Trans Siberian Orchestra

So... yesterday was a blur!  In the morning I got to have coffee with the girls I used to play in a quintet with.  We've been together since about 7th grade and played many a gig together.  We got to chat for a couple of hours and catch up on eachother's lives.... our viola player is getting her masters at Rice (In TX) and our cellist is a hall director up at Alma college.  Our bass player (Beaker, of whom I wrote about before) is in Seattle and the other violinist teaches at Grand Rapids Public schools.  Lots of different places!

I decided to walk home from the coffee house because the weather wasn't so bad, and I figured I could use the exercise.  On the way home Gaetan called (which is a bit unusual... we usually text) and asked if I wanted to go to a concert.  This was around 2:07.   I got home around 2:10 (we live pretty close to the coffee place) and he said that one of his friends got free tickets to see Trans Siberian!  WHOO!!!  We went and saw them when I was hatching Tristan, so now Lucy got to experience it too!  I had to quick call my Mom and see if she could watch Tristan while we went, and she graciously accepted.  I think that she loves playing Grandma so much :)  However... the concert was at 3 and we live probably a good 30 minutes away from the venue.  So we hauled booty and got Tristan to my parents and downtown all in time for the whole thing!

The concert was AWESOME.  Not only where the tickets free but we were on the floor about 11 rows back from the stage.  AMAZING!  We had looked at ticket prices before and they were WAY to expensive... but free is more our style :)  So we got to enjoy a free date.

 Before the concert... see how close we were!

 Crazy band!

On the way home I called Mom to see how everything was going and she said that they were getting food and wanted to know if we wanted some too... SCORE.  Free dinner!  So basically my day went like this:

1.) Got to have coffee with gal pals and catch up for a few hours
2.) See a SWEET FREE concert with amazing seats
3.) Didn't have to make dinner

It was such an amazing fast paced day, but it was worth it.  God blesses us in ways we can't even imagine.  I felt so spoiled that day... thank you God for that special treat!

JVG