he's like a Wal-Mart version of you

Just bought my ticket to see these three bands:

Say Anything

Saves the Day

Motion City Soundtrack

I bought a ticket for my friend to tag along as a birthday present, so I can introduce her to some new tunes.  She went to the Paramore/Tegan&Sara/New Found Glory concert with me and is a fan of rock, so I'm sure she will like them.  I mean what's not to love?  I'm excited because I've never heard Saves the Day live and the Say Anything/Motion City boys always make me happy. I don't think I've missed a MCS concert in Cincinnati ever since I became a fan, even though I'm 25 and starting to feel out of place at shows.  I just hide out near the back with the old folks. 

And thanks to my mom generously donating her money to the casino, we are going on a semi-free cruise some time in the next year.  We'll have to pay to fly down to the port and some fees, but essentially the cruise itself is free; mostly because they expect that we'll be donating a lot of money to the casino on the ship.  My mom knows me well and responded to this assumption with "I'll donate enough for the both of us."  Gambling is not my cup of tea.  I'm looking forward to taking a vacation with just my mom and having quality girl time.  Plus, I have never been on a cruise before.

Kind of ironic that the past 3 weeks my church has been talking about the importance of playing and experiencing joy in our lives.  And in fact there are parts of God that we will not come to know unless we are in the midst of joy.  So here I am very amped about things to come that will indeed bring me joy!