing that Santa and the others were real.  Jack Frost and the Sandman beat him.  It was cool!  I'm still happy from seeing it.

We got out about 2:30 and headed home. At approximately 3:30 there was a shooting at the food court in front of the theatre.  God bless the people who were there, who were injured, who were frightened.  The news is broadcasting live from the mall where it happened.  Most folks report hearing a big bang, then lots more cracks, and not realizing at first that it was gunfire.  Store owners dragged customers into the back of stores and locked the doors, and there they stayed for hours until the police came from shop to shop to escort them out.  "Surreal" is the word everyone is using.  We absolutely do not expect this to happen to us, even though we know it happens all over the world all the time.   Luckily, it was a slow day at the mall.  Two deaths and one injury, as well as the shooter.

We were SO lucky!  Thank God we missed it all.