Whew. We had a crazy, crazy weekend.

As I mentioned, my parents were up visiting and that is always an adventure. We had the Eric Clapton concert at the Tweeter Center (Great Woods for you New England folks who remember the “real name”) on Saturday night. It was a ton of fun- we had a great time singing and dancing along. He puts on an awesome show- it is always fun to go see people when you know most of their songs… he did do some new stuff too. My brother was on cloud nine because he is a huge E.C. fan and has never gotten to see him before. It was so nice of my parents to get us all tickets- $$$ eek! My mom went nuts dancing with everyone- it was great to see her enjoying herself. She even made Casey dance! go mom!

The only thing that pissed me off was that this lady next to me told me to shush when I was asking Casey a question. Gah! I didn’t complain when she was smoking a joint 5 minutes before that. Whatever. (You can see her in the picture with Casey and his mom below…)

We got to the Tweeter Center a bit early so we could eat and relax a little while before the show. Lots of other people had the same idea. I have never seen tailgating like that before! People had full-size grills that they pulled out of their cars, tables, chairs, etc.. It was unreal. We felt like sissies with our subs and chips.. heh.

Here is my mom, dad, Kyle, Casey and I just after we scarfed down our subs:

We found our seats and settled in and we heard a screeching behind us- Casey’s mom was at the show also and had somehow managed to spot us in the crowd! She had been um… celebrating quite a bit on the way down from NH because it was her birthday and they hired a limo to drive them down. (good idea!) She came over to say hello a few times and was hugging Casey. The couple behind us was making weird faces so I turned around after she had left and told them that it was her birthday… etc. They laughed and said that they were wondering to themselves why I let that lady come and hang all over my man. They had no idea she was his mom. hah

Here is a cute shot of Casey and Paula: (You can see the bitch in the blue shirt next to Paula- grrr.)

and one of Casey and I: (What is he looking at?! I dunno…)

and my Dad gets restless sitting down for a long time so he kept fetching us beers! Wee!! $8 a pop! What?! (ahh… but they had Red Hook- not just crap beer. yay!)

I mentioned the pot smoking briefly before, but it was so out of control! I know it shouldn’t have been such a surprise to me, it being an Clapton show, but I couldn’t believe how many people were lighting up. At one point, there were the mean ladies next to us smoking, the guys behind us and a guy in front of us too. I can’t believe we didn’t get high just sitting there. And the Tweeter Ctr. folks didn’t do anything! They were more concerned about people’s cameras… It was odd. Didn’t really bother me at all but it was just a bit strange seeing all these older folks smoking the doobies. hehe

Then (as if this is not the longest post ever already…) on Sunday, we went up to visit Casey’s family for the 4th. Lots of food was eaten and Red Hook was drunk. (Casey’s cousin, Jed, works there.) It was cool for my family to hang out with his for a little while- the last time they were together was for our college graduation in 2000.

After that, we drove back to the Boston area and went into the city to see the fireworks. It was insane! I always forget how many people pack into the city until I actually get in there. We got in there sorta late so we couldn’t even get near the Hatch Shell, where the Boston Pops perform, etc. We had a pretty crappy view of the fireworks but we made the best of it.

The real excitement started when we were trying to make our way home. My mom took one look at the mob of people in front of the Charles T station and freaked out. (She has been having some claustrophobia issues all of a sudden.) So we decided to walk across the bridge into Cambridge to see if it was less crowded at the Kendall station. That turned out to be a beautiful walk across the Charles River, with all of the lights from the city and the boat in the harbor. It was lovely. Too bad my father was struggling by the time we made it into Cambridge… he has a problem with his foot and can’t walk too far. My brother ended up walking to Central Square to get a cab with my mom and Erica (T stations still crowded) and my dad, Casey and I got on the T at Kendall. What a mess. Sigh. We did our best anyway and everyone ended up home safely.

Well, I am exhausted and am going to tuck into bed with my boy and a book before it gets too late! Hope this post wasn’t too long! Short and sweet tomorrow, I promise.

Night!

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