On Friday, I took Mer out as part of our fourteenth anniversary celebration. As you may remember, on our actual anniversary back on August 8th, I took her to Steak ‘n Shake after a failed attempt to go to a pizza buffet that Mer had wanted to try (the pizza buffet had closed). At the time, I realized it was a lame anniversary celebration, but that was fine, as I was planning on using the generous gifts we received from friends and family to fund multiple dates throughout September. Friday was the first installment.

We drove out to Lorain College, a forty-five-minute trip. We had gotten all dressed up, which was not required, but was fun and celebratory. I had wanted to bring Mer to our second visit to The Big Broadway Singalong, an evening of singing Broadway tunes. We had done the show last year and really enjoyed it. It did not disappoint this time, either. It helped that with one exception of a woman in her late twenties or early thirties, we were by far the youngest people in the room. That does not happen much anymore, and made us feel pretty glamorous, which was also helped in that no one else dressed up. We were pretty happening.

The music was much fun. The singing lasted almost two hours, as we sang thirty-eight songs. It absolutely flew by. Mer and I knew the vast majority of the songs, having to skip only two or three of them because we did not know them. During intermission, the hosts of the evening even commented on our knowing the songs (their notice of us was helped by our being seated in the front row). It surprised them that two younger (youngish?) people would know so many older Broadway tunes. The oldest songs were from 1904, and the latest songs were from the late 1980s (for Phantom). Most of the songs were from the forties through the sixties. It was a grand evening for singing, and I hope it redeemed my lame anniversary date.