So yesterday was just a normal weekend day for Robert and I, as we settle into our new lives in San Diego. Robert had some reading and research to do for a memo for law school, and I needed to get some cleaning done and run some errands. It was a productive day, and we were looking forward to going to a party that night. The family that I nanny for invited us to a promotion party for the dad, and we were pumped to go out with them, and hang out and make new friends.
Robert and I laid down for a little while in the afternoon after having a long morning of cleaning and studying, and we were trying to rest and maybe catch a few Z's. As we were laying there talking, I remembered Rascal Flatts was in San Diego and performing that night with Eli Young Band and Little Big Town. I was sad because I LOVE Rascal Flatts, but I hadn't bought the tickets before because we are trying to cut back on extra expenses. Well....we got to wondering how much tickets would be, and started looking online. JUST TO LOOK... Well.... we both got a little pumped at the possibility of going, and caved. We got a great deal on tickets that weren't too far away from the stage either. Lawn seats were an option, but we preferred to be a little closer to the action, and be more comfortable.
So, at 3:30 pm we called the guy off Craigslist, went and met him, and BOOM, we had two tickets to the concert that was 3 1/2 hours away! We were soo excited, yet we felt a little rushed too. As we were browsing Craiglist for concert tickets, we had seen a party bus option to take to the concert. We looked into that, so that way we didn't have to drive all the way to Chula Vista (which is about 35 minutes south) when we had never been there before, and both wanted to relax and have a good time. So we talked to the party bus guy, and he told us it left from a bar down the street from us at 6 PM! Now we were even more pumped! We could bring alcohol on the party bus AND we didn't have to worry about drinking and driving, or traffic, or parking!
We hurried home and started getting ready. I was especially pumped because Rob has never been to a country concert before, and I've been telling him how much he would love it. When we first met, Rob said "I don't even think I've ever listened to an entire country song before." Well, over 4 years later, it's really growing on him! He's started liking Zac Brown Band, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and of course Rascal Flatts. I was so excited that he was finally going to see them live, and enjoy their great performances.
So after the party bus being a little late, and us being very hot, and in desperate need of one of our ice cold beers in the ice chest we brought, we FINALLY got on the bus, and the party began! We didn't know anyone else, but after waiting for the bus with them for over half an hour, we had talked a little and everyone was really fun. It immediately got CRAZY! People were chugging cheap vodka from the bottle, beers were passed around, and the music was blasting with everyone singing and dancing. Rob and I just stuck to our beer we brought, kinda trying to take it slow, since it was going to be a long night. These people were so much fun, and it was funny for us to watch them get loose, because we didn't even know them!
We were worried we would miss the opening acts since the bus had been late, but luckily we made it there during the first performers. It was a great outdoor venue, called Cricket Amphitheatre. It reminded us of going to Marysville at Sleeptrain Amphitheatre for concerts back home. The hills in the background were beautiful, and I was thankful we didn't have to drive all the way out here!
We saw Eli Young Band and Little Big Town open for Rascal Flatts. They were amazing. Robert really liked Eli Young Band, and I was so happy they played "Crazy Girl." I'm not so sure the people around us were happy, since I was singing it at the top of my lungs too haha. He also liked Little Big Town (especially the brunette singer) and enjoyed the song "Tornado." I was so happy that the concert started out so great, and he kept saying, "Can you believe we're about to see Rascal Flatts?" We were beyond excited, especially beacuse it was so last minute, and unexpected.
We even met up with our new friend Gianna before Rascal Flatts came out, and had a few minutes to snap a few pics! Love her. We had a little bit of a camera malfunction so these are the only ones that looked halfway decent.
When Rascal Flatts came out it was amazing! The buildup of adrenaline was so awesome, and I was screaming and jumping up and down. Robert got really into it, too, and we had such a good time. They played so many of my favorite songs, like "Mayberry" "Life is a Highway" "Here Comes Goodbye" and many many many more! It was such a great performace, and I got tons of amazing pictures. Some other great highlights of the show were the fact that they brought two little girls on stage to sing and dance with them, they paid tribute to the troops by singing the Star Spangled Banner, and an audience member proposed to his girlfriend on stage! It was so romantic and beautiful. They got to dance on stage while Rascal Flatts sang, so obviously she said YES! Overall, it was such a great night, and even though we missed the party we were supposed to go to, I just couldn't pass up a great opportunity to see my favorites while they were in town.
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