Holy Crap....Madonna!

I’m not even going to start talking about how much I hate my job today… you know why? Because of my job I got free tickets to see Madonna in concert tonight! Ok, so my actual job sucks but the perks are pretty awesome.



Jordan left last night. We all hung out at LIME last night for some tacos and beer. If you like tequila it could be your new favorite place, but me, I can not partake. Just the smell makes me want to vomit. Many of us have that one liquor/beer/wine that you know does not do the body good. Sometimes it used to, but it only takes one huge instance to make that go right out the window! I had a tequila night… shot after shot with other drinks mixed in there… I think it was the only time in my college career that I used the Pennsylvania safe ride system (you can have the bartender call you a cab and they take you home for free, you just tip them…). After that, I just can’t do tequila anymore. For one of my friends it’s Coor’s Light. That used to be our beer! Now it makes her sick. Se la vie, what can ya do?



So yes, I get to see Madonna tonight. I didn’t get tickets because they were pretty expensive, but for free?!? OH YEAH!! I’m trying to rack up as many of these old guys before they stop touring!! You know she’s gotta be on her last leg. I heard that she kept the crowd waiting until 9:30 before she even went on stage (the concert was supposed to start at 8 and I don’t think she has an opener…. Why would she? She’s Madonna!) Don’t worry my fair friends, I will try and take some pictures and post them in the next couple days.



If you read my year in review you’ve seen that I have quite the concert resume building. This will certainly add to that. Now if only I could get ACDC tickets for free too… They are $100 for every seat, how weird is that? You could be in the first row or the last…$100 please! Seriously, I think that’s weird.



So I haven’t done cheers and jeers for a while, so here we go:



WINNERS

Cheers of the week goes to… KIMBERLY! If you don’t know why, you need to read my weekend review post.

Jeers of the week goes to… the COLD! I know I can’t do anything about it, but damn, the fall weather has been so nice!



RUNNERS UP

Cheers to wearing my Uggs again. I know I don’t like the cold, but I do love my ugly Uggs.

Jeers to the guy who pushed Anderson (from the Nuggets) down which gave him a broken rib.. and Anderson didn’t even get the foul!! Get well soon.

Jeers to my roommates using my special Av’s pint glass because they don’t understand the concept of washing dishes. I had it in my pasta cupboard for a reason… so you don’t use it!!

Cheers to Mario Kart. Best. Investment. Ever.

Cheers to knowing I’m going home for the holidays! I can’t wait to see Amy and I’ve already talked to Paul about meeting at “our spot” and I’m pretty excited to see both of them.

Cheers to getting my life back together. It’s a long road… but I gotta do it.



What are your cheers and jeers of the week?

How you have a 5 day weekend...

Weekend Rewind

Welcome to Monday where the kids go back to school and you go back to hell… er… I mean work.



My weekend started Wednesday night. I was pretty tired after work so I went home, laid down and was relaxing when Ben called and told me to go get Kimberly (who just go into town) and come down to Micha’s bar and hang out with him and Jordan and Travis. Ok… So I called Kimberly and took a shower (not at the same time of course) and started my hour+ drive from home to Arvada to south Denver. When we finally got there we were just in time to take a few shots and then head down town to Earl’s and meet up with some other ship people. At this count we have Me, Kimberly, Ben, Micha, Jordan and Travis from the ship together… you already know this is going to get bad. At Earl’s we meet up with 3 other girls who were on the ship (who I never knew) and Brian. This now adds up to 10 ship people all together drinking… help us all. So far I’ve had 3 shots. After leaving Earls I’ve had an additional cosmo, mixed misc. drink, and a glass of champagne. We head over to The Front Porch which was packed so we went across the street to 5degress where I tacked on a beer, a Captain and coke and a plain rum and coke… oh yeah, and I haven’t eaten since 4 in the afternoon. It’s now about midnight. Yay me. At some point I didn’t know where everyone was so I went outside to see if they were smoking. Nope, they weren’t so I go to head back inside and the bouncers wouldn’t let me back in!! I can only imagine it was because I was VERY visibly intoxicated. Next thing I remember is sitting on the sidewalk against a brick pillar of some sort leaning to the side and puking my guts out. I also remember thinking “if I open my eyes I am going to die”. Somehow we got into a cab and went home… WAIT… My car is still downtown!! SHIT! Well that was taken care of for me, Kimberly turned into the DD and took care of my car and all misc. drunk people for me. Ben remembered not only to set the alarm for me, but that I had to work the opening shift instead of my regular shift. There was no denying I had a wicked hangover from anyone at work. Kimberly brought me my car in the afternoon and I hugged her and told her thank you many many times in the parking lot. What a great friend!!



Whew… so that was Wednesday…

Thursday I went to the Av’s game with Steph and had a great time but did NO drinking!! I had some lemonade and a terrible pretzel and the Av’s lost pretty bad.

Friday was pretty awesome. I left work and went to Ben’s to meet him and Jordan. We hopped on the Light Rail and went to Pat’s for some wings and happy hour drinks (yes, after getting hammered on Thursday I was back at it by Friday). Yum, wings and Tastekakes!! We had tickets to the Nuggets game so around 8 (it was an 8:30) game, we went over to the Pepsi Center for the game. It was Chauncy Billips’ first game back in Denver as a Nugget so the place was alive with excitement for our hometown hero’s return! I went to the Altitude store and bought a big foam Nuggets paw to wave during the game. I sat next to Thomas and Casper, his friend, Ben and Jordan sat behind me. I was, of course, ready the whole time for the picking of the Price Is Right contestant of the game. For those of you unfamiliar with the Price Is Right game at the Pepsi Center quick explanation: during the first half (or first period for hockey) they say “who wants to be on the Price is Right? Show us your King Soopers club card and you could be our next contestant!” Then you have to jump up and down waving your card and if they put you on the jumbotron (spell check doesn’t know the word jumbotron??) and flash “WINNER” under you then you get to play! So then they take you to the top of the section you are in and you get to play high low for a $100 King Sooper’s gift card. Well, when they asked to see the club cards I jumped up and waved my card and my big foam paw like my life depended on it… and you know what… I got picked!! My dream was coming true, but then again, I had to actually play the game while on the jumbotron in order to win the gift card!! I was really nervous for some reason, probably because I didn’t want to be the idiot that can’t win high low. Well, not to worry, I got through and WON!!! I was so excited I hopped up and down all the way to my seat! To add even more excitement, the game was super close but we were nailing the free throws and came out to win in the end! GO NUGGETS!!! After the game we went to the bar and drank until they closed and we had the lights turned up on us.

Saturday morning I had to go to work for our workshop but it was really interesting and I had a good time. After taking a quick nap I went over to Ben’s to watch some college football with him and Jordan. Jordan wanted fried chicken so we went to the only place we would take someone who wants fried chicken, Rocky Mountain Diner. They have the best chicken and gravy and mashed potatoes in the whole world!!! NOMS! Once we got home it was a night of Mario Kart and Lethal Weapon. Bed was much needed that night.

Yesterday we took Jordan to ESPN Zone downtown to watch football all day. We got there at 10am and that’s when the drinking started. I paced myself because 1) It was 10am… hello! 2) If I was going to be drinking all day I needed to keep it slow, and 3) I can’t afford to drink for that long strait!! I got really tired and cranky around 2 ish and decided to go home. I went to bed around 4 and woke up at 730 feeling like shit. There’s a sickness going around work and I got it. I was feverish all night and I think I finally fell back to sleep around 11pm after tossing and turning and putting the covers on, taking them off, pulling them on, throwing them off…. Etc….

Today…well today, back to the grind for me. I’m tired and achy but I’m still going out tonight to see Kimberly before she leaves to go back home. We are just going to grab some sushi and a drink or two and call it a night, I just can’t get wasted on a Monday… not this week anyway!!



So that’s that. I know this was long but it was a pretty interesting last couple of days and thought I would share.



PEACE!