Why I'm a "yes" person.

 I mentioned that Jeff went to see Guns and Roses last night.  As it turns out, even the biggest skeptic going in came out exclaiming that Axl had completely redeemed himself.  The show must have been phenomenal.  They came on stage at midnight, played till 3, and Jeff got home at around 5am.  At 8:30, he was working (from home).... running on adrenaline I supposed, as he was psyched up about the show.

At 10:00 this morning, Jeff asked me if I would be interested in a insane, totally bizarre idea.  He wondered if I would be interested in going to the next GnR show... tomorrow night... for my birthday... in Orlando, at the House of Blues.  I started to go through possible complications, when he stopped me... and just asked if I would want to if we could.  Of course, I said "yes".  I always say "yes".  He could have said, "Let's fly to Nebraska and see Henry Rollins doing this musical about the life of a Panda" and I would be all for it.  I'm a "yes" person to a fault.

I called Mom and asked if she could watch the girls (the boys are in the mountains with Grandmomma and Granddaddy for the weekend), and she said she could.  So, I pass on the info to Jeff.  Unfortunately, the show had sold out at 9am.  Ah well, it was a crazy idea, anyways.

10 minutes later, Jeff called from the next room that he had managed to snag tickets.  Love that "refresh" button.  Now... the trick of grabbing plane tickets.  Since we were needing to fly non-rev, we had to start out on a very early flight.  Too early.  As in, before Mom could watch the girls, early.  Drat again.  We texted, messaged, and called everyone we could think of that might be able to watch the girls from 6:30am until noon.  Miserable hours for a Saturday morning... or any morning!  We had purchased concert tickets AND plane tickets, so it just had to work out!

Then, I heard Jeff on the phone with someone... I had no idea who.  I listened as he spouted on and on about this crazy, spur of the moment idea, and how we know we're asking a lot but.... and then, his tone changed from a begging one to a thankful one.  You see, we had planned to have Allison and Tim over to discuss their upcoming Disney plans.  Jeff had called Allison to see if they wanted to come over, discuss Disney, eat dinner, and oh... yeah... maybe watch the kids the next morning!  The plan was set for dinner and more! 

Now, the plates are cleared, the dishwasher is running, my little carry on is packed with things to get us through a day in Orlando as we hang out waiting for the show that night.  The plan is this... to get off the plane at about 9:30 in the morning, grab a rental car (yay for coupon codes!), and wander until dinner.  The show will most likely be like last night, with Axl taking stage at 12 and playing till 3.  After the show, we drive straight to the airport and hit a 5:30am flight home.  24 hour plan, no hotel room, no sleep, and no hard core plan... sounds like the makings of a great birthday to me!

Off to bed, as I will be up in 5 hours to begin my spontaneous birthday escapade.

Let the wild rompus begin!