Weekend in Dallas - Monday

Monday [5/16]:
We woke up pretty early considering how tired we were from the previous day's walking around. We were awake by 8, however we weren't ready till after 9 so we missed the complimentary breakfast from the hotel :(

No worries! We ventured off to a "Corner Bakery"

The Farmer's Scrambler - DELICIOUS!!

After breakfast we headed off to the Galleria for some shopping! :D We found our way over there without missing any exits :) And we even walked around each floor a couple of times, at least! Man were we pooped! We were there for a few hours but headed back towards the hotel around 2 to avoid being stuck in any kind of traffic that would make us late to the concert.

We stopped for a little lunch at La Madeleine ...

MMmmm - love that pesto pasta salad!

Before we knew it, it was time to get ready for the concert!

The countdown I had on my phone :)

We arrived at the American Airlines Center right around 5:30PM

.... Then we parked the car ....

... to get in line and wait to get our tickets, for what seemed like forever!

We had to wait in this line for the package[d] tickets. You see, my little sister didn't just buy regular seats :)

After about 40 minutes [give or take a few], we finally got our tickets!!

Audrey bought the tickets in the Gold Package, which entitled us to a few "perks".

First, after we got the tickets we got to shop at the merchandise booth, crowd free! Litterally, it was just our little group able to buy things before the main doors opened and the table would be open to everybody! I thought that was pretty cool .. then we were escorted to a private lounge for some free snackage where we also received a complimentary tote with a VIP tag and a resuable water bottle.

I'm not sure about the drinks, I made it a point to stay away from that so I wouldn't have to run to the restroom in the middle of the concert. Boy, would that stink!

After the free food we were able to go to our seats! We were so stinking excited!

^^ In line to make our way to the floor seats!

We were so close to the stage - our seats were unbelievably awesome!

JOSH GROBAN is amazing! I think everyone should make it a point in their life to see him in concert That man is charming, and freaking talented!! I loved it! I was so sad when it was over :( But I am so happy, and appreciative for the opportunity to have seen him live!

Thank you Audrey!!!

Here are some pictures I took:

Audrey and I before the concert!

Friday, the 13th ..... OOOoooohhh!! o.O

Hahaha. Creepy?? Nah, not unless you're superstitious.




Well here I am! I haven't really gone anywhere, yet.

This post is going to be a little random and all over the place, so I apologize in advance :)

1. So where have I been?? Well, my computer at work totally crapped out on me. Not in the sense that it crashed and everything on it was lost, but rather it just became extremely, and frustratingly [<-- is that even a word?? lol.] SLOW!!

My boss tried everything he could to make it run faster, but had no luck. Then we did the next best thing and called in a computer technician. Did it help? Heck no! For some weird reason there was 8GB of memory on the computer, and only 3GB's were available. He thinks that the chip must've been ruined which in turn made it run really slow, and it would be really expensive to fix - it would be cheaper to just buy me a new tower.

So did I get a new computer?? NO! The software I use to run payroll will only run on a 32 bit tower.... And all the new, off-the-shelf towers at the stores come in 64-bit. Yes they're better, and probably faster [can you tell I don't know much about computers?? lol. all this technical mumbo jumbo stuck in my head after some repitition of hearing it over, and over .... ] I did get a replacement tower, just not a brand spanking new one. It is way better than the one I had, I noticed a drastic difference from the old one when I began to use it yesterday. A new tower is not going to make me better at my job, and not getting a new one isn't going to make me be a bad employee either. I can rock this job, even if I had to use the old one!! :D

2. I've been feeling under the weather for the past several days. It's not a cold, or the flu .. .I think it's some kind of throat infection. My throat is just irritated. I'm not coughing, not a lot anyway just every once in awhile something I breathe in will rub it the wrong way and I'll cough as a result of that. My sense of taste has gone - everything tastes bland :( and when I salt something, the salt really comes out and then it's all I can taste. I've been feeling really drained of energy, and have had no urge to cook or clean at all.

3. This week flew by really quickly! It seems like just yesterday was Monday. Maybe it's because every, other day I was the county court house trying to renew a registration sticker ... I've had to go back repeatedly because of bumps that have come up. Finally, though we made a break only to go in today and find that the clerk/notary that was on our case wasn't going to make it in to work today :( There's always next week ...

4.

It's almost time for the concert! I just saw a clip his page uploaded on Facebook, and now I'm even more anxious!!!

5. I've stayed late at work everyday. Right now, I'm still here. I'm completely caught up on my work for the week and I'm just waiting on 2 trucks to make it into the yard. One is to be unloaded, the other is going to be loaded up with shredded aluminum.

***EDIT - 5:50PM : Both trucks just showed up - at the same time!! lol. Score! :D



6. I think it's time for some Netflix while I wait!

Tonight is banda night. ...... Mission - "Video Clip" is on! I hope I get a good one :)

I hope everyone has a great Friday Night!!

I'm going ....

... to see JOSH [FREAKING] GROBAN in Dallas on May 16th!!!

I'm going to the concert with my little sister! We are so stinkin' excited. We've LOVE him and have been waiting for him to go on tour for what seems like forever. The last tour he had included a stop in San Antonio but we were not able to go. So the second we found out he was going on tour again, we stalked the site only to find out he was going to have a performance in Dallas. We WERE going to go, no matter what. She even managed to get pre-sale packaged tickets! Awesome deal, awesome seats!!! I cannot wait!!