obsession number 1: hunger for the great light by dmb

obsession number 2: l'oreal tanning wipes

obsession number 3: blackberry vanilla trapp candles

obsession number 4: dr. mcmarried

just when i thought things couldn't get better...

winter tour dates! yay!

today's edition of things that rock/things that suck

things that rock:
getting contact lenses
yoga
doug
john
the crazy m-r-a-z
VANILLA blizzards with heath

things that suck:
the time it takes to put IN contact lenses
forgetting to go to yoga
toilets that overflow at 5am causing mass chaos in the house
offsite meetings
the planet going off the air
not going to coldplay tonight

two down, one to go.

the bachelorette party was a blast. rachel had a great time and it was a wonderful send-off to her single-hood. i have visions permanently tatooed in my head that i wish would go away; but thems the breaks. there's another shower this weekend that i wasn't invited to, (not sure why since i am the maid of honor and the other bridesmaids were - but whatever) needless to say i won't be going.

however, i am exhausted. i feel like i have been running for days. friday i had to wake up at 4am to catch my 6am flight. got in at 7:30, went to yoga with my stepmom and spent the rest of the day running errands. i attempted to take a cat nap friday afternoon but michael decided to wake me up when he returned home from school by screaming, "WAKE UP SHAYNA - WAKE UP CHICKEN NUGGET HEAD!!!". in case you don't know what a chicken nugget head is, don't fret - i have no clue either.

doug is coming tomorrow which will be a nice release!!! counting down the hours!

i am exhausted. the past few nights i have been creating the favors for the bachelorette party. they've taken A LOT more energy and skills then i originally anticipated. however, they look great (for the most part) and i can't wait to give them out.

to add fuel to the fire, i dumbly decided to fly out tomorrow at 6am tomorrow. i should have taken the 7am flight so that i wouldn't have to wake up at 4am tomorrow. technically i guess i could just roll out of bed and sleep on the plane.

one dallas weekend down, two to go.

the shower was awesome! john and i had a blast and the company was great.

the theme was "tools and tables" which was very cool. derrick got a TON of tools and a ton of bakeware. it's my understanding that he's the cook in the family so really, i guess all of the gifts were for him. :)

i head back down friday morning for the bachelorette on saturday night! that's going to be a great time. i really like rachel's friends so i KNOW we're going to have a blast.

where to begin...

last night was really awesome. it started out a little bumpy but ended splendidly!

we got to the show at about 5:15 and met up with our friends jessica and brynn. a little while later, we were joined by ryan and his girlfriend, jessica. hung out in the parking lot until 6:15, which is when i drug john over to find the correct box office for us to meet up with "darrell" the bodyguard. got to the box office and we're told to go inside and head to some gate. i told the lady that we had been told to meet OUTSIDE of the venue and she swore that we had to go inside. ok - so we head in and the security guy tells us NO CAMERAS. well - the warehouse told us we could bring a camera and i FREAKED out. this other security person came up to me and asked if there was a problem. i told her i had meet and greet with the fan club and that they told me i could bring in a disposable camera. she asked me to step aside while she called the head of security. great. not even in the door and there's an issue.

after what seemed to be 20 minutes of waiting, we finally found out that we were in the right area and were asked to wait next to the box office for darrell. ok. waiting for darrell. waiting for darrell. yet another time where it seemed as though we were waiting FOREVER. finally, i seem him. woo hoo!

he comes up with his "list" and asks everyone to get their id's out. ok. id. where'd i put it? john had it. so he shuffles through his billfold. not there. at this point, darrell is basically laughing at me because i am so scatterbrained. i find my id (in my back pocket, of course) and he checks my name off the list. after the others get checked in, we head back. it was so weird. security from the venue in the front of the line. darrell at the end. i felt SO important. we were led to this tent set up backstage. it had couches, tables, etc. basically a lounge area. we thought we were going to lounge there but no, that was for another group. ok, whatever. i'm meeting dave, soon. do do do do.

a few minutes go by and darrell runs through the "what you can and can't do's". no calling people and asking dave to talk to them, dave can't sign more than 2 things per person, have your camera ready and ASK him to take a picture because he won't just do it. ok. got it. then, i see him. but he wasn't heading to where we were, he was just behind the stage area. call me suzy stalker but whatever. i thought i whispered, "there's dave" to john but it must have been a yell because darrell laughed at me. at this point darrell tell us to make sure we have everything ready to be signed. i get my posters ready and pull out my sharpie. darrell then makes fun of me for knowing where my sharpie was yet not knowing where my id was. he knew where my priorities were!

more minutes go by. and then...i see him. walking towards the tented area. we were standing in a circle when he walked in. he said "hi" to everyone and basically talked to everyone one at a time. first group - slutty girl #1 and her REALLY cool friend. sg#1 was ALL over dave. rubbing his shoulders, the back of his neck, etc. it made me want to vomit. second group...US. go, shayna and john! he comes up to us and i introduced myself, then introduced john. he said, "i'm dave". DUH. anyway. we proceeded to tell him how we met and that without his music we never would have found each other. he seemed really happy and told us it was awesome. blah blah. i can't remember much of the conversation because i was in a complete daze. but - i was calm. which was good. we took a picture and dave was playing the picture director. he kept saying that i had to go in the middle because,"it's the way it goes". ok! whatever dave says, goes! picture taken, hugs given, dave moves on. after our time with him i really didn't pay attention to anything else going on. we took a group picture at the end (of course sg#1 was all over dave in the picture) and he was on his way. that's it! short and sweet. we were then led back to the seat area.

the show was really good. a so-so set list but there was lots of energy. i really enjoyed it and i think it was the best crowd i've seen at sandstone. remember sg#1 from backstage? she some how ended up front and center for the show. she was dancing all sexy - trying to get dave's attention. john and i kept making fun of her. that was amusing. what a loser. and really - she wasn't that cute! when the show ended, carter didn't throw out drumsticks which kind of bummed me out. i love it when he comes to the front of the stage and throws sticks. oh, well. i met dave.

that's really all...pictures to come in a bit!

i thought this was pretty funny... 

last night i got a very interesting call at 8:30.

i have been selected to meet dave matthews before the sandstone show!

can you believe that?

mystic tan can suck the fat one.

not only am i still as pale as i was when i went to get mystified, but my palms are orange.

sexy, let me tell you!