Been a long time gone...

Hey guys,
well thought i would update you on the trip.
The three shows here in denver were great. Me as well as two of my friends have been chasing certain songs for years.. For my friend Cal it was a song Radio Child. and for my friend Ben it was the song No sugar tonight in my coffee/New Mother Nature.. (yeah, you know it and Panic covers it just fine) and mine is a tune Big Woolly Mammoth.
OK, so little background, to chase a song means that you have seen ump-teen shows and for whatever reason have not seen that song played.. They may have stopped playing it, they may only play it once a tour, so you have to pick your show randomly etc.. It isn't that these are our favorite songs, for me, not by any means, but it has just been about 5-6 YEARS since i have seen Big wooly played live... so anyway...
So the first night, Cal got his Radio Child... We were all so psyched for him.. It was about time. I think he had been waiting about 5-6 years too for that one..
Then the next night the set list was good, and we went through the whole show with nothing really special, but then second song encore, Ben gets his No sugar tonight in my coffee/New Mother Nature.. That was awesome.. plus the song is so much fun..
Then the third day, (the show was in the afternoon, where as the fri and Sat shows are at night) so, on our way to the venue (red rocks, remember that place mom? we went there when you came to visit) but anyway on the way i see a big woolly sticker.. nothing special, just a sticker on a car heading to the show. Then we get in the venue and my friend has a big Woolly Mammoth necklace that he was wearing. Then i knew something was up with i saw the guy sitting directly in front of us and he had on a big wollyy t-shirt.. CRAZY. signs were all pointing to that day for me..
And the Band delivered.. I think it was like fourth song, first set, i hear the drums that start the song and turn immediately to Jeff who starts just smiling for me.. then i turn back to Cal and Ben who are freaking out for me and pointing to me saying, it's all you girl...What fun...
So we all came away from the weekend in Denver totally satisfied.. But that wasn't all for me and jeff. So, monday i stayed home from work and got the house cleaned and some of my clothes washed and packed. We had a friend come over monday night who would stay for the time were gone and take care of the dogs. The next morning we got up really early and hit the road. Kansas City is about 10 hours, and we had a show to go to that night, so we got up really early and started driving. only a few stops, one to get gas one to get some lunch and one to tinkle, and we were in KC and got to the room.
Everything was good. The first night the show was GREAT!! I mean stacked with songs that i love and songs that they have not played in a while etc.. so the set lists were amazing. and after spending three days in the sun and stairs hell that is Red Rocks (think 9,000 instantly sold out seats, with them all being General Admission, so everyone wants to be down front- read: battle to get a spot..)
so to be in an indoor beautiful theater with only 2700 people was great.
Day two we wake up and it is POURING. I mean being in Colorado for the last 9 years (I know, i can't believe it either) i have not seen rain like this in a long time.. so anyway. it passed about noon and we went to the art museum in KC. who knew they had a great one, that was also FREE.. so why not.. we saw a Monet and a Manet. (tippy, tippy day, day- if you watch Seinfeld)
So anyway, we went there and got some culture in. OK, so the coolest thing ever is that there is an artist that did an instillation at the museum that is four shuttlecocks... that's right the badminton birdie... good for you!!!! And they are about 15 feet tall, one is standing on what would be the rubber part, another one is standing on thee of the five feathers so you can stand under it.. (yeah, i did and got my picture taken). They were so cool!!!
by the time we got back to our room, it was getting cloudy again and we were starving. we got some chinese take out and by the time we were done eating it was pouting again..
We had to drive to the show that night because it was soooo raining.. well the highlight of the second night in KC was the friggen ROOF CAVED IN. and i wish that was an exaderation, but seriously, over the band on stage, they start getting poured on cats and friggen dogs coming down they, of course stopped the set, while we waited for people to fix the roof. it took about 40 minutes and the band was back on stage and played the whole night still. nothing shortened for the problems.. it was good for me, but bad for Jeff. As the night before we were back in our room at like 10:45. the curfew was 10:30 at the theater... so Jeff had planned to leave the hotel and start driving toward MI (to another panic show and a huge music festival) that night.. well we didn't get out of the theater until like 12:30, so that put him way behind schedule.
Thursday I got a flight out to denver for less than renting a car, so i took the flight and came home.
I have much needed some quiet time and that's exactly what i got this weekend. On Saturday i drove up Guennella Pass and then down and then back up Mount Evans and then back home.. it was a long day, but it's nice to get up top and breathe some mountain air.. getting to 14,000 feet is therapeutic.
Sunday I didn't do much, but floated in my pool, and did some laundry..
needless to say, I feel much better after a week off, and am ready to enter my life again...