HOW COULD I FORGET

I left out one very important part of January in my 1.5-Month Re-Cap:

For Christmas my parents gave me, Kyle and Stephanie tickets to go see Les Miserables at the Kimmel Center in Center City Philadelphia. The Mom saw this show back when she was around my age and it first came out and she was absolutely blown away by it it. This year is the musical's 25th Anniversary so my parents thought it would be a neat idea to send us to the show that my mom fell in love with in its' first year out.

(How cool is that?!)

So Saturday night, January 15th I sat smack dab in the middle of the theater in our main-level seats (no big deal :) ) and finally realized why, through my 24-years of life, The Mom had loved this musical so much. I knew most of every song from hearing her play and sing them all the time (that's life living with a music teacher!), but never knew anything about the story line. Until it all finally came together.

I think I sat with my jaw dropped in amazement for the entire three hours. Les Miserables and particularly this performance in general was THE BEST I've ever seen. Hands down. Definitely a moment I'll never forget.