What a weekend!

Originally published at iam.anewlis. You can comment here or there.

The weekend was non stop leaving me (you guessed it) exhausted today! I'm to old for all this activity!

::: Friday

• worked feverishly on the MC site because i wasn't about to set foot up in that concert with out a status (should I be asked).


• picked up my boos tux ~ he chose white. interesting. lol


• found out it was my nieces prom and so the festivities had already begun in northern Cali! She looks absolutely beautiful!

::: Saturday

• Pick up corsage and bootineer. Wonder why my sons date ordered 'apricot' ribbon when their color is gold/yellow. *sigh*


• Work on website more.


• My son finally get's dressed and so - the photo's begin! (I'm the one everyone hates for constantly snap snap snappin' pix when they aren't ready LOL)


• We head over to the pick up place, but have to go rounds w/the Mr. as he is trying to figure out exactly how much Chris needs for prom, after prom, etc. *sigh*.


• We get to house one. Yep I said house one. I didn't realize we'd be traveling all around the world for this. so now I'm a lil anxious cause I got stuff to do (I know - selfish!)


• we take pix here and go to the other house, where the limo is *really* picking everyone up. all the kids were beautiful. I cant remember if we looked this grown in our day, but they sure do now. and the boys, who usually have on saggin britches and too big shirts looked great!

• hee hee - my boo. It was my other nieces prom as well (with Chris) but we don't have their pix yet. Slow pokes!


• So finally the limo takes off. I drop off papa and son and floor it. I need to pick up my sister and head roughly 80 miles to make the concert. by now it's 6:30 and the concert starts a 7. LOL


• Made excellent time (they don't call me lead foot for nothing) and get great parking.


• Get my 1+ access and 5 VIP bracelets and am told (hear record scratch here) we don't have a table. WHA? So we go in. and hit up the ladies room before proceeding to VIP (which I don't care for because if I want to watch the band on a screen, I can watch a video at home!). I notice they have names on the table and plan to make sure one doesn't have mine on it.


• Viola!

• Note to self: Don't forget to complain to the Vault 350 about their uninformed, unconcerned personnell!


• Concert was good. Not great. In fact, I can't even remember much about it except that they came out to the title track of their forthcoming CD 'eLife". I felt they were *off* the whole night. Stokley mentioned there were technical difficulties. I dunno if they were so technical. O'dell was masterful as always. The band was good as always. But my boo seemed a lil off (Stokley). And the songs all seemed kind of abbreviated. Ah well. You can't win them all I guess. And since I didn't pay, I'm not complaining! LOL


• As I had mentioned last week. I've been perturbed with them on a professional level so had no intention of trying to go back stage. Then I realized it would be rude to not at least say thank you. So we made our way back.


• As always, they made a sista blush and forget all my angst LOL. Rick, who's usually , how can I put this, preoccupied , was still preoccupied, but was at least pleasant. he asked me if I had a bottle opener. What do I look like a lush? Later for him. Jeff, who might I add, has been working out cause when he raised his arms while on stage performing, his biceps almost hit me up on the balcony - that's how huge they are LOL I think he knew they were eye candy as he kept doin' this flex move. Go head on JA!


• After generic chitter chatter, I couldn't restrain myself from asking what the heck happened to us getting together. I wish I could have recorded his response. It was akin to when Barack told the media 'look' before proceeding with his commentary, as if to say 'back off' ~ but more jovial. He aired some frustrations and said we'd discuss the following week.

• I don't know why I never noticed that Larry looks dead on like my uncle. Before he got to me, someone asked him something about the web video and he pointed me out. I tried to hide, cause quite honestly, I did not want to answer anything about the website at that moment. But it was all good.


• so i'm starving, but my girl joann had never met the band and is love w/stokley so we kinda had to stay. just when i'd had enough though, here comes his fineness. don't think there is more to be said about SW!


• We finally headed out to get our grub on.  Let me just wrap this up by saying that it was 5am when I got in the house.  And mad  I add that it was still 82 degrees outside?!  I'm too old for all this

:::Sunday

• BUT, I'm not about to miss church!  So at 7am, i drag my booty out of the  bed i pretty much had just entered. and get ret to go.


• we had a guest speaker who was phenomenal!  he had everyone convicted and in tears.


• usually i get in a nap 'tween am and pm service.  of course since i am extremely tired, that can't be the case this Sunday, now can it?  so materials need to be created for the evening service by yours truly.  *sigh*.  AND i  had to return the tux.  *smh*


• take the materials to the church, just to find out that they are needed at a different event going on at the same time about 20 minutes away.  not happy.  extremely tired.  getting grouch.


• we get there, but too late to do what needed to be done.  sigh.


• we're not done... i still needed to grocery shop!  i had planned on being in the bed at 9pm.  try 11.  :-(

So as I am sitting here - typing all this out and getting pissed cause my computer is extremely slow right now AND I should be doing work, not blogging.  I'm getting grouchy.  Need lunch.  and definitely need sleep.  can't do anything about the latter. So.  I guess it's back to work!

Forgive the typos... you know why! LOL  There are more photos and videos on my flickr.

Funny - even after all that - this is still very much abbreviated!