Jason's First Babysitter

For Jason's first babysitter we couldn't so anything boring, like go out to dinner (plus, it's too easy just to bring him along for those dates) Oh, no, we went to see Morrissey at the Ventura Theater.

I heard the radio station giving out tickets for the LA show and got excited so I looked on-line and he was playing at Ventura again. We saw him there a couple of times when we were dating and first married. So for our 10 year anniversary I gave Chad tickets to the show.

As soon as I bought them I panicked, what were we going to do about the baby??! I could picture myself trying to nurse him up in the balcony (do they make baby-sized ear plugs?)

So after some serious panicking when our original babysitter backed out at the last minute we found one of Chad's co-workers, who lives near the theater, to watch the baby and my "cousin", Leah and Hank to watch the other two. Ahhh!

The concert was great! Moz is just as energetic and dynamic at 50 as he was at 40 - must be all the veggies :)
The opening band, Doll and the Kicks, was a pleasant surprise - quite good.

Our tickets were for 7pm, it's been awhile since we've been to any concerts (I think it was Morrissey last time) so we showed up a few minutes early. Chad dropped me off and I walked down the length of the line, down the street and around the corner. I was glad to see there seemed to be many new fans... (meaning they were born when Morrissey went solo) I also noticed that the further back in the line I went the older the fans got, and the lighter the colors :) (Us old folks know better than to stand in the rain for 2 hours to be close to the stage when the theater is the size of a movie theater - that's why I'll only see him in Ventura, where even in the back you are only 20 feet from the stage)

The concert started late, had an opening act - so Morrissey didn't start until almost 9pm. He didn't play long (though he did play a lot of songs in that time). The fan in me was sad that I paid so much for a short show, but the mom in me was glad it didn't go so late so I could go get my kids.

Since I left the baby with a family I didn't worry about him (I figured if he cried too much they could just drive him around the block a few times) but I was glad to find the baby asleep and told that he was "an angel." They took a picture of him sleeping on the couch with the dad and daughter, I need that picture :) I'm so glad he was good.

12.11.09