Summer Resolutions

Last spring I wrote about all the hobbies Neil and I were going to pick up. And then I wrote about how we failed miserably at each of them. I’m sure you remember our attempt at hiking and tennis. So this year we got serious and realistic. We are actually going to continue with our tennis hobby because no snakes are involved and we may not really be playing tennis a.k.a ball chase, but it sure gives us our much needed exercise. We also realized that our hobbies are more like going to stuff. So I am thrilled that we have a few tickets to exciting events this summer. Our first one is our favorite hobby. We love to laugh and I would like to think we both have an excellent sense of humor so we secured some tickets to see Joel McHale in Salt Lake City. We seriously watch The Soup every weekend and ever since he started announcing his tour dates, we waited anxiously to hear him announce a date in Salt Lake. Which he did and we are very excited.

I also have tickets the opera Carmen. Now, most wouldn’t think that is exciting but I have literally waited 7 years to see this opera. In high school I took a honors humanities course and our teacher arranged for us to go see Carmen in Salt Lake as a class. He also knew one of the performers so he had her come the day before and explain the opera and some of the music. I instantly fell in love with it. Well, the tickets ended up falling through and we didn’t get to go. So I promised myself the next time Carmen came to Utah, I would go. Well, Carmen is part of Logan’s opera series this summer. As soon as I found out, I seriously put the day the tickets went on sale on my calendar and made Neil buy them as soon as the box office opened. He was even questioned by the box office about who the tickets were for (like a man can’t be interested in the opera?) and when he explained they were for his wife, they give him the understanding “oh, that makes more sense.” Anyway, I think I may be fated to never see this opera because we have already had to change the dates of our tickets once because I had a business trip come up during our original tickets. Nonetheless, I am thrilled.

We also have a small trip planned to visit San Francisco. I have been everywhere else on the West Coast but there. So I decided it was about time.

I think we will be much more successful at these hobbies this summer. We will probably even see some of the summer blockbuster movies. I know that some people think we may have lame hobbies but hey, if the shoe fits, wear it! At least we will be successful at these hobbies.