This past weekend, I had mulch in my panties. I know what you’re thinking, “why would you put mulch in your panties?” Well, I didn’t put it there. Eric and I were at the Dave Matthews Band Caravan Music Festival in Chicago and they laid mulch for the event. My silly ass didn’t bring a blanket to sit on so we sat on the mulch, and at 100 + degrees, mulch sticks to everything. Somehow it got in my panties. It was also in my hair, my sandals and the dirt was in my eyes. But it was alright because the music made up for the issues with the heat and mulch. We had a great time. Friday night the band played a very unusual set, it almost seemed like they were playing at a more intimate venue. They played songs they haven’t played in years, and Dave even pulled out the piano at one point. He also sang a song that he “wrote that morning” about his son learning to swim. It's called Deep and the chorus goes, “you know the feeling when you’re in too deep, and if you make it, it feels so sweet…”. He asked if we liked it and said he’ll work on it. I love that. Saturday night was a regular jam session for the boys. Always a great time. Before DMB took the stage Saturday we saw/heard a lot of other bands. Including The Flaming Lips, who did a copy cat version of The Dark Side of the Moon. They inserted songs from The Wizard of Oz to make the show a little more fun. The odd thing about this is that there was a slight sprinkle that started during the show, and then a rainbow appeared. If we were on drugs, it would have been amazing. But I don't do drugs and it was too hot to drink. But it was still fun to hear them re-create the Pink Floyd show. We also saw Dave and Tim do a set, plus O.A.R. (which if you don't know stands for Of A Revolution), Ben Folds, and many others. I would love to go to Governor's Island in NY, NY in a couple weeks to do it all again but I can't get the time off work and we really shouldn't spend the money with the kids going back to school. It would be nice if they were to start school with clothes that fit. I don't want my daughter to tell her teachers that she would have pants that fit but her parents spent all their money on Dave Matthews Band music festivals and partying at the track this summer.
Speaking of the track, I'm really getting excited about the upcoming weekend camping with my friends. Best of all, it's not really camping because we have a full size camper. Everyone will have plenty of room to sleep and air conditioning. And it's been promised that if the generator goes out, someone will be out to fix it within 2 hours. No sitting around all mad about being hot and sweaty with no ice because the freezer isn't working either. I hope I'm not getting to excited about the weekend. Sometimes I get my hopes up thinking it's going to be all great and fantastic, and then it turns out to be crap. Oh Wait! That happened last year. No repeats this year. The weekend is what you make of it, and so far I've made mine awesome. And the weekend at the track will be awesome as well.
On another note, Dylan started football this week. Everyone pray he doesn't break something...
