Garth

So the plan was to leave work Friday about 2 so me, Amy and Jen could leave about 3, get there about 6:30, we had dinner reservations for 7:30, doors tentatively open at 9:30 for the 10:30 show (Yes, 10:30! He is doing 11 shows in Minneapolis and there are shows at 6:30 and 10:30! Crazy!)

So we got about a mile from Amy's house in Ankeny.....and my tire BLOWS out! Thank God we weren't farther away or on the interstate! So after calling AAA to come fix it, getting a ride back to Amy's to get her car (thank you Shannon!!), taking my car to Holly and Jerry's for the night....we were finally on our way.....about 4:15.

 

We called the restaurant and pushed back our reservations until 7:45-8. Of course the traffic around the Target Center was bad, so we dropped Jen off about 2 blocks away from the restaurant so she could at least go get our table since it was almost 8! Amy and I went to the hotel, checked in and then booked it down to the restaurant! Kirsten met us there and we had dinner and drinks, then about 9:45 we headed out to get in line for the concert. We were dumb. It was 40 degrees, WINDY, COLD with thousands of people standing around waiting to get in....we should've waited inside, drinking, until the line diminished. So we froze our asses off for an hour, waiting to get inside.....FINALLY inside and seated the concert started at 11:30!



We had awesome seats! Garth was amazing! There were laughs and tears and SO much singing along with ALL of his great hits. The concert got over about 2....we finally made it back to the hotel about 3 and we were all exhausted. None of us stay up that late anymore!

 

So the rest of the trip went off without a hitch! We got up about 9, on the road by 9:30 and home by 1. Jen and I got my car from Jerry's, drove to a tire place in Ankeny to get a new tire. The guy there told me he couldn't sell me one or two new tires. I would have to buy all new 4 tires. WTF? We just got this car, the tires are fine. Steve talked to the guy and was NOT happy, neither was I. So we didn't get new tires from there, I dropped Jen off and finally got home!

 

Piper was napping when I got home, both girls didn't sleep good and were up early for Steve so Presley was tired too. Steve went to get the tire fixed (and we did get two new ones, not four) We decided to make some popcorn and watch a movie together downstairs. We watched Mary Poppins and Presley didn't eat hardly any popcorn! And then she fell asleep! So at that point, I knew she wasn't feeling good. She came upstairs about 4:30, laid on the couch with Steve and ended up falling back asleep! We took her into her bedroom where she continued to sleep until about 7, then she came back out on the couch, just watched the end of Up! and now she is sleeping on the couch next to me. She doesn't really have a fever (per the thermometer) but her face is red and she is really hot, she hasn't eaten since I've been home....so hopefully this is just a 24 hour bug and she will be back to her normal self tomorrow!