Little House on the Prairie play with Oma

I thought I had blogged about this, but I must have done it in my sleep.  Sorry, guys.

Oma and I joined the Older Adult tours and went to Kansas City to see a play at Starlight Theatre.  First, let me clarify...I am not the older adult in the duo...you figure out the rest.  Anyway, I am not sure the trip was worth $85/each but we paid it and went.  The trip consisted of the bus ride to and from the play, dinner at Starlight, and several stop for potty breaks, AND grabby old people!!!

We left at 3 pm, and the temps were close to 100 degrees and VERY humid.  It was totally miserable.  The bus was not full so we could spread out.  I brought my IPod to listen to music and was glad I did, those women wouldn't shut up.  We stopped about 4 times before we made it to Kansas City.  It was so nice to have door side service from the bus.  We were promised that our dinner would be in an air conditioned building, but they lied.  We were in the shade and it was tolerable.  I thought the food was terrible and didn't eat a lot - not to mention - I really didn't want to get sick from the heat and a heavy meal.  They served (on a VERY HOT DAY) Thanksgiving on the Prairie.  Which meant that we had turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans.  See where I am going with this?  It was way to heavy of a meal to eat at these temps.  We had a nice conversation with our table mates.  He was a retired military, and of course that is all that Oma had to hear and they started talking about military service.

The play was OK.  The first act was rather dull but the 2nd act was really good.  The lady who played Ma was Melissa Gilbert (she played Laura on TV) was really good.  The girl who played Carrie really came to life in the 2nd act.  There were several times that Melissa Gilbert had to turn her head and laugh because of the things that this girl was doing.  It really made the 2nd half entertaining.

Then we had the ride home. Dang chatty women!!! Now, realize it is almost 11 pm when we boarded the bus to come home. I have been up since 5 and it is now WAY past my bedtime and I really wanted to sleep.  Not going to happen - even with my IPod on. We arrived back in Columbia around 2 am with all of our stops for potty breaks. As we were pulling into the parking lot these ladies were all laughing that they get to sleep late and don't have to get up early.  I just wanted to knock each one in the head as I left the bus...I was suppose to be at work in 5 hours and still had to drive home.  Finally got to sleep at 3:30  and  did go in an hour late, and did OK until about 3 pm and then I went fast!! In fact Brian called me and said we talked - I don't remember...I was exhausted.

I don't think I will going on anymore of these anytime soon.  I have had my fill with old people, tour bus, bad food, and late nights.  I am just too old (I mean young) for this.