Time is waiting in the wings

Yesterday, my son and I went to the dollar movies around noon and saw Yes Man with Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel. It was great! I don't usually like Jim Carrey movies, either. It's about a guy who never wants to go anywhere or do anything. Then he attends a seminar where he is convinced he must say "Yes" to everything. Of course, bad things happen that ultimately lead to good things, etc.

More and more, I've been trying to live my life this way. Although I will say no sometimes, and I'm usually reluctant to commit to "hard and fast" plans in the future, I really want to do as much as I can with my life.

After the movie, we went to a few stores to get my son some clothing and stuff. Finally, we got home around 4:00.

This morning, I had decided to ride today, in case the weather goes bad and I can't ride tomorrow, so I ran out to the barn. I groomed and saddled Scout as fast as I could and we headed out. He is so hairy that there's not much I can do grooming wise, anyway. Look at all that hair on his fat belly!I rubber curried him to try to get some of the dirt out of the saddle area and then I used the wire curry to smooth the hair down. I picked out his feet and brushed his face, neck, and body. I quickly saddled him and rode out, around the neighborhood and the back forty, then through the trees up to another neighborhood and road, where we came back around, towards the barn. I rode on past the barn and did another loop. Besides spooking a little bit at the neighbor's turkeys flying around in their pen and gobbling like crazy, he was awesome! He happily walked, trotted, and cantered for me. The next time we went past the turkey ruckus he only looked over there and it was me who jumped. lol. He was good enough that I even pulled out my camera and snapped some photos.

Here is the headless horseman who went riding with us.

You can see from the skies how threatening it looked.
Scout turned and sort of looked back for this shot. The little heart charm turned so all you can see is the ring on the side of the browband.

I rode for almost an hour and got back about 5:10. Oh no, I'm out of time! I unsaddled and quickly curried him down. His hair had turned all curly from the light sweat!

Next, I fed all the horses in record time.

Then I ran back to the house to get ready for my evening out. I changed my clothes, primped for about 5 or 10 minutes, grabbed a piece of cold pizza, and headed out the door to the car.

This time I got to the concert hall two hours before showtime. I waited for the ticket window to open and I bought a ticket. I got first row, Mezzanine, just off center for $8.00 instead of the regular price of 65.00. Gosh, it pays to go as a student and alone! At least, I keep telling myself that.

The concert was awesome! There were three vocalists accompanying the orchestra. The vocalists were great, two women and a man. They sang songs from Broadway musicals, Rent, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and many others. My favorites were the medleys from Jesus Christ Superstar and Mama Mia.

I think I will try again later in the month to see the "Sounds of New Orleans" and also the upcoming Beethoven Festival. This is a nice perk for going to school!

Time is waiting in the wings - Song: time, artist: David Bowie, album: Aladdin Sane