Classy.

A few days ago Tim was talking about how much he enjoys the orchestra. I was shocked! Being the uncultured/ignorant person that I am my first thought was, "there are people that actually ENJOY the orchestra?" I was even more surprised when Preston said, "yeah, I'd like to go see a symphony but annette's not really interested." of course I'm not! Who WANTS to sit and watch 2 50-minute long songs without any singing, dancing, or acting?! On Thursday at work someone mentioned that the president gave our office 4 tickets to see the kzoo symphony orchestra on Saturday. I got the e-mail saying that they were first come first serve about 24 hours after everyone else but...SHOCKER... All 4 tickets were still available :)
After finding out that not only do people pay to see a concert, but they pay big bucks I decided that I may as well go to something I'm not excited about for free rather than pay for it, right?
Saturday mom and dad came down and we went out shopping. Being at Kohls with a 30% off coupon tends to lead to more shopping than expected. Realizing that we didn't have enough time to get back home and eat and get to the concert Preston agreed to drive out and meet us with clothes for me to change into. After a sub-par dinner at Bilbos we got in our car and I changed on the way.

Preston didn't realize that I had gotten a NEW STRETCHIER black skirt and brought me this one. I wedged myself into it but when I sat down I said to Preston, "I am literally NOT going to make it through this concert in this skirt!" The last small split in the side seam mom sewed up nicely, however it had since split again :) I thought, "maybe if I just split it a little more..." Preston joined in to help and I ended up letting out a sigh of relief when he finally pulled apart the top seam. FREEDOM! We both chuckled as we were surrounded by some very distinguished looking people with little opera binocular thingys. I think it may finally be time to retire this black shredded mess.
I must admit that the performance was VERY excellent and I was surprised to find myself enjoying it quite a bit. It was Verdi's Requium and they had brought in a VERY talented quarttet to sing. It was a great opportunity to sit back and appreciate the skills that others have beautifully cultivated.