Blogger's Day 'With' Clay

A bunch of Claymate bloggers had a 'day with Clay Aiken' at the Essex Junction, VT concert and they write about it on their blog. Also includes some great pics from the M&G.

My Summer Tour with Clay...sorta

Ok. So it really wasn't with Clay but it was close enough. AND BOY WAS IT GREAT FUN. And it hardly cost me any money at all. Ok. Another lie.

So I was planning on going to the Indianapolis & Cleveland concerts. Then the email arrived on Thursday August 11th. YOU HAVE WON A MEET & GREET IN TOLEDO. I was like holy cow - where is Toledo? Is this joke? I have no tickets! AHHHH! How far is? Do I fly? Do I drive? My brakes need to be fixed! AHHHH! This was amplified my like 10 because we had hit our favorite martini bar for happy hour and had just walked in. Being a compulsive email checker I also check my email under the influence. THANK GOD, you know!?

You had to respond to the email: Yes I will attend the meet & greet or No I will not attend the meet & greet. I think I screamed at the computer, WHO WOULDN'T ATTEND A MEET & GREET??? My dear husband Brad had to help me respond to the email as I couldn't seem to respond as my fingers had turned to Jello.

My next thought was when is this concert in Toledo? I consult the concert schedule that I had handily placed on my desk, for quick reference. It was Tuesday, August 16th! Quick like bunnies Brad springs to action and gets me two tickets on eBay that are to be FedEx'ed and arrive Monday. Then I thought about my job. I was already going to be off work that Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for Indy, then Wednesday and Thursday of the following week for Cleveland. We devised 4 different travel plans to get to Toledo and nixed three of them. I would drive Monday after work to my aunt's house in Indianapolis (4 hours) then the next morning get up and drive the 4 hours to Toledo. Well, needless to say I got lost. But look where I ended up:

All corn, then this!

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