SYTYCD!!!!!

(Warning: Long Post....you don't have to read :) I just want to remember everything! ) 

So You Think You Can Dance is probably my favorite show of all time and ever since I first saw it I have wanted to go and be on the show. However, I never ever thought I'd be able to get tickets so even though I found a website to get on a waiting list for tickets I just assumed I'd never get them. But last Thursday I got an email saying I got tickets to this weeks show and I was beyond excited! (I think I jumped up and down like a 12 year old girl in fact :) ) We decided to make it a girl's day and I went with my friends Lindsay M and Lindsay R. We all 3 love the show and we were thrilled to have a little break from Momhood, so our girl's day trip to LA was quite exciting. We knew it was going to be a really long day with a lot of waiting around so we tried to gear ourselves up. (Lindsay M is even 37 weeks pregnant but she still wanted to go and I have to say she is one serious trooper! She did amazing!)

We left SD early in the morning yesterday and arrived in Hollywood around lunchtime. We walked around The Grove for awhile and window-shopped, then we grabbed some lunch at the Farmer's Market. While we were walking around we saw Tyce Diorio (one of the choreographers on the show) eating lunch. We were pretty excited and got a few pictures even though we felt like complete dorks. It was so fun though. Because we didn't want to risk not getting into the show, we wanted to get in line early, so after lunch we dropped all our stuff off in the car and got in line. (You can't bring a purse, a phone, a camera anything!!! Bummer!) Although it ended up being a few hour wait by the time the show actually started, it was well well worth it! It was so so so fun being on the set and seeing everything! Lindsay R and I got to stand up in the balcony up on the right hand side of the stage and so we had an awesome unobstructed view of the whole stage looking down on it. (and we could even see backstage a little.) Since Lindsay M is pregnant they said they'd be able to find a seat for her even though almost the entire audience is standing room only. But they said Lindsay R and I most likely wouldn't be able to sit with her. We understood and were just glad Linds would get to sit--we didn't need her going into labor all the way up in LA! We felt bad that Linds was all by herself especially when we got to our spot up in the balcony and realized how sweet it was! But that didn't last for long because when they finally did seat Linds she got to sit in the row directly behind all the choreographers and right behind, you'll never guess....Paula Abdul!!! Okay, that is seriously amazing. We could see each other the entire show and kept waving to her over in the bleachers. She was on camera SO much it was awesome! Every time you see the choreographers you'll see her!

The show was unbelievable! It was even more amazing than I thought. I loved every second of it and I think we screamed our heads off. I had the hugest headache after the show. :) The stage was so much smaller than it appears on TV it was crazy, but Cat is just as unbelievably tall and beautiful as you would imagine. The dancers were so good and everyone seemed so nice. All in all it was just plain rad. The show will air this Wednesday night so be sure to look for us--I'm not sure if we'll be on the camera or not (Lindsay R and I are in the balcony to the right of the stage if you are looking straight at it.)

After the show we were completely exhausted from the whole ordeal and from standing for 2 hours so we booked it to The Cheesecake Factory and had a relaxing dinner before our drive home. It really did turn out to be the best Girl's Day ever and we had so much fun! I can hardly wait til tomorrow when we can watch the show all over again on TV!

At The Grove before the show

Tyce eating lunch!

More spying on Tyce

Lunch at the Farmer's Market

Dinner at Cheesecake