So when was the last time the YOU sat through a drum solo - live?

I'm sure it was one of those ideas that sounded so great when it is several weeks out. My friend CZ emailed saying - 'I'm buying tickets to Bob Schneider for Friday, August 7 - you guys want to go?" I saw the group copied - who were all our buddies - and knew that pure peer pressure would be involved - nobody was going to say no, don't want to go.

Before I responded though, I needed to find out - who is Bob Schneider? My first source was my habit - itunes - and I liked the few clips I heard, based on popularity. Next, I saw a revue - 'Bob' is an Austin dude - okay, this sounds good. So, I checked calendar and emailed the husband to see if he knew if he had any plans on August 7 - which was a month away (I knew that answer, but we have agreed to check with each other before making commitments - took us about 25 years to get to that point). He responded with 'who is Bob Schneider'?

Fast forward to yesterday. Busy, busy week, staying up too late and getting up early to workout - I'm tired. Email comes in around 10:30 a.m. from CZ - change in dinner plans - meeting at new, groovy place on Henderson (approx 4 blocks from our first house) at 6:45 because 'Bob' doesn't start until 10 pm. THUD. On a Friday night that is definitely bed time - and 'Bob' will just be starting... OMG, I will need a nap.

Nap taken, party hats on, we pick up the D's down the street and head out to PARK - the new restaurant. Still early so a lot of people in our age range. Then as we are leaving around 9:30, we have seen friends of both our sons who I'm sure are surprised to see us at a trendy spot that THEY hang out at... and it's off to the Granada to see 'Bob'.

I was texting with both boys, so proud of us that we were still awake and actually having a great time! A couple in the group had seen 'Bob' in Austin with their kids and hadn't quite prepared the rest of us for some of the raunchiness of some of the songs... guess we're old enough to hear that stuff, but do we really need to? Oh well, I have to say - it was a blast and we all felt very cool.

Then at the end, 'Bob' introduced the band - and each member got to show off their skills and the last was the drum solo - it was 12:30 a.m. and I was done.

What I love though, is these are the same people we've been doing this stuff with for over twenty years - another experience - and that made it worth it.