Sooooo...Point A: I have the best husband in the entire world.
Point B: I unexpectedly saw my old love Adam Duritz, aka Counting Crows, the other night. Key word being unexpectedly.
We had yet to have a proper Father's Day celebration for Ryan's dad, so Ry informed me that we'd be going to Lucky 32 in Cary to finally have a family dinner for the occasion. I'm the direction guru in our little family, so when I saw Ryan swerving to take a right a bit early, I yelled at him, "WRONG WAY!!!" He slyly smiled at me and said, "Oh, we're not going to dinner." And then in we pulled to the Koka Booth Amphitheatre to see my beloved Counting Crows, the band I have been obsessed with since I was 14. I am so incredibly lucky to have a husband who takes so much pleasure in surprising me.
Naturally, a few screams of excitement came out. And then the realization that not only did we have tickets (I assumed lawn seats, naturally, which were super expensive anyhow, thus me not buying tickets in the first place). But no, Ryan pulls out fifth row seats. FIFTH ROW SEATS. I could practically touch Adam's dreadlocks!
Counting Crows is that band in my life that accompanied me through adolescence and young adulthood, through all the tribulations that at that moment are the biggest deals in the world to you. You're having first experiences, dealing with new emotions, developing into an adult that you don't really know yet. And their music was the anthem for this period in my life. So no matter what I do, no matter how my life has changed or how old I am, hearing this band's music always makes a little rumble in my DNA.
Anyhow, it was a great show... and I even nudged my way to the front row for a while (see below). When I think of heaven, deliver me in a black-winged bird.
