A Little Funk

So I’m in a bit of a funk today thanks to my cold and a hornet sting with some nasty results and I hate being in a funk. I was stung by a hornet twice on my foot Monday (I stepped on it) and after running errands all evening my knee went out and my heel cracked badly from walking funny so now I’m unable to bear any weight on that leg at all today. The place where I was stung thankfully has stopped hurting.

I feel like I should be in a good mood though as I had a wonderful date night last night with my husband.  We went to dinner and a movie and what made it even better is that it was a free date night. Thanks to gift certificates all we paid for was the tip at the restaurant. Also for the first time we didn’t even have to arrange for a babysitter as E is now old enough to babysit. 

After dinner we went to see Rise of Planet of The Apes and I think it was done fairly well and went with the original story nicely. Or so I thought, it’s been years since I saw the original so I could be way off base.  We admittedly got terrible seats at the theatre, 2nd row from the front, resulting in some rather cricked necks but we both just made the best of the seating and tried to enjoy it anyways.

The only thing that actually bothered me about the lack of seating other than the 90 degree angle of the screen was the large number of groups which had left a single empty seat between themselves and the next group or couple. This left a number of good seats but none together, when a theatre is that busy the idea of a courtesy seat is not so much a courtesy and much more of a hindrance.

It was still fun though and it was novel to watch a whole movie without having to take A to the washroom mid-way through or say shush every few minutes.  It’s amazing how much easier it is to follow a movie when you can actually pay attention to what is on screen.

A Good Night Out

6:30 am comes much too early when you go to bed at 12:30. I think I may actually still be asleep right now.  I can’t do weeknight shows anymore without paying for it the next day. It was however a show well worth it.  I went to see Matt Dusk last night, as some readers may recall I wrote a short blurb when I purchased the tickets in February included in the post a musical note.  

Besides simply having a night without children my husband and I both enjoyed the show very much.  It was nice to have the opportunity to see a good jazz singer live, after all Winnipeg isn’t exactly known for its jazz scene.

I was curious to see the setup for the show as I've never been to one at either of the Winnipeg Casino's but it does seem to work. It gives it a more of a loungy intimate feel which for jazz works particualrly well.

It was a very nice set list and included both mine and my husbands favorite songs. Two Shots of Happy is my hubbys fav and mine is All About Me. He also sang My Way and That's Life two really great Sinatra songs and I think he did them justice.  

I hadn't heard of the opening act Anna Wilson before but I enjoyed her set as well. I particularly enjoyed the duet between the two performers of You've got a friend in me from toy story.  I've always loved that song. I spent most of the evening with a smile on face and enjoyed every minute of the show.

Afterwards he did a meet and greet so we stuck around to meet him and get an autograph. I normally wouldn't have stayed for a meet and greet but I've noticed how he seems to make an effort to actually respond to fans on facebook and I wanted to see if the feeling that he was a nice guy carried through in person. 

It did, he seemed to be enjoying himself as much as the fans who had stuck around to meet him and he was more than happy to take pictures, see right.  All in all it was a pleasant way to spend an evening and I'm sure if he comes back through Winnipeg my husband and I would be happy to go see him again.