Monday Morning - 9:24 a.m.
I�ve been trying to think of something to write about�nothing comes to mind�then I remembered that I ordered Clay tickets on Saturday. I know what you are thinking, �oh God here she goes again about Clay��but really this time it�s more than just about Clay�in fact it usually is�
It�s starts out in theory being about him but really it�s just about us having fun�forgetting that we are too old to be hooting at concerts�forgetting that we have all sorts of responsibilities�we just take off for 24 hours or 3 days�it�s like we go into a time warp or something�it�s not like your average weekend away. It�s not all grown up and mature. It�s not some geeky �girls� weekend away. We don�t talk stupid about needing time away to rejuvenate. We just go and do whatever�After we pick Mel up we are gone�really gone�even when we�re still here in our own town�it�s very strange�afterwards we wonder what it was all about�
We have all traveled great distances to foreign countries�hell all 3 of us have lived abroad and yet we are insanely excited to go to Appleton, WI on July 10th. We are pulling AmyK into our madness�I think it�s very strange that he is playing her town in the middle of WI�it must mean something - what I�m not sure. Mel will sit in the back doing various calculations and handing out food, and Lisa will be fondling the Road Atlas and taking pictures of strange, irrelevant things. I will be driving...hello! Control freak here!!
This time we will have one of the original �cast members� of the Clay Train along with us�Lisa�s daughter Anna�she went to the first concert with us�this time she is turning 13 the day after the concert. Could there be a better way to become a teenager than to go on a road trip to a concert?! We plan to show her that there is more to life than the nightmare that is Junior High�that growing up doesn�t mean becoming old and boring�we will share womanly knowledge with her�things like don�t drink more diet coke than your bladder can handle�eyes and lips are too much - pick one and go with it�feel free to scream as loud as you want - it�s a concert and you are surrounded by AssHats from Wisconsin!! And most importantly growing up doesn�t meaning growing old�she is 5 years from being 18...I�m 5 years from being 40...and we�re both goin� on a road trip to see Clay!
