Steppin' Out

I was entertained to death this past weekend.

Thursday evening saw me, my wife, and my in-laws on an excursion downtown to see Jersey Boys. If you're not familiar with this musical, it's the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Great show! The music brought back some fond memories from when I was a child.

Then on Friday night I was off to Allstate Arena in Rosemont to attend my eighth Van Halen concert. It was a blast!! The boys were in top form and put on a rollicking performance. Lots of fun-- and confetti at the end!

On Saturday, my son Chris and I went to the Des Plaines Public Library to compete in a Pokemon Battle Road Tournament. Chris got second place in his age division and won four booster packs of Pokemon cards. I, on the other hand, lost all of my matches and ended up being in last place, not only in my age division, but also overall. Oh well. At least we had Quizno's for lunch.

That's quite an expensive weekend, not to mention the price of gasoline at the pump. Ouch! But it was worth every penny to do things I don't normally do and live a little.