Redding Round-up
So tired!! I haven’t gotten more than four hours of sleep a night for about a week now. My body is gonna revolt any day now…I am just waiting for my brain to get up the energy to stage a coup. At least I have a good reason to be tired today.
Last night Grace, D and I went up to Redding to visit Grace’s brother and to see him in action…translation: we went to see Dierks Bentley in concert. It was an awesome show!! I stayed sober this time…there were no Mai-Tai’s to be seen…orchids a plenty though. ;-)
So, here’s the rundown: the day started off with nothing going quite as we had planned. Grace and I ended up making an unexpected trip to Sacramento, we made an extra trip into town and then we drove the two hours to Redding. It was absolutely insane…but so very worth it!
We got to the venue on time (a big improvement from last time) and met up with Joel. We hung out in the tour bus with Gary and him. Dierks didn’t “shhh” us this time, he was actually rather pleasant. Just in case anyone wondered, he’s not photogenic at all because in person, he’s cute. We got to talk to Robbie for a couple moments…well, as much as you talk to Robbie, he’s pretty quiet.
We went and had dinner with Joel until he had to go to work. He set us up with passes and decided that we should actually get to see the concert this time, so he got us set up with our party cups in the wings across from his sound booth. We had probably the best seats in the house and didn’t have to share them with anyone else! Woohoo!! It was a blast! It was strange to be standing there and not be working, but it was a lot of fun.
After the show, we waited for Joel to direct the packing and stowing of all the gear…VERY impressive to watch. Anyway, while he was preoccupied with breaking down the equipment, Grace and I went over to the bathroom and got a long length of paper towel (it was the closest thing we had to butcher paper) and we borrowed a Sharpie from some random people so that we could make a sign. It read: “We love you, Joel!!”
So we went over to the middle of the front row and held it up between the three of us, just waiting for Joel to turn around; as soon as he did, we broke into cheers until he and the other band members were laughing. In return, he gave us a broken drumstick…which Steve (who “doesn’t do autographs”) signed for us. Hehehe. It was pretty funny.
We got to hear all about Rod, Gary and Steve’s experiences in the casino. Apparently Black Jack was a good bet last night (pun partially intended). Anyway, we hung out for quite a while, since we were still supposed to be hanging out with Superman…no such luck. He was still sleeping. So we sent Joel off to bed just before midnight and then we dragged our sorry arses the two hours back home. It was a long, exhausting, fun-filled day. :-) Can’t wait ‘til next time!!
posted by Audrey @ 3:21 PM
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