Our afternoon without the children turned into one of hurry up and wait - on everyone else.
We had to do some banking, which took longer than we figured. I'm glad it is done and over with and thankful we didn't try to do it online!
Then off to the Chevy dealer for a good round or three of dealing. In the end we bought a 2011 Chevy Express 2500 12 seater van. Its has just about everything we wanted, with exception of a hitch. We added that as an option - and we were all good. Its a dark gray stone color. Its currently hanging out in the doom and gloom of Chicago - but we expect to be liberated and in our possession within a week. I was the first to sign the papers so I wrote the down payment check as well. Nothing like Darren being able to say "Its all your fault, " if something goes wrong. He's such a nice guy that he won't say that, but maybe think it! Jokingly?!
Those three rounds of dealing ate up much of our shopping time. We high-tailed it to Green Bay to a good grocery store. Since we hadn't been shopping at this store as often as others - it took a bit longer. BUT I was a trooper and power walked the whole store. We bought an overflowing cart of groceries in an hour (new record for very pregnant me). Then off to Chili's for a quick supper of chicken fajitas.
We arrived at the theatre about 15 minutes before the show was to begin. It was busy! Then I did something extremely STUPID. I forgot Darren's ticket in the pickup, which he had just parked a LONG ways away. SOO, he had to hurry himself back to the pickup and got to his seat with about 4 minutes to spare. Thank goodness he loves me.
The Riverdance. WOW - there was good music, dancing, beautiful costumes, EXCELLENT music, impressive dancing, cute guys and beautiful girls, did I mention the incredible music. The drummer and fiddle player - IMPRESSIVE!!!!! The drummer worked just as hard as the dancers. He probably slept good last night.
The dancers were wonderful, as expected. The stage was smaller than I thought it would be, but the managed to give a great show none the less. COOL BEANS!
I wish I had pictures to post, but I don't. I am listing some links for you to see who performed and what they did.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/official_riverdance/5473769448/ this one is of the lead female dancer.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/official_riverdance/5369382243/ this is the lead male dancer. He was incredible. After his opening dance, I turned to Darren and asked him how many young ladies he thought just fell in love. He kept the dances fun by always smiling at us and the other dancers. Amazing!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/official_riverdance/5369978696/ this is from my favorite part of the show. There was a "dance off" of sorts from the tap dancers and Irish dancers. This is a picture of what it looked like when the Irish dancers were making fun of the tap dancers. The Tap dancers took their turns at making fun of the Irish dancers as well. I laughed quite a bit. There was also a rivalry between the fiddle player (on the Irish side) and the saxophone player (on the tapper's side).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/official_riverdance/5473165899/ this is the tappers having fun. They were really good too.
Overall we had a great time and got home about 11:30 PM. It was well worth the time and expense to see them. Impressive!!
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