BUSY WEEK!! Gotye, Preschool, Anniversary....

This week has been so crazy!  Sunday night, I almost had a panic attack, I was just so stressed out, but thankfully, everything has gone smoothly.  Monday night, I had tickets to see Gotye in concert.  I went with my friend, Jen, her BF and two other friends.  I was really nervous because I was driving and it was in Columbus.  I am not really familiar with Columbus and have a tendency to get nervous driving in cities I am not familiar with.  Thankfully, the venue was super easy to find and the concert was really small, so parking and getting out when the concert was over wasn't too terrible.  Two different bands opened for Gotye....Zammuto and Chairlift.  I had heard of Chairlift before, but not Zammuto.  I liked both bands.  Up until last year, I hadn't gone to a concert in a long time and I'd never had general admission seats (this whole concert was general admission), but now that I know what it's like to be on the floor, I don't think I'll ever buy seats.  I am that person who pushes and works her way to the front of the stage.  I am not overly pushy about it...it's more a game of strategy for me.  Seriously, it's nuts, but finding my way to the front is part of the fun for me.  It's kind of funny.  I warned my group that I would be up front no matter what.  They were all wishy washy about it and not completely feeling it.  I figured "no biggie...I drove, so they can't leave without me!"  Hahahaha!  They all ended up keeping up with me, so that's cool!  Gotye was really great in concert.  He is so freaking adorable.  I love the flopping hair, big nose, quirky look and add to that a great Australian accent and he really is cute.  However, the man is WAY TOO skinny!  Part of the reason he is so skinny is because he doesn't EVER stop moving during his show.  There were maybe 4 drum sets and he played every one practically every song.  It was really fun too, because my brother's two sister in laws were at the concert as well, but they came a little later than us and ran into a group of rude people behind us, so they weren't able to join us.  Really, being rude at a concert is NOT cool!  They tried to just come say "hi", and one of the ladies said "you can text her after the concert, GET BACK!"  Good grief.  Anyway, overall, the concert was great! 

Tuesday was L's first day of preschool!  As it turned out, A took an escort, so I had to take the day off work and took L to school.  I have to admit, I was sweating bullets nervous.  I wasn't really nervous about L going to school...I was more concerned with my part.  When we took a tour of the classroom and went to the orientation, I basically closed my ears when it came to the whole pick up and drop off info because I knew that it would never be me doing it.  Sure enough, as luck would have it, I was the one who got stuck doing it on the very first day!  Normally, when L goes to school, I will be at work and A will be home.  I have been harboring resentful feelings for weeks now knowing that A will have 2 1/2 hours/ twice a week of alone time.  Let me tell you....after actually experiencing that blissful 2 1/2 hours for myself, my jealousy just tripled.  I spent 1 1/2 hours laying on my fat butt watching TV with no one bothering me.  God, was it ever heavenly!  Anyway, I was excited to see how L's first day went (I was also hoping I didn't get pulled aside by the teacher to discuss L's swearing!  Dear God! Thankfully, that didn't happen!)  All the parents were patiently waiting for their kids to be released and every single kid ran into their parents arms all excited....except one....mine.  Hahahaha....he walked out like he didn't have a care in the world...who cares if someone picks me up, etc.  All the other kids were telling their parents all about their day....I asked L what he did and his response was "nuffin..."  In the car, he told me he "learned".  This was the most I got out of him until later at dinner....randomly he said "be quiet and go sit on your mat!!!"  He explained that his teach told him that.  I seriously almost peed myself laughing.  Now THAT sounds more like my kid!!! 

Tomorrow is our 10th wedding anniversary.  We are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate.  I can just barely believe we have been married that long.  Are we even old enough to have been married for ten years?  OK, don't answer that! ;)  It's funny how ten years sound so long and so short all at the same time.  It's amazing how things have changed since that day ten years ago.  Every now and again, I think it's fun to think back and try to remember the feelings I had the night before or during our wedding.  It was such an amazingly wonderful wedding.  We've had a pretty decent marriage so far too!  ;)  Here's hoping for 10, 20, 50+ more years of a happy marriage!!

This is the card I got for Aaron for our anniversary....It couldn't be more perfect because he is so afraid of spiders!