Sunday, February 13, 2011

Kennedy Center

Matt is currently on a rotation/stint/tour/phase/etc. that requires him to be out the door by 5:30 most mornings.  Considering his night owl nature, he has done fantastic with it.  Three things have been very helpful: (1) self-discipline (2) Rozerem and (3) the Jack Diamond Morning Radio Show.  At 5:30 every morning Mr. Diamond opens his phone lines for the "5:30 Club" where callers win prizes by merely being the right caller.  No trivia.  An easy task that early in the morning.  

For months Matt tried and tried to be the 5:30 Club winner.  No luck.  A couple weeks ago his alarm went off at the usual 5:00 hour, but I caught him resetting it for much later hour (which is allowable, but not every day that week...) so I sleepily encouraged him to go ahead and pursue the day.  He did.  And an hour later at 6:00 I woke to his phone call saying he won the 5:30 Club prize!  Yahoo!  What a great reward for getting out of bed that day! 

Four tickets to hear the National Symphony Pops Orchestra perform at the Kennedy Center were ours!  We laughed, but remained excited, when we found out the music selection was Disney tunes.  We were hoping for Mozart, but knew Mary Poppins would be fun too.  We took friends Jordan and Meredith with and had fun experiencing a new experience for free!  Except parking.  They got us there.  
We heard great tunes from films including Aladdin, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book.  The last song performed was It's A Small World and as the concert hall sang along it felt like a Lawrence Welk moment.  Which is a good thing in my book.

We arrived back in Annapolis with empty stomachs at 10:00.  Everything but Cadillac Ranch was closed for the night and that place is what it sounds like.  An all-American bar and grill complete with mechanical bull.  A couple burgers and chicken fingers later, we ended the evening so grateful our friends could find a babysitter on short notice and that Matt didn't go back to bed that rewarding morning.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

That sounds like so much fun! Glad ya'll had a blast! Can't wait to see you in March!

Nana and Papa said...

What a wonderful evening! You are so very cultured! See what getting up early will do for you Matt!!

Mandy said...

Sounds like fun! I won't lie, I'd prefer the Disney tunes to Mozart any day...

Peg said...

I've been humming "It's a Small, Small World" for a week now ever since you emailed me about the performance. And I am with Mandy, Disney to Mozart any day. I don't have room for THAT much culture.

Heather said...

That looks like an awesome night!!! What I would give for a cultured night out with my hubby! Enjoy it, even if you were expecting Mozart! All we hear around here anymore is Disney tunes and I love it!! :)