I Made It Up

So, this morning was one of those days when I really had to drag myself up (oh wait, so were the three previous days--hmmm...). But, you know, now that I am up, I feel reasonably good. Therefore, I am gonna get some stuff done today because it is my day off from work and I have lots of good things to do. (It's all in the perspective remember).

I spent last evening trying to find some round teflon spatulas to send to my parents in Armenia. I only visited three stores, but I really thought I would find them at one of these. I'm not sure where to look now and I don't want to buy some crappy spatulas--they already have those. Guess I'll just keep looking. It's so odd when I can't find what I'm looking for and it has nothing to do with scarcity of materials or the inability to make them, it has more to do with supply and demand (or current fads, if you will when it comes to clothing), and the demand right now is apparently cheaply constructed spatulas. Patience, Mary, patience!

Time for carols and crisp cleaning (ha :). Looking forward to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert this evening with Natalie Cole and David McCullough. Should be great!

I'm grateful for a good morning even though it was hard to get up.

ETA: Hmmm...the concert experience...hmmm...not sure what to say...didn't actually get in...watched from the tabernacle...felt badly for the many with tickets who did not get in, especially the elderly couple that was right in front of me...actually enjoyed the concert in the tabernacle and it was quick getting out...wondering if Natalie Cole is still feeling effects from her kidney transplant because she seemed to struggle here and there, but I loved "Caroling, Caroling." I came away feeling okay about things, but still glum when I think of the disappointment of all the people that got into the Conference Center only to discover that there wasn't a seat for them, that it had been given to somebody in the standby line. I wondered how many of those people got stuck in traffic or left as early as they could and got there as soon as they could only to be let in and then have to leave. Not quite the spirit that you are hoping for. It is so hard to get tickets with the random drawing that they do and after tonight (and after being on both sides of it--tickets and standby), I wish that they would just do away with the standby line and give those who get tickets every chance to get there. Still, I know there's no perfect system. It was just a weird experience and I'm not sure what I am grateful for, maybe grateful that I didn't get in so that I could see it from the other side and be just fine not going in the future. The tabernacle is fine for me.

ETA: So I've learned that nobody in standby actually got in. The concert was overbooked and so people who were actually awarded tickets in the random drawing got turned away because of it. I was disappointed to learn that. I hope they decide not to do that again. I don't think the elderly couple in front of me could have made it to the Conference Center any faster and I hate to think that they had to beat other people there (including other elderly couples) just to get seats. Still, I did enjoy watching in the Tabernacle and I hope others who didn't get in did as well. It would have been nice to know we didn't have seats before they let us in to the Conference Center so we could have just gone to the Tabernacle in the first place and not missed the beginning number. But, maybe the organizers needed a tough night like this to help prepare better in the future. Hope it helps. 'Til then, life goes on...