RENT!!

I have been thinking about starting a blog for sometime now. But one thought always raced through my head, like the way my precious boy does when he hears the pop on the garage when Michael gets home at night after a long day. "I'm I that interesting?" My conclusion, for some is yes! So this is my canvass to fill with words, thoughts, random-ness and life's little moments of joy.

Yesterday my heart smiled. I was lucky enough to get to see RENT. To me music is art. And RENT was an unbelievable piece of movable art. When I first saw the movie a few years ago, I liked it. I gave it a A (I grade movies, it is the teacher in me) but then it grew into this beloved treasure of theater. I knew since September, it was coming to Dallas and I was going. When the tickets went on sale, I got to buy pre-sale ones. I was over the moon with excitement. I brought my tickets and got great seats. Then I looked at them after and realized I got the wrong day. CRAP-A-TY Crap!! So I brought the right ones. I tried along w/friends to sell the wrong ones, but no luck!

Anyways, I was just happy I was going. I went with four of my favortie people in the world. Sarah, Amanda, and Leanne. We got abit lost in Dallas going to eat at the West End, "Here we go loop-de-loop," but we made it there in one piece. At lunch we ate, talked, laughed a whole lot, and up-dated each other on our latest news. Then on to the show.... We walked in to the Music Hall and about half way down I just STOPPED!! My friends all asked, "Are you ok??" And I said, "I just want to breathe it all in." And I did. From the first moment the lights went down to the first time Mark (a.k.a Anthony Rapp who created the role and was in the movie) walked on stage I took it all in. I savored the show like an ice cream you have on a hot Texas July afternoon. I wanted every note to last! I just sat there with my hand over my heart and a huge smile mouthing the score and thinking, WoW, this is a special day!

The funniest part was I was in line to go potty and people were outside lining up after the show. We looked out the big window, and Amanda said, "I thinking they are coming out!" I ran so fast, my friends could not believe their eyes. They were shocked. Sad to said no cast members came out, I guess because they had an 8:00 show. But if they had, I might literally peed in my pants.

I value my friends so much. I have an older sister that I have not talked to in a year, that is a whole other blog. These women are my support, my family and my limbs. I always say without one the body does not feel right. I can tell them anything and without judgement they help me through. I have more then just these three, I have a circle of friends and close family who will cheer when it is time to celebrate and carry me when my body can not move.

That is it for tonight, I have to figure out way my picture is so big!! Lots more to come.