Elton John Was Amazing

After Amanda returned home from work and showered, we drove to Mr. Mike's to meet up with her sister for supper before Elton John's concert.  To ease the parking issue, we decided to drop off her vehicle and drive together in mine.  So the three of us and one of our would-not-be camerawoman's friends piled into my small car and parked a few blocks away from the concert hall.

The line stretched quite a ways down the block and we had to wait.  It was chilly and drizzly, but Amanda and I kept everyone's spirits up by taking a photo!

Amanda was dressed in layers -- her t-shirt, hoodie, and the outer shell of my winter coat.  The barbed wire fence behind us is not a prison -- just the parking lot for the Telus building downtown.

Once we made it inside and found our seats (34th row on the floor), we decided to try for another photo while waiting for the concert to start.

...this is one of only two decent photos we took out of a dozen attempts there.  Either I was wholly in the frame and Amanda was hidden, or the entire photo was out of focus...

The concert started right on time at 8pm without any opening act.  We were fully expecting to have an opening act perform for an hour and only seeing Elton John for an hour.  ...We were *completely* wrong.  He performed for over two hours, and the concert was absolutely incredible!

Highlights:

• Rocket Man (my mouth hurt afterward from smiling so big for so long)
• Crocodile Rock
• Songs from The Lion King for his encore
• Lengthy piano riffs

Lowlights:

• Far too many people with active cell phones
• Too many people getting up and down in the middle of songs

Elton was incredible, he certainly knew how to put on a show, and it was an amazing evening all around!

Amanda, best Valentine's Day gift ever!  <3

Technicalities and New Beginnings

Hi Everyone!

I made it to Grande Prairie around 10:30 last night and (unfortunately) had to wake Amanda up to let me into her building.  I encouraged her to go back to sleep while I put away my things, but instead we ended up talking while I did so.  I wasn't quite ready to sleep (it was only 9:30 Tumbler Ridge time, after all), but decided to join her in bed at least until she fell back asleep, and then get up and write a blog post on her Macbook.

...I woke up about a half hour ago at 3:30.  Why is this important other than me needing to go back to bed so I'll actually be awake to go to the Elton John concert tonight?

It broke my streak.

For the past three weeks or so, I haven't missed a day of writing on this blog.  Granted, there were a few days with extremely short posts, but on the whole I've been fairly consistent.

As far as the official record is concerned (and what my blog post dates are), the streak is broken.  But by posting now, at 4am, I'm hoping that the majority of our blog's readers will check for an update in the morning, and it won't seem like it has been.

Now, it's not one of Amanda and me kissing, but I do have a photo to post.

The great experiment has begun!  Amanda is teaching me how to knit socks, and that photo represents the first step towards a pair.

Anyway, I should return to bed.  Sir Elton won't appreciate it if I yawn my way through his concert later tonight.  I'll be back later with another post and (probably) the final photo Amanda and I took on the weekend.