Alysha's Dance Concert

Last week I was teaching an AirMagnet class in Los Angeles - at the Hilton directly across the street from the LAX airport.

I normally teach on the last day of class until 3:30pm or 4:00pm - then take down and pack everything up.

But my daughter Alysha was giving their final dance concert of the year at her high school that night.

By changing a couple of things around, teaching later on the other days I was able to complete the class by 2:30pm PDT, pack up, and get to the airport by 3:00pm. I was initially ticketed on a United flight later in the evening, but had purchased a special one-way ticket home to see if I could make the Dance Concert.

Not paying attention - when I clicked the last Friday of the month on the reservations page I forgot last Friday wasn't the last Friday of the month... it was the 1st of May. So I had made a huge mistake, in that my ticket was for the 29th of May, not the 1st.

So when I go to check in, no ticket... the 'same day' ticket was going to be something like $350... ouch! But the nice lady at the ticket counter listened to my dilema, and made some changes... and I got the last seat on the 3:50pm flight to SLC.

The last seat happened to be in between two big rugby players - but after 90 sqwished minutes I was on the ground in SLC. Caught the very first shuttle bus to the parking, had no one in line for parking payment, and a smooth drive down to Orem.

I walked into the High School Auditorium right at 7:30pm - right as the concert started! - So finishing up teaching - then four hours later watching my daughter dance. What a world we live in.

When Alysha came out on stage and saw that I had actually surprised her and came to her concert she started to cry. All the travelling hassles were all worth that one moment.

And the concert was great to boot!