One thing that I always thought would be fun would be to go to a Jack Johnson show with Liz. However, I've never seemed to be able to remember to check his tour schedule in time and its just been a small dream in the back of my mind. A few weeks ago, I randomly thought of this and found that he in fact was touring and would be in DC! I got excited, only to find that it sold out in a lottery a long time ago. So, I started searching Craigslist, but everything was really pricey. Last week, there was an occasional person selling for face value- about $83/each. I appreciate getting a ticket for face value, but that felt like a lot of money for any show, especially for two of us. So, I was somewhat discouraged and mostly wrote off the idea, but clung to it by a thread in the back of my mind. I set up a Craigslist email alert for tickets just in case. There were many for sale, way overpriced, and a very tiny few for face value.
Then, on Tuesday night I got an email from Craigslist with somebody selling two tickets for $50/each. I couldn't believe it. I told Liz and was tempted to jump on it, but since we had already pretty much decided not to go we didn't really jump on it. Also, the person in the ad asked to meet in Warrenton, which would be right on our way to the show. It seemed almost perfect. Anyways, I prayed on it before bed and then slept on it.
Wednesday morning I got up and prayed about it and then after getting ready for the day, checked the ad online. The tickets were still available. So, I went ahead and texted the number and then got a call right back. The guy was super nice and excited to sell his seats and that we could meet close by. So, I went ahead and decided that we should go. I'm just really excited that we did and that it worked out so well!
We were able to leave around 3:30, get the tickets at 5, right off of Rt. 29, got to the Metro easily, zipped right into DC, had a nice dinner, got to the show in time for the opener, had a great show, got to see Jack after the show and then had a smooth and safe ride back to our house by 1:30am! So, a late night, but very fun and all went very well. We thought the seats wouldn't be great as they were side-stage, but it was actually a cool view- Jack was always angled facing us and the piano was set-up across from us, so we could enjoy Zach playing and interacting with Jack. It was a fun show and Liz really enjoyed it also.
All in all, everything worked out so well and so smoothly that I really take it as a blessing from God- one of those little things we didn't need to do, but he provided for our enjoyment. I'm thankful for that.
