PumpkinSeed
headin out to a CONCERT! YEAH!
Just got back from my first Inter-Varsity event...
Gonna see Paul Baloche!
AND SARA GROVES!!!
oh yeah - and 3 other famous singer people...Don Sumthin, and 2 other cats.
but whatever...I'm tired....everyone I called (the last minute) who I thought might be interested....wasn't interested enough, and my bro didn't wanna go cuz of one lil factor: We don't know what time the Concert is, and dont know how to find out (no one answers the phone @ the location, and Paul & Sara's websites don't say)
My arguement is I assume most concerts start 7-8:30pm, so just aim to get there ASAP
So off I go....ALONE (surprise)
did I mention...I had only $4 cash, and I dont know if they accept Credit Cards, or bad checks? Also failed to mention I forgot my cassette recorder, and that it's about a 2 hour drive, and I've had minimal sleep the past few days.
my mum voiced how she didn't want me to go alone....the dangers of the road!! eek! ..and my bro insisted I drink the energy drink before leaving home, and before leaving for home, so I might stay awake on the road.
so let's see....the driving directions say to take the parkway, and make all these turns....but lookie here...Spackenkill Rd in Poughkeepsie, NY is right off of Rt9! Why don't I just take Rt 9 from Jerze Citi all the way up? that sounds simple!
heh heh
After about 12 minutes, I bypass the traffic going to the holland tunnel, & I manage onto Rt 1&9 YAY!
VROOM! :speeddeamon:
ok- that lasted all of like 1 mile.
Rt 1&9 I discover, is not a highway....nor a speedway by any means.
after some miles, and MUCH slowness, I decide to look at my map....hmm- this could take a while.
so decide to ask a few people for some directions and opinions...so off I go to Rt4 west to get onto either 17 or the Parkway North....
realize I may not have enough $ to pay the tolls on the parkway...checking the ashtray for coins...
oops - forgot about the construction on Rt.4West. After...much stopping, I decide to hop the nearest exit...oh look - I'm back near FDU!
...got to thinking of some missed friends... sighlets see...how do I wiggle through Hacky Sack to get to Rt 17 or Parkway?
Many twists, and turns, and asking directions, and stops later...I manage onto Rt 17! PHEW!
Goin south instead of north....some turns later...i find myself doin some illigal U-turn 1 town south of hackensack so I can hop on 17N....and the phone rings.
Oh hi, mum!...what? oh - dad doesn't want his car being taken to the concert?...ok- wish I knew that sooner..
....perhaps I shoulda asked? (U can guess why I didn't)
eh - so 2 hours, and 17 minutes after pullin out, I'm about a 25 minutes away from home, doing some more illigal turns to find my way back south...towards home base.
and so I pull over in Rutherford to write this. (where I know I can get a WiFi Signal)
moral of the story? I'm glad I tried. I don't have to live life with wondering WHAT IF I had tried, and had actually got to the concert, and found a way in, and was totally blown away, and blessed, and go to meet Sara and Paul, and hang out afterward?
I'm back. I can't live my life filled with the WHAT IF's. Been a while since I went out to do sumtin that normally I tend to put up excuses why not to bother. Even while traveling, a buncha times I had to convince myslf not to turn back. I had to shut out the dream-snatchers in my head... Yeah...once again, I didn't get to my goal....but ya know, once again, I learned a lot, and next time, just maybe I'll reach my goal. I know once again, I don't have to let opportunities pass just because things aren't in my favour....
....Next time....I just may be able to give her that hug.
I love you.
Currently Listening to: Sara.G.-Cave of Adullum & Paul B.-Take My Life..
Currently Reading: Philipians 2:1-18
Currently Watching:
Currently Feeling: so much I gotta tell U!
Whadduya feelin?
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