Dave.

Ah. Dave. Its a great ritual that I think everyone should do. And now its time for a recap.

Here are just a few pictures from the night. I have an album set up on my Myspace page if you want to check it out.

The day went so smoothly, I can't even describe it. We wanted to leave the house at 1:30...we left at 1:20. We wanted to stop at the grocery store on the way out and that took less than 10 minutes. All we needed to pick up at the store was some buns and some ice. Perfect. We were in and out. By 1:39 we were stopping to get gas and then we were on our long haul (15 miles or so) to Alpine Valley.

We arrived at Alpine Valley and got second row parking. *jaw drops*. Perhaps we were by some Port-a-John's, but whatever. We could live with the stink for a couple of hours while we drank. We set up the grill, cooked our Cheedarwursts, and drank some beers. It was a GORGEOUS day out so no sweat was broken. (Ok, ok. I sat in the trunk/shade the entire time, so I did not break a sweat. Sorry. Everyone else did.) We laughed a lot, drank a lot, and decided around 6 o'clock to head in.

We head in and find a spot right away. I turn to the people behind us and ask them to be kind and to not pee on us. They did not. Phew. I'm tried of going to Dave and getting peed on. Anyway, we drank some more during the concert and before I knew it...it was over. Really. I know what music they played, but perhaps I had drank just a little too much. (Ketchup on my nose in multiple pictures) I remember using Ryan as an "anchor" so that I would not fall over. I mean, we're already standing at a slant and then mix some beer in there, not cool. I'm surprised we only saw one person fall.

We darted out of there after the concert was over and got out of there UBER fast. We took a wrong turn coming home, but through Beaky's navigation skills, were able to find our way pretty quickly. Aaron passes out on me in the car (he was so cute about it!) while I am trying to hear conversations in the front. Did not realize that while sitting in the backseat of my car, you cannot hear anything that is being said in the front. Anyhoo, I needed to get something in my belly so we stopped at McDonald's on the way home. Magically, Aaron had heard McDonald's and pepped up right away. We got our food and came home. We were in bed by 11:30PM.

I would have to say that this is one of my favorite trips to Alpine because everything went so smoothly. Maybe next year I won't drink as much, but I wouldn't change anything else about it. The people, the laughing, the atmosphere....perfect.

Its a Dave weekend

Well, I think I finally did it. I finally look like the girl on the front of the box. Phew. Its about time. Overtime it had started to look terrible. I've been trying for the past week to do it. It was a struggle, though. Puss, burning, constant itching, almost bringing myself to tears .... but I did it. It was an uphill battle to begin with. But alas, I now have medium brown colored hair as the girl does on the box!!!! ;-)


So tonight we're going to see Dave Matthews at Alpine Valley!! SO excited. Its a GORGEOUS day out today and I can't wait to bask in it. I (we) have been going since 2003 and I don't plan to stop. Although I did hear that Alpine Valley is going to close down. I don't understand that theory because its been around for YEARS. MY parents went there. They can't shut down generations of concert-goers for *insert reason here*. Sure its a heck of a hike if you end up parking in a certain parking lot. Sure 90% of the seating turns into a mud slip-n-slide after one hour after the show starts. But don't take away traditions. Please don't.

Well, its 10:44am. I started this blog at 9:00am today, but half way through I decided to go get my car washed. (When I have an idea...I just run with it). But now its time to clean myself and get ready for tonight's festivities.