A Night to Remember - Part 1

     A few months ago Jay asked for tickets to see Justin Bieber in concert. Mind you, the tickets had gone on sale in April, and this was October when she made her request. So, being the kind of Mom I am I hopped online to see just what said tickets were going for. Being the kind of Mom I am, I don't want nosebleed seats because if that's the case we could just buy the DVD and watch it on screen the way we would have to if we bought seats up near the rafters.  Tickets for even semi-decent seats were anywhere from $400 to $800...each, times two.
     So needless to say Justin Bieber was going to perform for many of his fans at the Pepsi Center, but Jay and I would not be part of the crowd.
     Then it occurred to me to have Babe ask one of his co-workers/friends if they could help.  I had to remind him a couple of times, but once he did the ball got rolling. Bieber's touring management company sold tickets for the face value - read: NOT $400-$800! - and we would get details the week of the concert after we paid for the tickets.  I was cautiously optimistic and Babe and I had decided to keep this information from Jay until we knew for sure. Then we decided that the day of the concert, after school, we would deliver this wonderful information.
     We got the tickets! Keeping it a secret from Jay? That would be the hard part. I told my Mom and my best friend because they were both excited for her to see Bieber, and of course I probably would have exploded had I not been able to talk about it with someone!
     On the morning of the concert I thought I would just have to tell Jay. She was so sad. When she sat down for breakfast I asked her what was wrong.
     "My friends who are going to the concert are talking about how excited they are on Instagram," she said. My heart broke.
     "Oh well, we'll be talking about our own excitement in June when he's here again," I said. We had convinced her that we could make it happen for the June 2013 concert date Bieber had added to his tour.
     "Yeah," she said in her most pathetic tween angst-ridden voice. "I dreamed we got tickets but you guys surprised me with them at 9 o'clock tonight so we couldn't go anyway. Then I dreamed we got tickets but I had to wait for Nana and Auntie and they made us late so I missed the concert," she recounted.
     "Don't be sad, Jay. We'll get our turn." Meanwhile all I wanted to do was run upstairs, shake Babe awake and tell him we just had to tell her. But he wasn't budging. So when Jay's ride arrived to take her to school I was SO glad I didn't have to look at that pitiful face anymore. The next time I saw her we would be able to tell her just what we'd be doing that night with the rest of the screaming fans!
     After a full day of anticipation Babe and Jay walked into the house and I had my phone camera all set to record the moment.
     "Jay, go put away the dishes and get ready to go because you're going to see Justin Bieber tonight," Babe said in his usual calm voice.
     Jay didn't believe it. Then when she decided it must be true she started shaking her head in disbelief. As she turned to walk away I knew I had to follow her because this was the moment I'd been waiting for - I expected a tween girl squeal! When she turned around, my phone still pointed in her direction, she was crying happy tears - then she requested I turn off the camera. She's not the crying type so she definitely didn't want it recorded!
      After much excitement, adding her own Instagram 'I'm going to see Justin Bieber tonight!' picture to the feed, and getting ready, Jay and I headed to the Pepsi Center. I couldn't have been more excited for her!