Longest Day Ever/Miranda Lambert

Here's the rundown on the trip home from St. Petes. My alarm went off at 6am St Pete time on Saturday - which was 7pm Chicago time Friday. I jumped on a 6am flight to Frankfurt. Luckily I fell asleep for about an hour and a half. Arrival in Frankfurt was 9am St Pete time, 7am Frankfurt time and 1am Chicago time. I chilled in the business class (which I think was actually the first class - they never checked my ticket) lounge for about three hours. I got on a 1015 am Frankfurt time, 615 am Chicago time flight and arrived at 230 pm Chicago time on Saturday which is 10pm St Petes time. That's the first half of the day - are you lost yet? By the way, I watched four movies on the flight to Chicago, no sleeping.

When I arrived in Chicago, Ali picked me up, we went home, I showered and we headed to Gibsons around 430pm. We were there until 8pm - 4am St Petes time (25 hours after I woke up.) At 845, Ali and I went to concert. We got home around 1215am and hit the sack around 1am (9am St Petes time.) So by my calculations, that's about 30 hours with roughly 1.5 hours of sleep, approximately 12 hours on a plane, 3 hours listening to country music and 3 hours in what I think was a first class airport lounge - trust me, the swankiness of this joint was unrivaled.

Now I wonder why I am sick.

On to the concerto.



Miranda Lambert. I guess I have had a sort-of crush on her for a couple of year's now. Ali knows this and is now close to embracing the fact. I tried to take Ali last year, but we couldn't get tickets. For the last two years Miranda has come to Chiggy to celebrate her birthday with two shows at the beginning of November. Why do I like her - I guess cause she sings about what she lives. A song called "Dry Town" is about her growing up in a dry town in Texas. I lived in a dry county in Texas while there - I had to join a "club" to purchase alcohol at a restaurant. I say she sings about how she lives and she lives a redneck life cause that's the way she likes it. I think she's kind of cute, so that might add to the allure as well.

Either way, Ali didn't know many of her songs before the concert, but now she listens to Miranda non-stop. That should tell you it was a great show. The show was at Joe's which if you've lived in Chicago you know is not a big place and it was general admission, so you can get as close to the stage as you want, as long as you pushed your way up. There are some photos HERE and I will try to upload a video or two tonight so you can get a little taste.