Jun 06, 2005 19:38
well my 21st birthday was awesome. went to roosevelt field with the parentals + dee and had a delicious dinner @ my favorite restaurant.. the cheesecake factory<33 then my boyfriend came over and we spent the night together which was awesome.. we watched team america which i loved!! next night my girls took me out to the wicked monk.. i have never been so drunk in my life.. it was great up until my friend had to take me home because i got really sick.. as soon as i walked in the door i started throwing up, and didn't stop til i finally fell asleep.. surprisingly i didn't get a hangover which was sweet. charlie came over that afternoon to spend time with me since i was leaving for st. louis the next morning.. i forget what we did but he's the best!
st. louis...met up with jay in detroit where we flew to st. louis. first day was alot of fun.. we just hung out, ate dinner at the cheesecake factory, watched the pistons game, and slept... when we got to the hotel we saw the band's buses there, and i got really nervous/excited because i knew this would be the best chance i'd ever have of meeting dave. had no luck the first day, since they were at the venue soundchecking/partying til really late..
next morning i wake up to a call from my sister.. i go out on our balcony(jay got a suite for us.. it was SICK!) and am talking to her about wanting to go downstairs to feed the ducks when in the distance about 2 blocks down(don't ask how from so far away i knew) i see 2 guys walking.. 1 in a brown shirt, and 1 in a black outfit.. for some reason i just KNEW it was dave in the brown shirt.. and as he got closer, i saw that i was right. at that moment i could have ran down and met the man i have always wanted to. i could have made my biggest dream come true. but i just woke up. looked like hell. was in a nightgown. no make up. bad hair. and yea it didn't happen. i was kicking myself the whole afternoon thinking i wrecked my chance..
me and jay decided to have lunch in the hotel lobby that afternoon. all of the sudden when darryl(dave's bodyguard) gets out of the elevator.. as soon as he saw jay he came over and hugged him and said "what are you doing here in st. louis" and "how many more cities are you gonna be doing this at" (sarcastically..).. darryl knows jay because jay has met the band over 10 times, and he has talked to him many times before.. about 15 minutes later jay whispers to me "there's adam, daves trainer" i look up, and see the man who was in the black outfit who i saw walking with dave earlier that morning.. all of the sudden the most beautiful sight i have ever seen with my eyes walks in.. dave FUCKING matthews.. at this point he is just a mere few feet away from me.. my heart was beating fast, my palms sweating, and my jaw dropped down.. he and adam stopped to talk to darryl, and as the 3 of them were walking towards the elevator, dave saw jay and acknowledged him and walked over to us.. dave and jay shook hands and i stood up, shaking a little.. this is when jay introduced dave to "his friend samantha who has been wanting to meet him for awhile".. dave was all sweaty from just working out, and had a shirt on his shoulder as well as 2 bottles of water in his hand.. he stuck out his hand to me and said "how are you doing samantha" and i said great now. i shook his hand and then he gave me a hug and apologized for being "a bit funky" from just working out.. i said trust me.. IT'S FINE!! dave matthews can be as sweaty as he wants with me!.. when he let go from giving me the hug, he kept his arm around me, and started to RUB MY STOMACH. dave matthews was rubbing MY stomach. i still don't know what that means, but people i told said i have a lawsuit on my hands if i want LOL. hell yes. then jay asked him "am i gonna get your guitar tonight" (we were sitting front row, and dave always asks jay when he meets him if he can have his guitar) and dave said "probably not tonight, but i'm gonna have to give it to you sooner or later.." then i said "what about those guitar picks you always give to him" and he said "how about i give both of you 1 tonight" as he touched me again!!.. i said "OK".. then jay asked if i could take a picture with him, which i did, which i'll post soon.. he was all sweaty and his shirt was falling on me, and he apoligized, and he had his arm around me.. and wow. it was just heaven. i still can't believe i met him. i never thought it would happen, but now i know dreams come true!
at the show that night he was VERY DRUNK. more drunk than i have ever seen him.. he didn't give us the picks, but i'm sure he forgot.. i didn't really expect him to remember anyway.. but even better was during everyday he looked at me during "what you got lay it down on me.. what you got lay it down on me.." which is 20 seconds long (i timed it) and sang that WHOLE verse to me with a sexy look.. oh man was it great. he also smiled at me after where are you going. best day of my life thus far!!
just wanted to share that with you guys and i'll make another post soon!