Quelle chance! || What luck!

I still can't believe it. Everything that I've dreamed of is happening.

2 months ago while up at school, I fell in love with the Lion King Musical soundtrack. It got me through finals week. From there, it grew to something more.

The music moved me in a way I cannot explain. I decided from then on that I had to see this show for myself. Some day. Somehow.

That day, that how... has come. Two weeks after my discovery of this amazing masterpiece, I stumbled across a billboard. The Lion King Musical was coming to St. Louis!

It's fate. Or maybe just luck. I don't know-- I don't believe in either. But I don't care. The point is, this is my chance.

I've obsessed over it since then, off and on. I never thought my dad would approve of me spending so much money on such a thing. I was afraid he wouldn't understand. In fact, if I didn't have such a good paying job, he probably wouldn't have been so "understanding."

So it was on baited breath this evening that I asked him if I could use my credit card to order tickets. To my astonishment, no objection whatsoever.

After much leaping with joy, I purchased my tickets tonight. I'm so happy! I'm finally getting to see the remarkable show that has captivated millions... just as the movie and music have captured my heart and imagination.

I thought I was lucky enough with scoring tickets to TLK... but it gets better. Unbelievably better.

I've been toying a lot lately with the idea of studying abroad. In France. I never thought my parents would approve. My dad especially. I thought I'd casually throw it out as "something that might be cool one day" during the ride home from dinner.

Then my dad... was okay with it. Not just "okay", but all for it if I find a program that's as reasonable as my regular tuition (which isn't that uncommon). I was astonished. I still am. Part of me thinks I'm going to wake up tomorrow and none of today will really have happened.

But Oh My God! I might actually be going to France! Something I've wanted to do my whole life. Something I never thought would actually happen... might actually happen.

Like the Lion King, but a much larger scale.

Maybe I should press my dad more often. Who knows?