WOOOO!!!!!!!!! Man this weekend was AWESOME!!! Wooooo!!!! I had the best time ever! Left here about 3:15 am, go to Sherman about 7:15 am. Harley and Lorna are 2 kewl people. :) We left about 10:30 for Kansas City, stopped in Tulsa to pick Candace up, and got to Kansas City at about 5:30. During the ride we had a great time asking questions and laughing. Hey Lorna, are there any highways? Ha Ha! We dropped of Candace at the New Earth, and then headed to Harley and Lorna's hotel to get ready for the night. When we got to the New Earth I went to the will call ticket table only to find out I was on the guest list! Yay! I got in, and found Angie. Saw some of the band eating, messing with some equipment, and just chillin'. I went to look around and who walked RIGHT in front of me? KRIS! I was so excited! So I went upstairs, and ran into Jer and B! Yay! Swimmers! hehehe So we hung out, got ready for selling merch for the night, and watched WD do sound check. Woo! Kris told me I needed to head outside because Jodi was out there and wanted me to come out. Yay! I headed out and Methy, Frenchie and K-Funk were there with her as well! SO GREAT to meet them.

I watched the acoustic set from the back w/ Kris, B, and Jer. It was GREAT! I LOVED Lori starting out with "Galeana". Many, many band switches all done in chronological order which was super neat. "On A Night That Felt Outdated" was amazing to hear live. It's always been a huge fav of mine. "Lonely Sometimes", and "18 Bullet holes" were great too. The whole set was so good. At the end of the set Jer and B went downstairs, while me and Kris worked the upstairs merch table. Right after the electric set started me and Kris packed up the upstairs merch, and headed downstairs. We got into the room the band was playing in, by Jodi, Maggie, Methy, Frenchie, and Mark, just in time to hear our "To Chase Away The Birds" favs. Kris and I were particularly glad to hear "Get Me Clear". I must have listened to that one 5 times on the way back home. "Wicked Web" RAWKED my sox off!

So after the show was over, we ran merch a little longer then headed out. Kris, and B took me and Jodi back to Jodi's Aunt and Uncle's House. We got lost thanks to the one way streets, and Jodi having the worst sense of direction. LOL LOVE YOU GIRL! We were sooooo beat when we got in the door. We washed up and went to bed. Next morning we got a tour of the house, complete w/ a secret bookshelf that opens. Woo!

Around 3 pm we all met up at the park in front of the Nelson Museum I believe it's called. It was Me, Jodi, Jer, Jenn, Maggie, Methy, Frenchie, K-Funk, Harley, Lorna, Mark, and Wes. We all stood around, kicked a soccer ball, talked, laughed, reminisced. We were there for a good hour, and then B and Kris FINALLY decided to show their faces after they ate a whole restaurant! j/k ;) The rest of us decided we were hungry so went to eat. We went to this Middle Eastern restaurant called New Jerusalem. I decided to stay safe though cuz I had a long night ahead of me and just got a chicken Caesar salad.

Then we headed back to the New Earth for... Art Class... to make shirts. :) Woo! That was fun. We all drew the SOS fish on the front. It's probably the only thing in the world I have ever been able to draw. Well, me being so bright as I am started drawing it backwards. I had to go in and get the merch ready, so Jodi finished it the right way. I came back out deciding to write on the back the first thing I heard from Waterdeep that caught my attention: "Like a dog you don't want pregnant so you fix her." :) I can remember the first time I heard that making Brian (the guy who Intro?d me to WD) play that song over and over. Good times. When I went outside to show everyone my shirt mullet (hehe) there was a guy filming and interviewing people. They wanted me to tell him the story of when I cried. So I did, but said ya know its ok, cuz they'll never remember it was me. That's when they tell me that the interview is for the dvd, and I FINALY notice how much like Don this guys looks (yeah it's Tom, Don's brother). Dang.

So the night starts, same as the night before. Oh! I saw Chad and Lisa, that was kewl. Lisa's face was so funny when I told her who I was. hehe She's so cute. While upstairs I was listening to "OANTFO" and Kris came by me and put her arm around me. She almost got me to cry talking about not seeing everyone again, and stuff. That has stuck with me the last couple of days. I'll come back to that later. Then Lori started playing "Hush" I remembered Charlie talking about how his wife loves that song so Kris went and got the # from Frenchie to call him. Yay! So we do our merch thang, and then me and Kris grab our cameras and PUSH our way to the VERY front. We rawked out to "Get Me Clean" of course, and other favs. I headed to the back during the slow stuff, helped out w/ merch, then chilled w/ Lorna and Methy a little too. Before the slow part of the show started I was shocked when Lori pointed to me knowing exactly who I was. Everyone (including Tom standing right next to me) thought that was so great. LOL

After the show I helped w/ merch some, and got to talk w/ Brandon, Don and Lori. Don actually knew who I was and said the person who sent me up there was very blessed to do it, but wouldn't say who it was. Dang. LOL He signed my shirt which he thought was pretty funny. I talked to Lori who knew who I was, thought it was kewl I came up from Houston, and was just as nice, and kewl as you get. AND NO! I DIDN'T CRY! :) I took some good pictures w/ Don and Lori, which you can see along with other pics from the weekend at the link at the end of this post.

Me and Jodi headed home, went to bed, woke up, she dropped me off at the hotel, and me, Harley, and Lorna went and picked up Candace and headed back home. I was quiet the whole way pretty much just letting it all set in, plus I was exhausted. We got back to Sherman, thanked Harley and Lorna (THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN!!!), and headed home. I started to get tired driving home, so I thought if I was getting tired, others probably were too. So I called a few people to make sure they were all doin ok, and everyone was good. Yay!

So I'm home. I'm missing everyone too. It's amazing the connection you have with people you've never met in person. Kris, you said it. We've been through some stuff together. Man I miss you already! Jodi, how funny you are! You are so great to talk to. B, Oh man you are a FREAKIN RIOT!! Jer, you're to kewl for school! Harley, and Lorna yall are so awesome! Methy, while I was talkin to Lori, you coming over to me just putting your arm around me meant a lot. It made me realize how great all of you (and people I didn't mention) are. Every single one of you made my weekend a lot better than it would have been with out you. I REALLY love you guys a lot, and this is NOT goodbye! In fact I think Lisa's idea on her blog about all getting together once a year in Colorado sounds good! hehe. I will end this LONG entry by saying Jodi's favorite quote of the weekend from me: "I hope Jesus lets us have a Waterdeep party when we get to Heaven". :)