BECAUSEICOULDNTSEE

What to do for the boy’s birthday this year, hmm I know lets book tickets to see that comedian that always has them in stitches whenever they watch him on TV.

An internet search and a slight panic that we might be out of luck as each venue we click on only has single seats available in various parts of the building later, we finally hit the jackpot when we manage to find a date at the O2 that not only has four seats free but are also in the same row of the arena.

Bingo!

We’ve got what we were after and following 30 minutes of negotiating the minefield of timed code cracking and form filling in that is purchasing tickets online, the confirmation pings itself into the inbox of emails received  .

So now we are eagerly awaiting the date to arrive when we’ll take the trip up to the Greenwich peninsula to see Michael Mcintyre in all his hilarious glory.

Of course I say see, but while viewing won’t be a problem for my lofty other half and the boys who are certainly following in their father’s footsteps when it comes to being of an elevated stature, I can almost guarantee to you that one person won’t be seeing the show nearly quite as clearly as most of the other people in the arena.

For being the height of an average 12 year old, means that I’ve spent more than a fair bit of my life having, if you’ll pardon the pun, to go to great lengths in order to view what’s going on in front of me.

Gigs by my favourite bands watched through the crook of someone’s elbow or perched precariously up on chairs, rails or any available ledges have been the norm for me for as long as i can remember and even inspired me to pick a horse in the grand national one year just because his name “becauseicouldntsee “reminded me of my constant battle to try and observe anything.

 However I’m hoping as the venue is seated this time i might not experience the same difficulties I’ve encountered previously but nothing is guaranteed.

I mean who’s to say there’s not someone with a penchant for large hats, enormous hair or who gives the world’s tallest person a run for their money, sat in front of their computer at this very moment, finger hovering over the mouse trying to decide whether to purchase that single seat left in the arena that lo and behold is right in little old Nina’s field of viewing.

Nothing is certain, I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

 Or not as the case maybe.

In the meantime, I wonder if the Dragons would be interested in investing in a range of adult booster seats and boxes to stand on for the vertically challenged like me?