SonicVision

I had made wonderful plans for myself today. After a morning tutoring session, I was going to catch a train in Poughkeepsie, down to New York City. I would spend the evening with my brother-in-law Jonathan and his girlfriend, Lauren. I would be at their disposal, as I know Jonathan usually comes up with some pretty good ideas.

My train was to leave at 4:35. I arrived at the train station at 4:35. Not a good idea! Before I could unbuckle my seatbelt, the train had started to move. Chasing it down, waving my arms, and yelling all proved useless. Great, now what was I going to do? The next train to the city was an hour away and then add on the hour and 45 minutes it takes to get there, and my night is shot. At that time I got a phone call from Jeff, checking to make sure I made my train. Surprise, surprise, I didn't!

Jeff suggested that I drive the hour and a half. He mentioned that Jonathan had tickets to a show, but wouldn't give me further details. All he said was that Jonathan was going to be mad that I missed my train. I cringed at the thought of facing the wrath of Jonathan. The thing about Jon, when he gets upset, he doesn't forget it. Not an hour later, not a day later, not ten years later. He never forgets!

I took Jeff's suggestion and drove myself to New York City. I would have done anything to have Jeff with me. But, I took the second best thing as he coached me along on the phone. He knew exactly what lane I needed to be in and where I needed to turn. My own personal GPS.

I was curious what show Jonathan had lined up. Jersey Boys, Wicked, maybe Menopause. To my delight I was way off. We wondered over to the American Museum of Natural History. Maybe we were going to the planetarium. I love the planetarium. I haven't been since I was a child, but I had always wanted return as an adult. This was finally my chance.

To both my disappointment and delight, I was wrong. We were in the planetarium room, but not for your traditional planetarium show. It was something called SonicVision. Way beyond planetarium! The show was set to the music that boomed throughout the museum. Never did think they would play music so loud in a museum that the floor shook. It was fantastic. Here is the link to get an idea of what it was like. I highly recommend it if you have the chance: http://www.amnh.org/rose/dome/

With a wonderful show, a nice dinner, and now a comfy sleeping place, I am as content as a girl can be without her husband next to her. Tomorrow I run Yankee Stadium!