I mentioned in my last post that I had a couple of things to do this weekend and they, unfortunately, required waiting in line to get seat assignments.  I wasn't wrong.

Saturday was the final, regular monthly, Thrilling Adventure Hour performance.  I got my ticket months ago and was excited!  Since parking in my neighborhood is so awful, I took the bus up to Largo.  I'm sure I looked odd hauling my chair, umbrella and backpack, but whatever.  I got up there around 12:30pm and I was right, I wasn't the first person in line.  There were about six people ahead of me and a few more turned up right after I got there.

So I set-up my chair, pull out my "line book" and settle in and read.  It was a nice day, so I didn't need to pull out my umbrella yet....or so I thought.  My friends got there about three or four hours later.  They don't assign seats until 6pm, so it was still a wait.  I told the guy behind me that I was going to have four people join me and he was cool with it.

Fast forward to 5:00-5:30 and all of a sudden there is about 15 people who cut in line in front of me, apparently most don't have tickets (it was sold-out).  This means that they got better seats than the people who already had seats that happened to be behind them.  Including me. I wasn't angry as we got 2nd row and I prefer that row to the front row. I always get a neck ache in the front row. Last time I got front row was Eddie Izzard about a month or two ago. My neck was sore for days!

Len Wein was there. I let him cut in front of me in line (because I'm nice) and he didn't recognize me. I swear,  I've met him at least six times. I feel bad for him though. He's been sick. Plus he's very nice each and every time we meet.

The show was amazing. Emotional and packed with guest stars.  I am so fortunate to have been able to be there.

I got home around midnight.  I had to get back to Largo the next day to wait in line for my seat assignments for Neil Finn (again, a sold-out show) so I went directly to bed.

Turns out that a friend of mine from San Francisco was getting into town early and was going straight to a Largo to get in line. He got there about 8:30am AND WASN'T THE FIRST IN LINE!!!  Now comes my rant.... Getting in line that early ruins it for me.  Ticket assignments (as I have said) aren't until 6pm.  Fuck that, I'm not going up that early.  I've already wasted too much time standing in lines.  Then I get a text from a friend that I got a ticket for around 10:30 or something and she wants to let me know that she doesn't feel well and us going to take something and then lie down and rest and oh, by the way, "are you in line yet?".  I responded "nope". I guess her friend texted her and said there were 10 people in line.  Whatever! Again, fuck that! My friend was picking me up, and I didn't expect her until 3:30. We got up there and I set-up my chair at the end of the line (if you value your life, you DO NOT jump a Neil Finn line).  There were about 25 people ahead of me. No problem! I still got my seats in the second row.

I was exhausted from being out in the sun for too long over two days.  My eyes feel like they have sand in them. BAH!

The Neil Finn show was amazing.  Again, I am so fortunate to have been able to go.  I haven't been in the position financially to go to his shows for a couple of years, so I was excited to be back on the scene.  I saw so many friends that I haven't connected with for a few years. It was awesome.

There is another show tonight, but I knew that getting there after being at work all day would suck. Plus, I'd get a shitty seat assignment if I got there after 6pm.  I have a great show to think about, so I'm good.

On the downside, Saturdays moment in the sun resulted in a sunburn on my right arm and forearm (up to the shoulder as I was wearing a sleeveless dress) and the inside portion of my left arm., which was the part of my arm facing the sun while I was reading my book. I'm REALLY pale, so I burn easily and I'm still red and it still hurts.  It looks so stupid. Now I have to wear long sleeves until it fades.

Anyway, no worries! I'm still trying to catch-up on my lost sleep and recuperate from being in the sun from the weekend, so laying around watching tv is about the most fun I can handle today.  I'm so glad that I have no plans for this weekend. I'm sorely in need of going grocery shopping and cat supply shopping. Not to mention that I have at least one load of laundry to do (fingers-crossed no floods!).