So here it is, my first blog. Apparently I am in high demand or something. Anyway, Paul and I made a deal, if we went to see Phantom of the Opera, I would blog about it. I got to see Phantom, and now Paul gets his blog 
I am slowly trying to introduce a little culture into our (read: Paul’s) life. We went to see The Nutcracker last December, which Paul seemed to enjoy quite a bit and we saw Cirque de Soleil “O” in April in Las Vegas. When I saw that Phantom was coming to the PAC this July, I knew we HAD to see that! Ballet is great and all, but with a musical you get singing, dancing AND talking. Way easier to follow for a boy! Usually I like to sit in the mezzanine but for this I was willing to sit up in the balcony to help save a little money. We packed up the binoculars and headed off for a short night on the town. There is just something about going to see a musical or ballet that makes me want to get all dressed up and make a night of it. Apparently I am one of the only ones. The things people wear out of their house to a public venue leave me dumbfounded. Some of these people were dressed like it was Senior Prom 1996 while others looked like they had just rolled out of bed! Seriously people, would it hurt you to have a little class?
Fortunately, Paul and I were seated next to some older people who understood what it means to attend a musical. They were dressed appropriately, quiet during the show and did not try to make small talk. The show was great, the singing was fabulous and the story was easy to follow along. Every time the Phantom’s theme music played, I would get chills, it was THAT good! Paul seemed to be having a good time, he stayed awake for the whole show anyway. And he was always looking through the binoculars, trying to get a better view of the show. I take that as a sign that he had a good time and would be open to maybe going to see “Wicked” next summer?
So now you have read my first blog and maybe now you understand why I don’t typically blog…I am not so great at it…but I will see what everyone thinks of this and maybe I will do another one…guess you will just have to keep checking back to find out!
Heather and I spent last weekend at lake Tenkiller with my Dad and Susan. We weren’t camping unfortunately so we ended up making two trips from BA down to Tahlequah but it was well worth it. Saturday was overcast and a little bit chilly on the lake which is the main reason we made a return visit on Sunday and Sunday is the main reason for this blog so I’ll get to the funny part.
A little back story to set everything up. Most lakes allow you to make reservations for camping spots in advance. We had made reservations on Ft. Gibson lake for the 4th of July, but with all of the rain we’ve had Ft. Gibson has been a little less desirable than other surrounding lakes. So the opinion was we’d like to camp at Tenkiller if we were able to find one of the few spots that are first come first serve. Sunday’s mission was simple find one of those spots at one of the many campsites around the lake.
As Heather and I are arriving at the lake we pass David and Susan who are just leaving on a reconnaissance mission by car to stake our claim. We pull up to the current campsite and start relaxing for the day. A short while later we get a phone call from Susan telling us they just found a great spot but they’re in a standoff with some other people for the spot. The apparent campsite rule is you can’t pay for a spot until you have a tent setup. So Susan instructs us to grab a tent throw it in the boat and get it to the new spot ASAP. She also tells us that the people they are in a standoff with have people bringing a tent by boat as well. My Dad, Heather and I look like we’re doing some crazy Chinese fire drill by securing everything at the campsite and running down to the boat holding ice chests, towels, a wiener dog and a tent. We load the boat in record time, pull anchor and prepare for hyperdrive. We had a general idea of where the new campsite was from the water but weren’t 100% sure as we pull up to one site we ask some swimmers where we are and they tell us “Cookson” which is the wrong spot. Back to hyperdrive and on to the next site which was luckily the right site as we see David coming out to meet us and get the tent.
I don’t have any pictures of any of this because we were so rushed getting everything finished up. The good news is that we secured a great spot for the 4th of July and will be headed out there sometime this weekend. We hope everybody has a great holiday weekend and be safe!
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