Cirque Du Soleil and A Gutter

For my birthday the husband bought me tickets to go see Cirque Du Soleil's Varekai, which we went to see last night.  This isn't the first time he's done this - for my 21st birthday he flew us to Vegas and we saw Ka.  Yes, I know he's a winner.  I've been a huge fan of Cirque Du Soleil since my parents took us to see O in Vegas on a family vacation and last nights show certainly did not disappoint.

Since the set was designed for touring purposes, it was clearly not as elaborate as the sets done in Vegas - but I suppose that's to be expected.  However, the performers, the music, the lighting, the props, and the costumes were all at the top of their game.  Everything about Cirque Du Soleil is just so stunning, it leaves you feeling like a small child.  It's as if you are experiencing colors and sounds for the very first time.

If that isn't enough, the performers are breathtaking.  Simply watching them was giving me small jolts of adrenaline.  I particularly liked one scene where they did a take on that super fun childhood game, "The Airplane."  You know where someone much bigger than you lies on their back, feet straight in the air.  They place their feet on your belly and raise you into the air so you feel like your flying.  Well imagine that, with back flips and twists and a bunch of other indescribable craziness.

Oh how I love Cirque Du Soleil!

We had such a splendid time, and after the show on our way home we were strolling through Hyde Park, along the lake, talking about how perfect life was at that very moment.  Everything just seems to be coming together for us.

Now I like technology, I really do, but I don't like my husband's obsession with his GPS.  He requires it at all times.   And in the middle of our romantic walk through the park he decided he needed to know exactly where we were.  (We're in the park honey, duh).  So he reaches into his pocket, and fumbles for his cell phone... and he drops it.  We watched in slow motion as it bounces three times and slowly but surely rolls straight into a gutter...

 I thought this was hilarious.  Nick looked as if he'd just lost a loved one.  We could see it glowing under the sewage water.  It was so close yet so far...  Then Nick managed to open the gutter, and it seemed just out of reach.

It was emitting a dull glow and my husband thought it was calling out to him, "Please don't leave me here in the gutter! I've been a good phone.  Please..."  Ever the hero, Nick removes his watch, wedding ring, coat and suit jacket and reaches into the depths of our local sewage system in one last attempt to retrieve his beloved phone.

Ahh... but even his long skinny arms can't get to it.  So he puts his jacket and coat back on, and we walk away as the glow from his dear phone starts to fade and it reaches it's death drowning amidst sewage.