Yesterday. All my troubles seemed so far away. . .

Oh, today was such a fun day.

By the way, this was said sarcastically. It is so hard to show dry sarcasm in blog pages, but I'll try.

Today was such a fun day. See, I was at work today; which means I was up in those big, bad skies which held such long delays for me and all the passengers. Delays that made them happy, and cheery, as called for in the holiday season.

At least no one yelled, screamed or spit on me. And yes, all three have happened.

But, yesterday was actually a fun day, so I was able to get through today from the memories. See, yesterday, I went to see the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on my overnight!!

Yes, thats right. THE Jay Leno.

And, I was in the second row, on the aisle, where I had a clear view of the guests and Jay. And, where it was that I shook Jay's hand as he entered the stage. My Big Brother taped the footage, so we'll see if I appeared to millions across the country. Or I could just wait for the phone call from an agent who saw the show, and now - of course - wants to represent me.

The guests were Scarlett Johansson, Kenneth Branagh and Staind. Most people when I told them the lineup said 'Who's Kenneth Branagh' but I was most excited about seeing him. He is THE Shakespeare guy - a Brit who played Hamlet in the non-Hollywood production of Hamlet. He appeared in all the Shakespeare movies I had to watch in high school theater, and I loved him. So dynamic, so fiery! (And, I just found out that a movie was made from another one of my fav children's books - Five Children and It, and he was a lead in that also! Keeps getting better and better.)

He lived up to my expectations. A simple, straight-forward, Mr. Nice Guy. Very humble and sweet. And I was less than twenty feet from him. Scarlett, too. She was very caring, and during one of the commercial breaks, a makeup artist touched up her powder and she made sure to say 'Thank you' before he left. In a world gone numb from manners and kindness, that says alot about her, not as a celebrity, but as a person.

Jay was funny. He did a little monologue/skit before the show began, which I think might have been funnier than the actual show. He's very good at shooting from the hip - very witty and quick.

Definetely worth the time and money to go. And maybe I'll get to go again sometime (or maybe, after publishing my first bestseller, I will actually be on the show. Oh, to dream)!

***BTW: If you saw the Leno show on the 17th, you know that Scarlet Johansson said she had a cold and her cold was of some 'value' because she caught it from Samuel L Jackson. Jay convinced her to blow into a tissue, seal it in a baggie and autograph it to be sold on EBAY, all proceeds going to charity. I checked it out today, and sure enough - the tissue is there, selling for $2250!! I saw it folks, its for real!***