Saturday Night's All Right

We're in Montreal! Flying with Darcy couldn't have been any easier. She was as good as gold all day long and was charming all the flight attendants. She was the princess on the flight between Windsor and Toronto, and even got taken into the cockpit before I even managed to get on the plane. She was so good the whole time and everything went completely smoothly.

The only slight problem was that she didn't have a chance to nap on the planes, and then when we landed she was so excited about seeing Daddy, Grandmaman, Papa and Auntie Stef that she didn't have a nap when we got home either. Oh well, it made for a really early night for Grandmaman and Papa when they were babysitting while we went to the Elton John concert.

Ahh, the concert... It was amazing! We had such a great time. The music was incredible, he's obviously mastered stage performance or else he wouldn't be who he is, it was just a great night all around. You've got to be pretty amazing if you can wear a sequined picture of yourself on the back of your jacket and make it look cool, not pompous.

As always though, it's some of the people around you who make a night like that more enjoyable. First of all we were seated about 10 minutes before the show started and discovered we had great seats with an amazing view of the piano. Fantastic. Then a gentleman (from here on he will be known as fat head came and sat directly in front of me and leaned forward in his seat. It was clear that was how he was planning on sitting for most of the evening and his fat head entirely blocked my view of the piano. So, my husband graciously switched seats with me to give me a better view. Perfect. Then I had smelly man sitting in front of me. He just smelled like his clothes hadn't been washed in weeks. Pleasant. Shortly after the show started, fat head started smoking (Quebec is a smoke-free province). At least it blocked out the smell of smelly man.

But by far our favourite concert going was a man we have dubbed rock-it man. This guy is clearly Elton John's biggest fan and he managed to score seats right in front. He kept wandering up to the stage and letting his unadulterated joy get the best of him. Rock-it man didn't limit himself to the air guitar (although he was quite skilled at it), he was a one man air band. He played air drums and air piano as well. Brilliant. There were many times throughout the night that we were howling over his front-row antics but the highlight was when he raised his hand, in this position and pumped his arm all through Candle in the Wind. Hilarious. Also funny was when people held up their cell phones during Candle in place of lighters.

I loved the whole concert. He didn't do my all-time favourite song of his, Tonight, but I guess the highlight for me would have been Tiny Dancer. His voice isn't what it used to be, and his high range is gone, so a lot of the songs sounded different from what you normally expect but it all sounded great and it was an amazing night all the way around.

Thanks, Nick for such a wonderful birthday present!