Oh my goodness, that sounds so awful. *hugs* I'm so sorry! Sometimes you wonder who plans these things, putting concerts that popular in places with only one road. Do they expect music fans to camp in front of the venue the day before? (Wait, they probably do.)
It was pretty awful. *hugs back* And I generally like to find the humor even in utter badness--and I'm pretty damned good at it too--but Bobby plays Jimmy Buffett all of the time in the car, and as soon as I hear the first bar of the first song on the CD, I still get a hurt/angry pang. Booo.
Buffett fans usually do tailgate before a show, in fact. :) So I suppose that they would say that the true "parrotheads" (the slang for Buffett fans) would have been there hours early, out grilling in the parking lot. But yeah, some of us had to work and had just bought a house and annoying stuff like that. ;)
I do hope so! We've already told it about twenty times already because everyone insists on asking, "How was the concert??" It does make a good story, even if I can't see the humor in it quite yet.
*hugs* I already told you, but the patience Fëanorian message made me feel like an utter fangurl of them ;) Good job girl, if I'd knew it stressed you out so much, I'd insisted more on helping you.
You know, just think of this, the coming time you can relax, enjoy your beautiful new home and let nature do its work to give you a serene environment. Its time to reap now.
As for the concert and knowing that something you so wanted to do was just in reach... I know that feeling... the knot in your stomach, tears threatening to fall and then you just snap.
I just gave Nelyo a knapsack with goodies to make you relax and I told him not to go into that - filthy (air polluted) city as he puts it - again, but to seek you in the country side. *huggles*
Nelyo arrived. ;) He's good at dustmopping dog hair and painting rooms, I've learned! :^D
Thank you, Rhapsy, always for your kind words. Seven in '07 wasn't too bad for me; I really did enjoy it and was beyond grateful for you, Sirielle, Oshun, Tarion, and my sister during that time. (Did you read the acknowledgments page, I hope? :) It was definitely one of those times where I thought, we aren't as big and well-known as some of the other Tolkien archives, but we have such a great group. I'm grateful for you all. :)
Poor, baby. I have nightmares that repeat a very similar experience. They invovle being caught in gridlock traffic coming from Cuenevaca, Mexico back into Mexico City on Sunday night! Bumper-to-bumper Sunday-evening traffic, the two-hour drive could become a six-hour drive and, although I always swore each time was the last, the idea of staying until Sunday night (instead of leaving mid-afternoon) was always too appealing. (I still have the dream occasionally when particularly stressed although the original experiences are long past.)
There always seems to be karma involved in these things too--in retrospect the prequel (the oh-it-will-only-take-two-hours element and your exhaustion going into the whole episode!) always seems essential to the outcome of the whole thing. There is fate and foreshadowing in this scary tale as well. I knew the ending as soon as I started reading it!
I suppose my ways as a writer reflect in my journal as well. ;) People have told me that I have an interesting life, based on reading my LiveJournal. I insist it's really not. It's just the ordinary crap that happens to us all with a bit of sarcasm and melodrama tossed in. ;)
Yikes, I understand that kind of drive. Sounds like coming back from Ocean City to Baltimore on a Sunday night. Oh, but it's hard to leave early in the afternoon, when it's proper, to avoid traffic coming across the Bay Bridge!
That sounds like a thoroughly crappy night. If it's any help, you made my own not-so-fun day yesterday seem a little less bad. ;-) Weird how the human mind works....
But really, I just wanted to comment to say I hope you have relaxed, and that I think breaking down and crying after weeks of moving + fandom + a night of traffic crap is a completely normal reaction. I've cried over less.
And I'm really, really sorry you missed the concert. You deserved it.
Thanks, Marta, always for your kind words. :) Believe me, I've cried over less too! I cry over stories and people who don't really exist all the time *ahem* ;) But then, in real life, I'm proud when I don't cry. Like when a guy T-boned my car on my way back from skating class last year and fled the scene, and I shed not one tear. Though I wanted to!
But yes, things are better now. :) We have a house in a semblance of order; it's clean and the essential things have been put away at least. And there's nothing wrong with being able to sit in my big backyard and listen to the wind in the trees and the windchimes (and yelling occasionally at Alex for digging in the gardens) ... no complaints there. :)
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Buffett fans usually do tailgate before a show, in fact. :) So I suppose that they would say that the true "parrotheads" (the slang for Buffett fans) would have been there hours early, out grilling in the parking lot. But yeah, some of us had to work and had just bought a house and annoying stuff like that. ;)
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On the other hand, in years to come, you'll get a lot more mileage out of the story than you ever would have gotten from the concert.
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You know, just think of this, the coming time you can relax, enjoy your beautiful new home and let nature do its work to give you a serene environment. Its time to reap now.
As for the concert and knowing that something you so wanted to do was just in reach... I know that feeling... the knot in your stomach, tears threatening to fall and then you just snap.
I just gave Nelyo a knapsack with goodies to make you relax and I told him not to go into that - filthy (air polluted) city as he puts it - again, but to seek you in the country side. *huggles*
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Thank you, Rhapsy, always for your kind words. Seven in '07 wasn't too bad for me; I really did enjoy it and was beyond grateful for you, Sirielle, Oshun, Tarion, and my sister during that time. (Did you read the acknowledgments page, I hope? :) It was definitely one of those times where I thought, we aren't as big and well-known as some of the other Tolkien archives, but we have such a great group. I'm grateful for you all. :)
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There always seems to be karma involved in these things too--in retrospect the prequel (the oh-it-will-only-take-two-hours element and your exhaustion going into the whole episode!) always seems essential to the outcome of the whole thing. There is fate and foreshadowing in this scary tale as well. I knew the ending as soon as I started reading it!
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Yikes, I understand that kind of drive. Sounds like coming back from Ocean City to Baltimore on a Sunday night. Oh, but it's hard to leave early in the afternoon, when it's proper, to avoid traffic coming across the Bay Bridge!
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That sounds like a thoroughly crappy night. If it's any help, you made my own not-so-fun day yesterday seem a little less bad. ;-) Weird how the human mind works....
But really, I just wanted to comment to say I hope you have relaxed, and that I think breaking down and crying after weeks of moving + fandom + a night of traffic crap is a completely normal reaction. I've cried over less.
And I'm really, really sorry you missed the concert. You deserved it.
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But yes, things are better now. :) We have a house in a semblance of order; it's clean and the essential things have been put away at least. And there's nothing wrong with being able to sit in my big backyard and listen to the wind in the trees and the windchimes (and yelling occasionally at Alex for digging in the gardens) ... no complaints there. :)
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