Hey, it's been a while. My dad had bypass surgery and, well, you don't think that stuff will change your everyday life, but, it does. Thankfully he is doing well and expected to make a full recovery.
I want to share with you my miracle day. An experience I had simply because I decided to do things differently...
My son is fifteen. That is an age when most young people start breaking away and, well, let's face it, they become independent. So, when he said he wanted to go with me to see the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City - I leaped at the chance. I was successful at getting reduced price tickets and luckily the show date was after my father's hospital stay. All good things were in place.
Our tickets were for the 5:00 show. Based on where I live, traffic and parking I knew that since we had to get our tickets by 4:30 we needed to leave by 3:30.
As luck would have it that day I got a stomach virus. I refused to let this get in my way. However, I was not free to leave until about 4:05 - not nearly enough time to make the show. I was so frustrated and began to talk about what a drag it would be if we couldn't make the show and how awful I felt about it. My daughter overhear me whining and complaining and reminded me, "Mom, no matter what you are still going into the city (a place you love) with your son and so what if you don't see the play?" Initially I said, "But I paid for the tickets." That's when it hit me! So what. I paid for the tickets, either way that money is gone so, if I get to see the show... great... if not, we will still have fun in the city.
We drove in with plenty of traffic and delays, but, I was surprised when I looked down and saw it was 4:59 PM when we pulled into the parking lot. We hurried through the crowded holiday streets and got to the theater in about ten minutes. I went right up to security (because there was a line around Radio City Music Hall) and I said, "I have tickets at the will call window for 5 PM." His answer surprised me, "That line is over here," he pointed to a short line on the side of the building. We were seated within ten minutes of arriving, our seats were awesome and the show was GREAT!!
When it was over we walked over to see the tree lit up, saw a few sites and then headed back to the garage. Once we were in the car I realized that I didn't have my cell phone. When I called it, a security guard from Radio City answered and said he had my phone. We rushed back, got a parking spot on the street close to Radio City and ran back.When we arrived the guard gave me the phone and wouldn't take a tip.
You would think this is enough evidence that the Universe provided us with the perfect night but to top it all we drove home in practically NO TRAFFIC. All in all a pretty terrific day
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