Summer movies

It's that time of year again. That time where people go out to the theaters to see explosions, fighting, a bit of romance, and a few laughs; it's summer movie time. Normally I look on this timeframe with excitement and anticipation, this year it is a bit less. This will be thw first year I'm going to see these movies without my dad here. Every summer since me and my sister were kids going to the movies during the summer was one of the things we always did. I can only think of two summers where we didn't and that was during the two years we lived with our grandmother in Pennsylvania. I'll admit that as an adult it happened less often, and my sister didn't go with us(but my brother did sometimes), but we still managed to go from time to time. Even if we didn't see a movie together we would always chat about them when we saw them. We always talked about our favorite parts and would speculate about where they could go if they made a sequel. Heck, after they showed Thanos at the end of Avengers and before they announced it, my dad was saying how they needed to make Guardians of the Galaxy. One of the things I would do sometimes is go see a movie and then if he asked me if I wanted to go see it I would lie and say I hadn't. I'd later tell him that I had already seen it afterwards and he'd jokingly give me shit about it. It's funny but even though I'm an adult, pay my own bills, and have a decent job, my dad almost always treated when we went to the movies. Even when I had money to pay for myself he would say "Aw man, you're good. Don't worry about it, you'll get me next time", and I would(if I had the money of course). Of all the things I'll remember about my dad, going to or talking about the movies during the summer will always be my favorite. So seeing the movies this summer is bittersweet. I'm enjoying them but it really sucks that he isn't here to either watch them with or talk to about them. I'm still going to go see them, as he wouldn't want me to stop just for that, but I really miss him. This summer is going to be rough, with Father's Day in June and his birthday in August. But you know what, I'll be ok. There are a bunch of great movies coming out that I'm sure I'll enjoy, and even though things are different, I know that he wouldn't have it any other way.