Promises Kept

Elton John is coming to town. Ten years ago I promised Daughter A that when he came back I would take her. Well, earlier this week I learned that he's coming in March, and tickets were going on sale this morning. Someone (I don't know if it's Sir Elton, or some promoter along the way) thinks that these tickets are worth as much as the golden tickets found in Willy Wonka's chocolate bars! Lucky for me, I saved my Christmas money from John's parents and had the cash to buy tickets for the whole family (plus one). I was about tenth in line at the location I went to, and got to the guy with the computer about 10 minutes after they went on sale. By that time the only thing left available was in the mezzanine, and no more that 2 seats could be found together. So I took what I could get - two for John and me, two for JB and K (they're back together again), and two for DA and DB.

DA is beside herself. She's singing the songs, posting that she's going to the concert as her Facebook status and floating as high as a kite. She even thinks I'm pretty special for keeping a ten year old promise. Now I just hope Elton has as good a performance as he had the last time we saw him. That should make me her favorite adult for the rest of her life!

Swimming, swimming, swimming

Daughter B had her first district swim meet last week. She didn't do as well as she had in previous meets. Partly because she's still having trouble with consuming enough food and partly (in my opinion) because she put so much pressure on herself. Regardless of the reason, I thought she was great, and I saw a side of some of her team mates that made me think even more of them than I did before. The team is so incredibly supportive of one another. It's refreshing to see a bunch of teenagers (especially girls) who are competing against each other, but want everyone else to be successful and are willing to comfort each other when things don't go as planned. These kids are exceptional in every way. DB couldn't have chosen a better group to be a part of.

Hopefully, she'll soon learn what and how much she needs to eat, but in the mean time I'm glad she has friends like these to help her out along the way.