When In Rome...

Ever have one of those days that just didn't quite turn out the way you had planned? When I woke up yesterday morning, I was still exhausted. I hadn't really slept well and I was still pretty worn out from the busy weekend. I thought to myself "Just get up. Get through the day... you can come home and just relax..." I had visions of CWT class after work, cooking myself a little dinner and relaxing with an episode of Law and Order. Sounds good, right? Right.



OR, you can somehow find yourself spending your night at a Dave Matthews concert at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater in Charlotte because your friend Michelle won free tickets and somehow convinced you, Matt and Mary Neil to take them and join her. And then you end up not getting in bed until 1 am. Worth it. Right?


Well, Dave was okay. The concert was okay. Coulda been the fact that we were about 6 miles away from him at the top of a hill. Coulda been the fact that for the most part, the only songs that most of us knew were the ones they played on 104.7 about 19 times a day back in 1999. Coulda been either of those... But the entertainment surrounding us couldn't have been better. Drunken, dancing hippies, without a care in the world. We kept our eyes on a few in particular that provided the most laughs throughout the night, staring in awe and amazement at the energy of these people and the total lack of embarressment on their part.


There were times we just couldn't fight it... We couldn't stop our toes from tapping. We couldn't stop our hips from swaying just a little bit from side to side...We couldn't even keep our heads from moving back and forth. And eventually, we decided that if we couldn't beat them, we must join them (if it was possible to move like that as sober as we all were)... and so we did. And I have the pictures to prove it. As always.






On the top is Mary Neil and Michelle practicing what they had learned from their hippy friends dancing down in front of us. Below, we are immitating the others' typical dance moves: I'm doing the Mary Neil, Michelle is doing the Becca and Mary Neil is doing the Michelle.



Michelle went to the bathroom. And came back with this. I'd call that an impulse buy. And then Mary, dancing her little heart out...



Me and Meesh, emulating the moves of our FAVORITE resident dancer, flower dress girl.


Me and Matt, really meaning it...


On top, Mary and Michelle feelin' it. And below that, more friend dancing immitations. Mary Neil is doing the Bill (famous kick), Matt is doing the Abe (the runner) and I'm doing the JoBeth (presenting yourself).



OH, and Dave Matthews was there, too.