You may or may not remember the Journey concert my family had planned for last night. Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick were at the "Tweeter" center in Camden, NJ.

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Carrie came down to Newark to have lunch with me yesterday. She had a craving for sweet potato fries and seeing as how I have never turned such a fry down, we decided to go to Iron Hill Brewery on Main Street and share the appetizer of said fries. Delicious!

The concert began at 7 p.m. so we left the house accordingly. With Brian's skills we made excellent time and then hit the crazy backed up concert traffic. There they were, hundreds of vehicles blaring Journey music while inching forward every so often just to get to the parking area.

I don't do well in moving objects. And the inching forward and stopping was the worst. Brian pulled up onto the scary sidewalk and out came the fries. Chunky sweet potato disaster!

After the under cover cops assaulted the main selling t-shirts two cars ahead of us my stomach did even more flip flops and Brian turned around to get me to a rest area. When we got back out on the highway a car accident completely stopped traffic on whatever highway we were on. We proceeded to follow the cars on their mass exodus in reverse down the ON ramp. Yes, that's right. Riding backwards down hill does wonders for the belly.

Bless his heart Brian was doing everything he could to safely get us to a place where I could release all the grossness building up in my body.

We ended up at Cooper University Hospital and I used their urine coated public restroom. An hour later...I realized there was no way in the world we were going to be able to battle the traffic back to the concert.

So while apologizing profusely and crying on the way home Brian assured me it was okay and there was nothing I could do. Eventually Braeden piped in and told me to stop apologizing because I didn't mean to get sick. How blessed am I to have such wonderful guys in my life!?

Needless to say, we missed the concert. And yes I feel wretchedly guilty about it, but there will be other shows in our future and I need to just suck it up.

There you have it and now I am on the mend from the crazy Camden and backwards driving!

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Though I am no longer in school it still seems that Summer goes by way too fast. Of course I don't need to worry or fret over who will be in my homeroom class or which math teacher I'll get stuck with, but I still wish I could hold onto Summer a little bit longer.

Don't get me wrong, I do love the Fall, in fact, Fall is my favorite season. However, now that school is no longer a concern of mine I do still think about all that is coming up. When Summer ends it means I have the chain of crazy birthdays and holidays knocking at my door.

Braeden will be 5 in October, my first wedding anniversary will be in November and Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are no longer just pin points on the horizon. They are actual silhouettes, sounds and saving plans.

My best friend, Carrie, is due in two weeks and she will not be coming back to work until January. So if I am dreading anything it is four months of work without her here. Even though I am absolutely thrilled and happy for her and I can't wait to meet Baby Finnie. Baby Finnie will be the second little girl for Carrie and her husband Jonathan.

But before Summer is complete there are still things to be excited for in addition to Baby Finnie. Brian and I will be taking Braeden with us to see Journey in concert on August 26th. Along with Journey there will be two other greats sharing the stage, Cheap Trick and Heart. Braeden will be wearing his "Don't Stop Believin'" t-shirt. He has already been to several concerts and he loves them!

The weekend before the 26th Brian and I will be seeing Rascal Flatts. He is taking me to see them as an early anniversary present.

Fortunately, when it comes to music our whole little family can get along. ;o)

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