Christmas Comes Early for Mrs. Normal Rockstar
I surprised Erin with an early Christmas present on Saturday morning. I woke her up at 6:00am and said, "Rise and shine! You've got 45 minutes to pack a bag for one night - we're leaving." When she finally figured out that I was serious and not simply talking in my sleep (which I do on a fairly regular basis), she crawled out of bed like the good sport that she is and got packed up.
We drove to the airport in Nashville where the lady at the ticket counter somewhat spoiled the next stage of my surprise weekend by calling out my name AND destination while putting on my bag tag. Off to Chicago we went - but for what Erin didn't know.
We arrived to snow in Chicago via Detroit and found our way to the hotel, where we received an envelope at the front desk. Inside were two tickets to the musical "Wicked", the "untold story of the witches of Oz", a show Erin has been wanting to see for years, We had about an hour to rest and get changed before we hopped on the train and found our way downtown, where we ate dinner at a cute corner cafe before heading in to the theater and finding our seats.
The show was spectacular - the songwriting was clever and the story enticing. It was the second performance of the day for the cast and orchestra (they do a matinee show on Saturdays), but we couldn't tell at all. The vocalists were strong, the sets fantastic, and the choreography thrilling. We found ourselves sitting on the edge of seats most of the night afraid that we would miss something. Well worth the trip... although the events of the following day gave us reason to second guess ourselves... (Come back tomorrow for "...the rest of the story"!)
What a great surprise for Erin! I absolutely loved this show. The Wizard of Oz was my favorite movie as a kid, so it was really exciting to see the other side of the story in Wicked. I hope the show was worth the delay you had coming home.
Posted by: britney | December 20, 2007 at 06:15 PM
Sorry, cool dad - didn't want to get you in trouble our anything... :)
Posted by: Normal Rockstar | December 20, 2007 at 04:03 PM
What a wonderful surprise for your honey!
Posted by: faith | December 20, 2007 at 02:33 PM
How fun!
Posted by: Kat | December 19, 2007 at 08:32 PM
You know, with as much time as it has spent in LA, I still have to see it. And I really do want to.
Posted by: Mark | December 18, 2007 at 12:17 PM
Sweet! I'll make sure Cool Mum doesn't hear about this. Don't want the bar to be raised :)
Posted by: cool dad | December 18, 2007 at 08:52 AM
Sounds fabulous. Nice going!
Posted by: Carla | December 17, 2007 at 07:42 PM