PART FIVE
Ok It is now about 10 minutes before 6PM and I call Ticketmaster just for the fun of it. Ok the lady on the phone says that they stopped selling the tickets at 4PM. I could go to the box office because what see had might not be what they would still have. I ask her what she had. Floor 2 Row 2. OH My I have to get down there ASAP! I fly downstairs and catch a cab. Thankfully I was only 3 blocks from the arena. I am running though to get to the box office. I can hear the Six Million Dollar Man theme in my head as I am running to the window. I get there and nobody is there. I ask the clerk what is available and that ticket was GONE!! The best seat available was FLOOR 2 ROW 1 SEAT 12!!!! I am going nuts!! I was all confused. I hope that I can use my CC. Yep I can!! I got it and I stared at it. Oh My I can’t believe it. Now, I have to head back to the hotel and get ready for the show. I got on the cab from HELL. He had no clue where he was going. I was getting very aggravated. I finally got back and just paid him for the 3 block rate. I never got ready so fast. I had my black Stevie- esque shirt and my flowered skirt that I put on. I cannot even believe it!! I had been saying that I was going to get front row in LA right after the dates were announced. I could not even get that in Worcester, Ma. I wanted to get there in time before they all rushed the stage.
I go there right though the VIP entrance. I go through security and the lady says WOW this is a heavy purse. I say yes I have change in it. She looks at me like I have 8 heads. OK well, I get in with my 80 ton purse. LOL Yep I always get stopped at the airport with that bag. I can’t wait to get to my seat. My heart is pounding like crazy. There I was walking to my seat in the front row. WOW. A dream comes true!! My seat was right in front of Stevie!! Ok here is the weird part. I did not want to be in front of her. I wanted to be in front of LINDSEY!!! I am so nervous because I wanted a spot in front of him. I as soon as the lights dimmed I got up in front of the stage. I did want to be in the area where he comes down to let people play his guitar. I did not want to touch it OR him so I stood right in front of him between the monitors. I hear the crickets and that’s it I am going nuts! Again I will just point out highlights. I noticed that Micks drum had what looked like a cartoon of Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil on the front of it.
When the lights hit Stevie’s dress a certain way I could see through it. LOL Just her tights. There was a girl 2 over to the left of me. She was not shy and was making eye contact and waving her hands in front of Lindsey. I was so mad at myself because I cannot do that. When Stevie did her Say You Will dance I still could not do it in front of her. I was not right in front of her but still. I am too shy.
OK I am not shy when I hear Come. Sorry! I was one step away from doing a striptease. I am so glad that Stevie is not on the stage for that. I am also glad that Lindsey closes his eyes for that song because I would hide under my seat. Just too embarrassing.
Ok the really weird thing about where I was standing was the sound. It sounded like Lindsey was singing in my ear and Stevie sounded like she was on the other side of the arena. It was a wild experience.
Oh then it happened. This will be something that I will never ever forget. It was before Landslide. Lindsey moved over to be closer to Stevie. It all happened so fast. Well, he looked over and saw me and then his face just lights up and then he points to me. I think he said Hey. He looked as if to say WOW you are here AGAIN and NOW you are in the FRONT!!! Even Stevie kind of looked and smiled. I really think that she had no clue. I just was like in shock that he pointed me right out. I put my hand over my chest and had the look that I will describe like this. Do you know when there is a show like the Oscars and they have all 5 of the nominees all on the same screen before they announce the winner? Well at that moment the winner finds out she just has this look of all of these emotions and kind of gasps and puts her hand up to her chest or face. Well, that was me and everyone near me turned to look at me. They had this kind of like WOW look on their face. I never felt so great!! It was worth the whole trip. I had an ear to ear smile on my face the rest of the show.
I do remember that during Tusk Lindsey and Stevie did that swing dance for a longer time. They looked like 2 school kids at play,
Well, after Go Your Own Way nobody near me had anything to have him sign so he kind of just left after touching a few hands way on the right side of me. I was not too happy.
I will get it after Goodbye Baby. Well after that song there were a vocal bunch of people to my left with what looked like voodoo dolls. He picked them up and said thanks. Then he starts to leave and I yell Lindsey and he looks down at the ticket and signs it. Now, I guess that I was supposed to hold the ticket for him as he signed it but dumb a$$ that I am did not hold it correctly. Well, he looks at it and kinds of makes a face and says “ohh that’s not good”. “ Oh well at least you got it.” I wanted to say well I have about 10 more that you could try. LOL No I am not rude and would never say that. The only part that I was disappointment about was the fact that when he signed it he did not look at me.
Well, Lindsey I am sure that I will see you again and I will bring an article or picture that is more exciting then a stupid ticket.
After the show I met a nice lady and we started taking. I tell her that I am from RI and she asks my name and I tell her. She says yes you are from the Ledge. So I met an anonymous Ledgie.
I was really thirsty after the show. I was disappointed that the concessions were closed. I asked an employee if anything was open. I told her that I just needed water. She asked me if I had a dollar and she got it from the employee vending machine. That was nice of her to do. I walked around outside of the arena for a while. This long haired blonde guy is walking toward with his arms outstretched. I am thinking to myself Do I know him? He says to me “What no hugs today”? I just look at him and shake my head. Then he walks away and says “oh chicken’, The sad thing was that he was kind of cute. I was tired and I just went back to my hotel and to bed.
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