Back to everyday life

I awoke this morning with no clue as to what city, time zone or hotel I was in. It took a few minutes for the fact that I was actually back at home to register. Yes, I was in my bed with my cats next to me. I arrived at a VERY ridiculous hour, (this trip has been one of constantly losing hours). I did my best to unpack as much as possible before I passed out. Woke up and had to manage to go to yet another day of work. I ended up finding it rather hard to actually concentrate on work. So many good memories. It was a day of constant giggles, which honestly isn’t too far off from everyday.

Ok, so let me try and recap some things that maybe I forgot to write down. The prize for the geekiest comment goes to me (it was an Optimus Prime comment while a semi truck passed us…imagine that). Although the prize for least morning person goes to Jo. Biggest time suck goes to South Dakota, so much to do!! I might have to go back, just for kicks. All the shows were awesome, but I think as far as performance goes, the Indianapolis show wins. Everyone just seemed to be into it. Although while we were enjoying NIN this was happening:

The adventure cookies were a great was to start off the trip. Street Sweeper has become one of my new favorite bands. I’m so glad that I was able to see them. The EPIC moment though, has to go to the Indianapolis show where Dave Navarro told Jo that he loved her!! Seriously dude…OFF. MY. WOMAN!!

This was a great trip. I learned how to play shanghai rummy in South Dakota. I was able to see my favorite band with my favorite person. I saw a VERY entertaining band up close and personal. I was able to witness the awesomeness that it Tom Morello. I learned that Jo does not like it when the gas tank goes under a 1/4 of a tank. I saw a lot of the U.S. that I had never seen before. I learned that sometimes I can be entertained for hours with puns. We ended up spending $600 on gas and $575 on tickets and driving a grand total of 3,820 miles, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. (Thankfully we didn’t have a run in with any police officers and have to pay for any other tickets.)

I have one more NINJA show to go to…but it won’t be with my Ritz so…so it won’t be the same. We’ll see if we can have more Ritz & Bean adventures and let you in on them.