In A NEW YORK Minute

One of my dreams has come true. I've always wanted to go to NYC and to go to a Broadway show. About a month ago, my mom pitched the idea of going to NYC with her if the non-profit group she is a part of got an appointment with Glen Beck set up. I was so excited and immediately started looking for tickets (as soon as Ryan agreed, which didn't take long). Sadly I was disappointed a few times as she called and said that it probably wasn't going to happen. I finally put it at the back of my mind, telling myself that someday, someway I would make it to the Big Apple and see Wicked on Broadway. Well, just about a week and a half ago, she called me and said that they got the appointment with Glen Beck at CNN and we were for sure going. After two days of scouring for tickets and hotels, we landed some great airfare, my old roommate Lyndee offered her pad to us for two nights, and mom and I were off on our New York adventure. Oh, wait. Nothing is that easy. As I was packing last Tuesday (our flight left Wed at 6 am), I got a call from Jolea saying her water had just broke and her husband was an hour away. I dropped the cleaning, the packing, the organizing, and rushed her to the hospital and 41/2 hours later, little Cole was born. So, at midnight I resumed my packing and cleaning and with 1 1/2 hours of sleep under my belt, we headed off to NYC! We were only there for 2 short days, but we had an amazing time. Not only was the meeting with Glen Beck amazing and productive for the few minutes he had to squeeze us in, he had us come back that afternoon and watch an entire taping of his show in the TIME WARNER building. The highlight for me of course was seeing WICKED! We stood in line for 3 hours to get the cancellation tickets and we landed seats somewhere in the 12-15th row area! The night before we saw CURTAINS with David Hyde Pierce (Miles from Frazier) which was incredible as well. We somehow figured out the Subway (well, at least for our purposes), we ate lunch in CENTRAL PARK, we did TIMES SQUARE, RADIO CITY HALL and ROCKEFELLAR PLAZA. Being there with Mom was so fun and catching up with Lyndee was a little piece of heaven. I am already planning my return!