More Great Big Sea!

So, I just realized I haven't really updated at all since my late night/early morning entry where I talked mostly in sentence fragments. I've managed to catch up on life here in the last week or so, which is good because I got the call earlier today telling me that my grandmother is well enough to go home... and they'll be releasing her on Friday! Yep, that means I'm hitting the road again tomorrow (aka Thursday).

On the plus side, this meant I was actually in town to go see Great Big Sea tonight! Huzzah!! Although this was probably pretty obvious by the entry I made from the concert. :-) The guys were as wonderful as ever... and I came to the realization tonight that I'm actually a fan of several groups where you can use the statement "Then they brought out the accordion and the crowd went wild!" (the other three being Oingo Boingo, They Might Be Giants and, of course, Weird Al). They did a good mixture of songs from all their albums, including the most recent one that I've only listened to once. It doesn't matter though, since their music is always peppy and energetic and it's hard not to get caught up in it... I was extremely happy that they did their cover of Slade's "Run Run Away" too. I'd never heard that one live and it was a blast!

The best part about this concert, though, was that I was able to clap and, even better, lift my arms above shoulder height! The last time we went to a Great Big Sea concert was just a few months after the car accident... my right arm was still in a sling so I couldn't use it at all and my left arm couldn't even lift as high as shoulder-height. NOT a fun way to go to a concert, in general, and GBS concerts are big on clapping above your head and fist pumping for certain songs... I really missed being part of the audience participation. I definitely got a chance to make up for it this time!!

And during the short intermission, I noticed that the very fannish looking gentleman in front of us was wearing a Consonance t-shirt! Filker!!! So we got to chatting and he was telling me I really do need to start coming to some of the local filksings (I'm on the mailing list, I just always seem to have a conflict on the nights when they happen). All in all an incredibly fun night!

headdeskheaddeskheaddesk

I wanted to be on the road by 10:00 this morning... it's 11:30 and I finally got everything done and loaded (I figured I'd rather take my time, make sure I have everything I need and just drive a little later in the day). I was about to hop in the car to pull out when I noticed that my front driver's side tire was flat. REALLY flat.

*headdesk*

There's no way I can change it myself. My shoulders have come a long way... but not THAT far. So, I'm off to Redmond in rackham's car to pick him up and bring him back, since he carpooled in to work today, which will mean another hour delay... then however long it takes to get the tire off and fixed and back on again. I swear, I'm never getting out of here.