Whew - Did we make it through the holidays?
It's amazing how fast time goes. How you think that you are going to work all year at getting organized so that when the holidays roll around, you won't be overwhelmed. How you tell yourself that no matter what, you are going to enjoy every day. Then reality hits, Thanksgiving is here, and then every day leading up to Christmas has something scheduled. And then you wake up one day and it's the first day of a new year.
This morning when I woke up I had this feeling that I could sit on the couch all day and catch up and not feel the least bit guilty. Of course, I woke up this morning with my "to do" list in my mind. Today's list included putting dinner in the crockpot, finishing my book, finishing my Project 366 photo edits, posting my elliptical exerciser machine on the local online yard sale page, watching the Rose Bowl game, and catching up on my blogging.
I have so much to share with you. Like I said, we have been busy. I am going to focus the next few blog posts on catching you up on my 40 x 40 list. In all the madness and craziness of our life recently, I have managed to cross a few things off my list. Let's start with this one.
I am a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. I can remember when I got the Born in the USA cassette tape. (Yes, I said cassette tape!) Released in June of 1984, I would have been 11. I remember staying with my grandma and I had a boom box in my bedroom there. I spent so much time in that room listening to the tape. After song 6, "I'm on Fire", I would have to manually flip the tape over to play side two. Awww, those were the days. This was also back in the days when Mtv actually played music videos. Who doesn't remember Bruce pointing down to a young Courtney Cox in the front row of his concert and pulling her up on stage to dance with him during "Dancing in the Dark". This would be the extent of my exposure to Bruce for a while.
Flash forward to over 20 years later. In 2008, I bought a car that had satellite radio. I discovered E Street Radio, and rediscovered my love of Bruce. I love a song that tells a story, and that is what Bruce's music is about.
While doing some research for a fundraiser at work, I found out that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were coming to Portland. My heart stopped for a brief moment. I knew that I had limited time to make a decision about getting tickets. It would require taking a couple of days off work and making an extra trip to Portland right after Thanksgiving. I got home that night and discussed it with Scott. He wasn't as excited as I was, but he was interested. I logged on to look at the tickets. In the few hours since I had looked at work, the availability of tickets decreased dramatically. I didn't have any more time to think about it. I impulsively purchased two tickets. Almost two months would go by before the actual concert.
It was a cold night in Portland (notice the red nose), but the rain held off long enough for us to make it back to Albany after the concert.
We got to the Rose Garden early to ensure a spot in the parking garage. This also gave us time to eat dinner at the Pyramid Brewery at the Rose Garden.
We found our seats early. I was not going to miss a thing! Yes, we were the first people seated in our section.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came out intending to put on a great show. They did not disappoint!!! I won't even begin to summarize the concert. I will leave that up to Steve Hannah, official blogger for the tour: http://brucespringsteen.net/news/2012/notes-from-the-road-portland-or
Bruce and the band played for over three hours. We could have easily stayed for another three. We had so much fun! I think I just might have converted Scott to being a Springsteen fan.
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