Bucket List #37

On Friday there were a whole range of emotions flowing in me. But, I don't want to bore you with the details, so let me tell you about the high points. Every year the Mormon Tabernacle Choir puts on a Christmas Concert, and this year I wanted to go so badly for one reason: Tom Brokaw. If you don't know who he is, he is a national news anchor, who I just happen to share a birthday with! 10x more exciting.

Well, we made our way down there hoping we would be able to get into the Conference Center to see the performance in person. We weren't able to get in, so we went to the tabernacle to watch via satellite, which (thank goodness) worked out to our benefit since we knew Tom would be at Deseret Book immediately after the concert signing books. So, we rushed through Temple Square and across the street to Deseret Book.

The lines were already forming so we had to hurry and get in line behind some middle aged women who were acting like tween fangirls wanting the performing artist Alfie Boe to sign their CD's... Disgusting. Directly behind us was this 20-something year-old guy who thought he was Gods gift to women. And everyone else. Ugh.

For once in my life, I wasn't the impatient one. Holly was. granted, she was hungry, tired, and extremely annoyed. (I was too, I just seem to conceal it better when annoyed.)

Fast forward an hour and a half and we were finally next in line... and I started to get nervous. When it was finally my turn, Holly actually had to give me a nudge so I would hand my book over to Tom's assistant so he could sign it. The one time I am quiet in my life is the same time I wanted to tell him that I admire him so much. But instead I had a huge smile on my face and only said thank you when he smiled back at me. When I looked at my book and back at him I was floating on cloud 9! I had just met one of my idols!

...and that was the time this aspie was made extremely happy. :)

Bucket List #37 ? Check!