This past Christmas the husbae gifted me with tickets to see Jill Scott in May of 2023. I was super excited to say the least. I knew about the concert because of the posting on Facebook. I mentioned to the husbae that it would be nice to see her in person and it would be a great double date with my line sister and her husbae. Unbeknownst to me, he was listening to me and purchased the tickets as part of my Christmas gift. The timing was perfect because it fit our date night calendar.
A little over a year and a half ago the husbae and I sat down to have a talk.
During this time we had been married for about 8 years and were having a discussion. We talked about the highs, the lows, what we used to do, what we wished we still did, what we enjoyed the most, what we no longer liked, what we longed for, what made us happy, what made us unhappy, and what we wanted moving forward. This allowed us to put things into perspective and call things as they were.
We were able to come to the conclusion that we had a routine! This routine worked! It worked in a sense that allowed our family to flow. We were getting things done. But, we were missing a pivotal part, communication. We were assuming and just moving along because that's what we always did and it allowed us to be successful in our careers, managing our family needs, and the kid's comings & goings. At the end of the day the discussion was necessary, therapeutic, hard, and easy at the same time. We walked away with clarity, understanding and a game plan moving forward. We got back to the things that made us who we are: prayer, intentional family time, and intentional time for ourselves. We created a schedule (I'm a planner at heart) that allowed us to have designated weekends for designated activities.
Date nights were scheduled to take place twice a month, the 1st and 4th weekend. Each of us are responsible for planning a date on our designated weekend.
The calendar allowed us to catch up on missed opportunities we had to date one another, catch up on the latest happenings with each other. We missed the laughter, the fun, the joy of courting. These date nights are always surprises. We don't ask each other where we want to go or what we want to do. It is completely up to the organizer to decide on the day we are going, the time we are going, where we are going, and what we are going to do. We've had romantic dates, unique dates, extremely active dates , and some dates that should not have been planned and required a do over. LOL. All of the dates have been enjoyable.
Jilly from Philly
Let's get into our most recent date, date night number 9 of 2023. We were headed to see THE Jill Scott. We were pretty excited to see her. This date night allowed us to dress up a bit and baby I love a cute little outfit so I can snap it up. I had purchased this cute little number from Shein last summer and hadn't had the chance to wear it until now. Anyways, we were cute if I do say so myself.
We traveled about 45 minutes to the Tanger Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Tanger Center was gorgeous inside. But, them seats were another story. They were tight and not just because I am big boned. I witnessed some skinny mini's stacked on top of each other as well. The rows were very narrow and we played the getting up and sitting down game several times as people needed to get out multiple times while we waited for the concert to begin. We continued up downs in our seats during the concert as well but just not as much. Overall my comfort level in the seating was about a 6 out of 10. Our views were 8.5 out of 10 as we were seated in the orchestra center in the 8th row.
The venue provided snacks and drinks for purchase. The foyer was amazing but not the greatest for picture taking due to the purple lighting. There were several cocktail tables in the foyer that allowed people to mix and mingle before the concert started. There were vendors selling Jill Scott merchandise and of course a good ol' Photo Booth. It was a great vibe.
Before Jill Scott graced the stage with her awesomeness there was a spoken word artist. I can't remember his name. However, he was Def Jams first spoken word artist. He was cool for what it was. I wasn't expecting the spoken word artist nor was I checking for him, just Jilly.
Enjoying Jill Scott
Jill Scott is an amazing performer. I knew the majority of her songs the songs I didn't know didn't leave me feeling left out. The vibes, the band, the dancers, the singing was all of that. It was a grown folks concert and I throughly enjoyed her. Her jacket/coat/cloak was bomb, her outfit was cute. She was just beautiful. Sis sang the entire night! Like 2 straight hours! 10 out of 10 I would definitely recommend seeing her in concert.
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