Stalked by a Cat

On Tuesday Wilma and I saw the musical Cats. It was something I had always wanted to see. I ordered tickets the second they went on sale. We thought that we had seats in section 'R' which would have been great. We ended up having tickets in the orchestra section, in the pit, front freaking row. We were practically on the stage. It was amazing.

Before I get into all of the juicy details I have to start with the beginning of the "date." I call it a date because it was one of the best dates I've ever been on. (My date didn't try to cop a feel and I didn't I wasn't expected to put out!) Just kidding. :) It was surprisingly easy to walk out of my loud messy house with a kiss for each of my boys. Okay, I was practically running out the door! We went to Tripps for dinner. Wilma was very assertive, (I've always liked the aggressive type *wink* *wink*) and she ordered for me. Wilma was ever so chic and ordered a Cosmopolitan while I sipped on sweet tea. She's so Carrie Bradshaw (in the early days, before SJP got old.) We had a cute little waiter that got a big fat tip....looks go far when you're our waiter, plus I think Wilma scared him to death with her aggressive, um I mean assertiveness. :) Wilma got a salad, of course the 98 pounder always eats a piece of lettuce and 1/2 a crouton and she's full..."I'll have a salad and some water please." and a Quesadilla (and I didn't have to spell check that!) I ordered the Chicken Augusta. OMG it was so good. I haven't had mashed potatoes in forever. For dessert we shared a cheesecake.

We got to Memorial Auditorium just early enough to have a little parking drama and ended up with the best spot in the lot. The little old usher that helped us find our seats told us that we were so close that the cats would be spitting on us. He was right. Drip. The roof was leaking. Memorial Auditorium is a beautiful, OLD building. Out of all of the seats in the damn place the leak had to be right over me. Thankfully it didn't last the entire show and the drip was sporadic, but it was there. It would have been so bad if we weren't in the front with Cats staring at us.

When showtime rolled around the lights went out and cat eyes appeared everywhere, including the audience. I think the girl sitting next to Wilma shit her pants; she didn't come back after intermission. They opened with "Jellical Cats." The song ended with a Cat perched 3 feet in front of us. She was sitting there washing her paws, snarling at me. At first I thought it was cool. My attention turned to some of the other Cats and felt someone staring at me. It was that freaking Cat. Sitting there like cats do, staring me down. When I'd look at her she'd snarl at me. To top it all off, whenever the water would drip in me she make some messed up cat face and lick her paw. I wanted to shake a can of coins at her, or get her with the water hose. I usually like Cats but this one got one my nerves. She was a menace. She did this off and on throughout the entire show. I can't really hate because if I were in her place I'd be doing the same thing. :)

There was a tomcat, Rum Tug Tugger. He looks like a cat Wilma would have hooked up with in high school. LOL. He was really funny and super cocky. All of the girl cats loved him. I guess he was the Danny Hickman of cats. He knew he was fine and all of the girl cats wanted him.

There was one cat that had the hots for Wilma. I guess in the Cat world he was a catch. He was really cute, wearing a collar so he wasn't a stray. He came over and teased her, smiling, very flirty. He offered Wilma his paw and when she tried to touch him he hissed, and scratched at her. He scared the piss out of her. She jumped with a little squeak and everyone around us laughed. I thought it was hilarious because Wilma doesn't like attention. If she had realized that all of the attention was on her she would have been mortified. At the end of the show he made amends. He came over and offered his paw, and made nice. Go figure, I get bullied by a bitch cat and Wilma gets love from a sweet house cat.

The show was truly amazing. It was definitely an experience being that close to such a production.