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July 21, 2008
Sir Elton John
So, I'm off to see Elton, live in concert right here in Vermont! I love his music and saw him and Billy Joel in concert together seven years ago in Montreal. A very dear friend and I, who saw him together last time, are heading out tonight to see him again.
The tickets sort of came to me unexpectedly. I bought tickets earlier this year to see Toby Keith in August then I heard about Elton, but soon realized it would be quite difficult and expensive to get tickets to see him so I didn't even really give it much more thought.
My boss had actually bought tickets to Elton, but planned to sell them on ebay for oodles of money. She had also purchased two tickets for another co-worker who had planned to actually go to the concert then decided nearly last minute she didn't want to go and just wanted to sell them for what she had paid for them. I overheard this conversation and was like, "You have tickets?" And she did, pretty decent seats too so I called my friend Val and said, "Hey, you want to go see Elton John again?" and she said, "You mean SIR Elton John." and I was like, "Oh, yeah, sorry, SIR Elton John now." and she said, "SURE!"
So, were off. I must say I really enjoyed him last time in concert and I especially LOVE him at the piano! And my boss never sold hers on ebay so she will be there as well.
We'll also get some shopping time in as we will be in the big B where there are lots of stores and I don't get out much these days, esp with gas prices the way they are. So we'll do some shopping, have some dinner and then go to the concert which is expected, by the way, to draw over 10,000 people! For little old Vermont at some fairgrounds, that is quite a crowd!
The girls survived camping in tents for almost an entire week. They got home Saturday and poor Hannah is still trying to catch up on her sleep! They had a really good time and it was good for them and us.
Today, the oldest one takes her first driving lesson with her instructor. I've never seen a kid SO excited to get her license. I don't remember being that excited about it, but she is. She's gotten to this point in her life that she CANNOT wait to spread her wings and fly. She is certainly independent and wants to excude her independence. Part of me is ready for that and another part is not.
I think I've raised a pretty good kid, she's headstrong for sure, but I can only hope and pray she always uses her sense and whatever mistakes she makes she will learn from them. I see a lot of myself in her, most of that is good, I think?
Posted by tracey at July 21, 2008 07:41 AM