Ok...I have slept (kinda) since the show. I've been home and unpacked my overnight bag and returned to earth. Shall we start with the beginning? Why not...I left Yaki-hell on Friday around 4'ish. Got to Sabrina's around 7'ish. Needed some food that is why it took so long. Once I got to Bean's...went out for more food. Some really really good Mexican food. I had to have a margarita...well duh. The one I ordered was blue!!! Criminey it was good. I had mentioned that Sabrina should get a Chi Chi and that woman's eyes just lit up. LOL When she ordered it the waiter looked at her like she was nuts. It was too funny. She got her drink and it basically put her on her lips...ok at the very least it made her relaxed...LOL She doesn't drink much and apparently they don't have much of a demand for Chi Chi's so it was STRONG!!! I heard zero complaints from her though. LOL As you all know I love Phantom of the Opera so I was up with the birds Saturday morning. The sun barely had risen over the horizon and I was up. ON A SATURDAY!!! Just wrong on a normal day but this was not going to be any normal Saturday. I was going to see PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!! We were ready about 1/2 an hour before we planned on leaving. Went to Starbucks...mandatory. Obviously I was tired because instead of ordering a Caramel Macciatto I ordered a Caramel Maccachino. HUH? This gave Sabrina a good giggle. I blamed it on no caffiene in my system. Once we got our muffins and coffee we made our way to Vancouver BC. We did not plan on a long wait at the border heading INTO Canada. This was our mistake. We were at a dead stop 1/2 a mile from customs and there we sat moving at a slug's pace...snails move faster than what we were. How long did it take for us to get into Canada? An HOUR!!! Ok...not an issue...we still have time to get to the theater. Oh wait....WE ARE HUNGRY!!!! Remember...we only had coffee and a muffin for breakfast. This is not a good thing. We got to the theater in time for the show but NOT enough time to put food in my rapidly getting louder growling tummy. Phantom is a 2 1/2 hour show. There is a quickie intermission but the need to pee was greater than the need for food. I thank God I had some Bottle Caps candy in my purse. I can't even begin to describe the show. Amazing, fantastic, unbelievable, wonderful are all words that can't even justify what we saw. I was blown away with the whole experience. Now if only the woman behind me wouldn't have crawled out of her skin everytime there was a loud bang from a gun, the chandelier falling or the pyrotechnics...it would have been perfect. Poor Sabrina was the recipient of someone who apparently had chili before the show. She was grateful for the A/C moving the air. We got out of the show close to 5:00 and I can honestly tell you that I would have eaten a cardboard box at that point. Don't get me started on getting out of Vancouver BC. IT SUCKED!!! One ways, no left turn between sunrise and sunset and on days that ended in "Y". Drove in a fricking circle and ended up back at the theater where we started!!! Finally we saw where we needed to go and headed out of this maze of madness. Did you know that finding a fast food restaurant is next to impossible when you are starving in Vancouver BC? Didja??? Well seeing how Sabrina and I are usually on the same plane of thinking...we headed towards where the hotels were. There had to be food somewhere near there. There was. *whew* We had a fanstastic hamburger and fries at this little cafe in one of the hotels. Fricking expensive but I was willing to pay a payroll check for something to eat. Now that our poor little tummies were happy....we hit the road to head back to the states. Oh good grief...another hour or more at a dead stop. Perfect. NOPE!!! Took us a whopping 5 minutes to get through customs. YIPPPEEEE!!!!We got to Bean's around...well I don't remember when we got back because I was too tired to even think about it. LOL I was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I got up Sunday morning and was out of the house by 7am. I didn't even wake up Sabrina. She was so tired and I wanted her to sleep. After a 2 hour drive home I took the girls to the Farmers Market downtown, went to the $ Tree, came home and did laundry and other various things. Took a whole 15 minute nap somewhere in there. Like that would do any bit of good. I do have one complaint about the weekend. I had to rent a car because the tranny is going out on my car. Well...the car I had was a smoking car. Meaning....PEOPLE SMOKED IN THE THING!!! If there is one thing I CANNOT STAND IT'S CIGARETTES!!! Sorry Nell I love ya but the smell just drives me batty. Can you say that my allergies are all fouled up today? Yep...does not make me a happy person. All in all...the weekend was fabulous and I would do it again in a heartbeat but the next show to see....VEGAS BABY!!!
There are days I enjoy living my life. There are days I thoroughly hate it. Yesterday, while grocery shopping, I almost had a breakdown. Standing there in the aisle, I had to fight, with everything in me, to not start crying. Too much has been hitting me this month and I think I'm at the end of my rope. Beginning of the month, D's new wife sent me a text telling me to lose his number, email and address because I already had my chance with him. I laughed at the absurdity of everything she said in that text as it sounded like something a teenaged girl would write. I haven't wanted that man in almost 20 years, so, she is either highly jealous of his past and any woman he used to be interested in or is extremely insecure with herself and her relationship. Regardless of her mental state, I told her I was just catching up on life with him, but I will respect her request and not talk to him again. I've been told she has been married 4...