A month ago today, one my lifelong goals came true!
My dream for traveling to New York City came at the VERY young age of six... I watched "Cats" the 1998 movie musical. I eventually figured out that it was a Broadway musical based in New York City. I KNEW that's something I wanted to experience in person. As I got older I realized a trip like this was something possible to achieve!
This life goal re-established itself in my theater classes in high school. I researched, daydreamed, planned and mulled over what the trip would look, feel, and BE like!
Fast forward 10 years; I wrote a blog post titled: 5 of my Biggest Life Goals (check it out HERE).
It became more real to me that this traveling life goal was DEEPLY rooted from my childhood. All those feelings re-emerged (almost like a flashback to six year old self? "That's So Raven" Style? Anyway moving right along!)
I briefly told Warren about it, had him read the blog post and completely forgot about it.
Six months later (March 14th, 2019) Warren had two plane tickets in his hands with JFK Airport in New York City; he'd planned the entire trip for my 26th birthday.
The only way I can describe NYC? You literally feel the kinetic energy; mentally, physically & emotionally! In Manhattan? You FEEL a buzz and an almost physical deep core vibration from the streets & buildings through your shoes rattling into your soul...
Warren planned seeing all the sights he knew I'd love and some definitely.. had no choice but to experience together in a semi-terrifying way. We experienced the stress and insanity that is getting and using a metro card, navigating the subway and the scary people that freely come up and talk to whoever will listen. We saw probably 1/3 of the Metropolitan Museum (It's GINORMOUS inside!), Beautiful Lady Liberty, and (briefly) Central Park, Gluten Free NYC style Pizza, driving over bridges. And.. AND! He even TRICKED me into not packing any sort of fancy dress, shoes, jewelry so we could go shopping while there.
I honestly knew we had something to do here other than sight see. I was HOPING a good Broadway show but had no idea (because that's something I'd mulled over for years & yearsss). I was sure there weren't any Broadway shows that I would be super psyched about; after all Anastasia has been playing for almost two years and I was SURE it had its final performance!
I was insanely wrong.... We caught one of the last performances before its final performance on March 31st
But to be perfectly honest (and WAyyy cheesy and romantic) ?? It would not have been as miraculous and LIFE CHANGING as it was without Warren. At any other point in my life it would have just been a trip. Traveling with my sweetheart, adventuring companion & experiencing the culmination of 20 YEARS of thoughts, ideas, hopes, dreams and imagination was a life altering experience for me and for us.
I am still in awe of New York City & in shock of what surprises we experienced with our own eyes. Fine Dining at the 5 star Capital Grille in Times Square, walking along the streets of Broadway, seeing and experiencing "Anastasia the Musical" was the biggest surprise of alllll the surprises. Anastasia played a BIG HUGE GIGANTIC part into my childhood as a kid. So much so? That my DOG is named after her dog Pooka!
AND the buckets upon buckets of talent that is on Broadway?!? Is something that can only be explained in weeping tears of joy.
What a way to start my 26th year... and its only the beginning of the adventures we have together for this year.
