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... prayers, happy thoughts, good vibes - whatever. We need them. J's oldest boy has leukemia, as many of you know. Anyway, Wednesday night we noticed that he felt warm and checked his temp. At that time it was 101.3. Since then it has spiked as high as 104.
He was admitted at the children's hospital where his regular oncologist practices on Friday morning. We are three hours from home and it's just me, J and Alex. He is in good spirits and he hates having to be in the hospital, but we have to find out what is wrong. His liver enzymes are also out of whack and they are testing him for hepatitis and epstein barre. We don't know when we will get to go home.
The financial blow from this is going to be one that doesn't get resolved anytime soon. We were already on the edge and now we've both had to miss a lot of work and naturally, being away from home is really expensive.
So, please, think of Alex, and of us, and wish him better, say prayers or send us some good vibes. Please.
Thank you.
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James and I saw Chevelle at Jillian's in Louisville on Friday. Wow. Okay, I can't talk about Chevelle first, I have to start with the opening bands. We were right in front towards the left side of the stage, if you're standing on it. We only got there about 2 hours early, but there were only about 20 people in front of us in line. The first band, I don't know their name and they were local. These guys were NUTS!!!!!!! All thrashing about with their instruments and screaming and everything. It was wildly entertaining. So, during their set, the moshing and body surfing started. I have been to some decently heavy concerts before, but I have never been on the floor. When everyone started pushing at first I got really freaked out. It is a feeling that is indescribable, being sandwiched between so many people, not being able to move like that. I didn't know if I'd make it through much more. Dark New Day came out next and I have to give them props, they were awesome! Apparently they are a hodgepodge of members from other bands, including Creed. I really enjoyed their sound and their stage presence. And the moshing and body surfing got worse. By this point I wasn't scared anymore, I was just really angry and violent. The ability to concentrate on the music was dwindling because I was constantly worried about someone bashing me in the head as they passed over. Also, I tried to push backwards when the pushing started so that I wouldn't be adding to the problem, so there was that distracting me also. After a huuuuuuuuge break Chevelle finally came out. During the break people were just getting more inebriated and a whole lot more stupid. Everyone was constantly pushing to get to the front. I was yelling at people and pushing people away from me. I am pretty thankful that people seem to be afraid of my buff boyfriend because it definately helped. Had I been there with another girl, we would have lost our great spot during the first set. Chevelle was freaking awesome. There is just this aura about them that is unreal. I was really close to the bass player and he made eye contact with me several times. Unfortunately, the amazing musical experience was ruined as a body surfer passed over and I was kicked in the head right about my eye. And yes, I cried. I suppose I was so overwhelmed by everything else and that just did me in. It hurt really bad, but not bad enough that I should have cried. James thought I would want to leave after that, but nope! We did leave before the end because the crowd was becoming unbearable and we were completely covered in sweat and extremely needful of water. I would see them again in an instant, but maybe not in a club like that. today my ears love: Possum Kingdom - Toadies
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