I can't believe the night is finally here! I've been waiting for MONTHS for this concert to finally arrive and now...it's just a few hours away. And to think, by the time I go to sleep tonight, it will all be but a memory.

Can you feel the excitement? What? For Clay in Omaha? NOOOOO! THAT'S not the show I'm talking about. Nope, tonight Clay is trumped by none other then Hannah Montana!!! I have my camera ready to go, extra memory cards (you know to make sure I have enough memory to take all those great shots from behind the stage where we will be sitting. Yup, great view) but most importantly, I have my ear plugs! There is nothing more deafening then the sound of 15000 SCREAMING pre-teens.

Yup, I can't wait....to see my daughter's face light up as her idol hits the stage. At least this one isn't pregnant or flashing nudie pictures all over the internet! So, is it bad that I'm a little excited to see the opening act? They are jail bait to me, but they are still cuties just the same.

Well I think I have gushed enough. This is my daughter's Christmas present, at least her big one anyway. She had to make a BIG choice last week and this was her choice. She has this monkey that we have had since before she was born. She named him Mittens. It's a very cute stuffed hand puppet. She takes him everywhere, or at least she used to. Now he is getting old, his head is starting to fray at the neck, he's dirty, his stuffing is all matted as is his fur. He's in pretty sad but very loved shape. We looked into getting him fixed. Can you believe that a $10 stuffed animal NOT made with real fur can cost $300 to fix? Is that not the most ridiculous thing you have ever heard????? That was my thought too.

So I had to break the news to Jordan. She cried and cried because I told her I cannot justify that expense. It's just too much. Then she pulled the imaginary hunting knife out of it's imaginary sheaf and said "But Mittens is the ONLY animal I have that keeps my bad dreams away!"

DOH!!!!!

So I told her I'd make her a deal. I would get Mittens fixed (for 300 bucks....ouch ouch ouch) IF she let me sell the concert tickets (which I figured I could at least get my money back if not a little more because I hate to say it, but she is the hottest ticket in town). Hard thing to ask a child to do. In the end, she regrets not taking the deal when she could, but I'm sure she will have a great time tonight.

And in the end...I just bet some mother will dig into the abyss that is the family savings account and scrounge up the money to fix that beloved critter named Mittens. Yup...she so has me wrapped around her finger!

Now where did I put those ear plugs again????