Last Friday night Crystal, Jon and myself went to Chicago to see Dear Noel play at the House of Blues. We left in plenty of time, but somewhere along the way we began to run out of time. The last time we went to see them at the Metro we ended up missing the entire show. Got there just after they finished...so this time I took the afternoon off, and we left earlier.
Jon was tired so I drove. We had no problem finding the venue, however parking was a little more challenging. Actually we ended up parking at a garage just two blocks south (I think) of the House of Blues. We parked okay, got into the venue in good shape, but it all went south (literally I think) when the gal wanted to check in my bag and saw my camera. I hadn't planned to use it, but I dropped it into my bag for the baby shower in Crystal's honor the next morning. I didn't want to forget it, so it made sense to just put it in before we left. Well....it didn't make for a good entrance. The gal informed me that camera's are not allowed and I would have to check it at the coat check. Of course, I knew that meant a charge....only $5...but it was the principal of the matter. I wasn't about to pay them $5 to hold my camera for about an hour and a half.....so I quickly marched myself back down to the lobby....informed the lady I needed to leave for a moment....and she proceeded to tell me that once my ticket had been torn I couldn't leave. Well.....one spark of luck....my ticket hadn't been torn....because I never made it into the show. So Jon and I left to head back to the car to drop off my camera. Crystal had forgotten her ID as well...so it was a good opportunity to get that too. She didn't need it, but if she went into certain areas she would need just to walk through....I didn't know where we would end up catching up with everyone else so I thought it best to just grab that while at the car. We quickly headed to the garage, well after we figured out how to get back to the street since we exited out of a different door then where we came in.....we had plenty of time....it was just about 7:00 and the guys were playing third so we still had at least one band's worth of time to get to the car and back...or so we thought. It appears that either they got moved up in the line up or a band didn't show up...either way they ended up next.
We hurried as fast as we could go....even used the elevator closer to the corner....unfortunately we didn't realize that it was going to come out a level higher on that end so we couldn't find the car right away. We ended up going to the elevator we had come down on in the first place and going down a level. We found the car.....and I quickly dropped my camera into the console, grabbed Crystal's ID, my ID, my debit card and some cash. I figured why take a heavy bag in when I can travel much lighter without it. We hurried back to the elevator...this time we would benefit from the one closer to the corner. We got in and headed down to the lobby and on the way down I realized I forgotten my ticket in my bag. We took the elevator back up to the car..this time we found the correct level...and I literally ran to the car and grabbed my ticket. All the while we were gone Crystal kept texting me....."The guys are going on next!"......."They are warming up!" "Getting ready to start!" I couldn't text back very easily due to the running we had to do to get there. We managed to get back in a good time, only to get behind some teenagers that didn't seem to know where they were going.....they were looking for the door and didn't seem to want to move to let us around. So...we had to get in line behind them just to get through security again. Of course, they had to pat everyone down and check in bags etc. So it was taking way longer than it should have....but we finally got there. Crystal met us and said she had spoken with someone and they had gotten us a place to sit down..which she would really need. It ended up being right behind the sound board and there was no one in front of us to block our view. It was perfect! We had a great view, heard the show just fine and they even played my favorite song "Jets to Carolina!" I sang along with everyone else and thoroughly enjoyed the show! We met up with Lisa and Jason and the others right after the show. We didn't get to see Josh (our Josh) though. Not sure where he was....!
We left shortly after the show and headed home. I drove home as well....so Jon could rest. We ran into some nasty weather...but we just took it easy and all was well. However, there was this little Honda Civic that didn't seem to want to pass this Semi to get around him and get into the other lane which was clearer...so we were stuck behind them....that is until this other semi came flying around us. I could tell he wanted to get over in our lane...so I backed off and let him in. It seemed like the smartest thing to do. Little Honda Civic didn't seem to want him on their tail either and they actually sped up and got into the other lane. I guess we weren't as much of threat in our Escape as Mr. Semi!!! Ha!
I do have to say that driving in Chicago gives one this overwhelming urge to pull up behind a Taxi.....moving or not...and lay on the horn....I just want to follow one around the city with my horn blowing at him the whole time!!! Too bad Mr. Semi can't get behind him and lay on his horn.......that would be wonderful!!! I might even pay $5 to see that!!!
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