So much for one blog to cover the week... Once I start writing the memories (good, bad and mostly funny) come flooding back so I need to break them up so that my blog doesn't turn into a novel... Friday I had off and that wasn't a bad thing... I called the company and asked how come I was only scheduled 9am-1pm on Saturday? It really wasn't worth the commute for four measly hours... They checked and said the info I received was incorrect---I was scheduled 9am til 1am Sunday morning!! So I spent Friday puttering around the house, making food for the sixteen hour day coming and getting a ton of sleep...
So much sleep that I woke up Saturday morning in a panic that I was late... in the shower, shaved, dressed, grabbed my lunch box (glad I kept that Jets mini-cooler) and out the door to Dunkin' Donuts and down the rode I go... all without looking at the clock! It was only 7 am and I arrived there an hour early!! (what a dumbass). So, I tell them I'm here and they sign me up at 8 and off to the booth I go... but today I work the booth and roamed the lines collecting tickets and putting on wrist bands and flirting with the women (have to pass the time somehow, right?). Got some interesting proposals and had some interesting conversations on the line (will not elaborate--trying to keep my PG-13 rating)... Let's just say that I had some serious fun working with the customers... By the time I looked at my watch it was 3 pm and the line had no end in sight... I went back into the booth to relieve my Canadian friend and cranked the AC to "frozen pizza" and ate lunch while making change and giving out wrist bands... around 7 pm my legs started aching so I ran around the lines to keep them busy and it seemed to help... The line finally slowed at 9pm (even though it was the last day, they were still coming) and they closed the booth at 10...(Great, they send me home right? WRONG)... I have to stay and keep people out who don't have camping passes and wrist bands... Meanwhile the temperature has dropped 40 degrees and it's freezing... So I set the booth on "tropical" and me and Larry (the other guard with me) took turns defrosting in the booth. Finally at midnight one of the overnight guards arrives and the lead guy signs me out and I am done... 16 hours... what a freakin' day!
Country Thunder has come and gone and I didn't hear one note or see one band perform...(I did see Alan Jackson's tour bus leaving the grounds, Woo Hoo!). I have breathed in and digested enough dust and dirt to start a small farm... I have met more characters and heard more stories than I can possibly relate on these pages... I have the heat blasting and the windows open and heavy metal band Disturbed cranking on the stereo to keep me awake as I abandon Florence Arizona for the last time... I made it home safely... Sunday was spent with my feet up and not much else... I was exhausted and I think I'm catching something again. Monday is opening day of baseball season and Tuesday the cable guy is coming to install DirectTV... I will continue to blog today so you'll have plenty to read for the Easter holiday and beyond... "Will work for greens fees" is taking some time off this upcoming week to recover...
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