Crazy night in Fort Worth

Downtown Fort Worth is amazing. The three of us went down there on Thursday night to check out the "night life" and have a drink, since Thur. nights are sort of like Fri. nights for us. Tonight I was told that it is a very safe place because there are cops everywhere. It is just a cute area with shrubs shaped into longhorn cattle and cowboys on horses. Tonight Angela and I got free tickets to see the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. The Young adult group of St. Andrew's was given these tickets and there were extras, so we were able to go! Paola had a function at her parish: fish and spaghetti night, with a lot of beer and wine she told us! Anyway, the symphony was amazing! It was so easy to get lost in the music, but to also get lost in your thoughts. The orchestra was huge. The composer (original conductor) of the music they played tonight was Gustav Mahler, born in Bohemia in 1860. They played Symphony No. 6, "Tragic."

After the performance we met the young adults who were there. Most were in their upper 20's, so a little bit older, but they were so kind and excited to meet us. And I certainly learned a lot about Fort Worth from this one guy. He just kept going on! It was nice to hear about different aspects of the city that I hadn't heard about before. Well, that lasted an hour out in front of the performance hall. Then Angela and I went to the Flying Saucer with Ann, the Youth and Young Adult Ministry Coordinator at St. Andrews, and her friend Andrew, who just moved to north of Dallas. Ann is only 23, so it is cool that she is young. The Flying Saucer has over 100 beers, and at least 20-30 on tap, it is amazing. We were there until 12/12:30, then Angela and I went back to the performance hall parking garage.

So here is where the real fun begins. We went to the doors that led to the elevators and.. they were locked! So we walked around and walked up the parking garage! Only to the second level where we found an elevator. I knew they weren't the ones that we took down, but hey, it was an elevator. So then, we have no idea where my car is and walk around just a bit and finally see it, but we can't get to it! the ramp goes either up or down, not to the level where my car is! But then we spot another elevator which took us to the level, since we somehow walked up to level 5. As we got to my car some other guy was looking for his car too and we think he saw it on the other side and had no idea how to get to it. Seriously, this parking garage is messed up! We proceed to the exit and as we approach it this car is reversing! We thought maybe he couldn't get it, that the gate wouldn't go up, and it is true, the gate wouldn't go up for us either. So I reversed and pulled up a bit as if going to park. The car came back and we saw him looking at the gate and lifting it up, but he still looked like he didn't know what to do. I drove around just once to get back to the exit (just to see if there was another way out) and when I came back, the gate was somehow lifted and stuck, open. Praise God! That man saved our lives! We were able to get out of the parking garage! Moral of the story: avoid parking garages in Fort Worth if you can; you could get stuck inside of one.