The Kings: BRAD PAISLEY!

for those who don't know, i really like music. and there are lots of types of music that i like, a lot. i listen to a little bit of everything and my ipod collection is definitely eclectic. however, there is probably only one singer that i really ever cared to see in person (i haven't been to a concert since 1999 -- RHCP! that's Red Hot Chili Peppers!). i am a *huge* brad paisley fan because i think his music is happy, his lyrics are incredibly witty and he is an awesome singer/songwriter and can totally rock it on the guitar. if you've never heard of him....look him up :)
on thursday i got a text from my friend ryan schirato, that said he and his wife carrie had tickets to the brad paisley concert, would i like to go? OMG! yes! when's the concert? i texted back....the reply: saturday night. awwwww....that's a no go. i work every saturday night, and have for forever. well, ryan and carrie and i all work together at MCD, so ryan did his best to recruit some charge nurse coverage for me for saturday night (he was at work when he texted me). no luck :(
i called the remaining charge nurses that i knew might be able to cover saturday, or at least the first half of the shift. no luck, again! i had pretty much given up around 0430 on friday morning until one of the nurses, andrea, called me back at 0730 and said she decided she could in fact work 1/2 of my shift and would be willing to do so. after many, many thank you's i called ryan to tell him i was going with them to see brad in concert.
i went to ryan & carrie's house and we drove one car to the "superpages.com center" (horrible, horrible name) . imagine my surprise when ryan told me that not only did we have tickets -- that weren't on the lawn, remember it's been raining for a week here -- but that we have VIP passes, too! we got to go in the back entrance, and got special blue bracelets to show we were VIPs. neat! the best part, though? our seats! we were about 10 feet away from brad when he walked on the catwalk that went directly in front of the stage. i was just expecting to get to hear him sing...not actually *see* him! the whole concert was amazing, not to mention dierks bently was a guest star, and he's great in conert too! the only problem with the whole night was that i had to leave and go to work right afterwards :/
at least i went to work with a smile on my face and some songs in my heart!