My friend Trisha and her daughter Lauren are dedicated followers of American Idol. SO naturally when their favorite contestant was returning to his hometown of San Diego, Trish set out to find where they could catch a glimpse of him. As it turned out he was doing a special military only visit to Miramar Air Station. With nothing else on my schedule for the day I decided to tag along. Oh what a day it turned out to be. When we arrived we were about 40th in line. We spread out our beach town and began our wait.
Jackson brought along some rubber snakes. He absolutely loves bugs, snakes, and lizards! What a BOY!
Shortly after our arrival the MPs (Military Police) came over and told us they had a situation in the building we were waiting to get in to and we would have to moved across the street. So in an orderly fashion we followed the leader across the street. We began to her sirens coming from all directions and soon every possible emergency vehicle was on the scene along with the bomb sniffing dogs. I have to be hinest, I really wasn't feeling really safe just being 100 yards from the building they were sending bomb dogs into. Having read my thoughts the MPs decided to move us further from the building and put us behind another building. So we laid out the beach towel and prepared for our long wait. Why didn't we leave? Well, my car was parked in a parking lot that was being blocked off. We had no choice but to wait it out.Another girl in line with us brought markers and poster board and shared them with Lauren and she made a sign.
After several hours we were moved back to the original line and began waiting a little longer to get into the theater. Hannah was a happy camper hanging out in the Ergo.
After a long wait we finally were let into the theater. We were four rows from the front when Adam Lambert sang an incredible version of the National Anthem. It was a lot of fun and we had a good laugh at the situation. So watch American Idol this week and look for Lauren and her sign (she was on of 50 chosen to greet his limo as it pulled up).
Jackson was entertained with the iPod Touch (another purchase worth every penny) and Goldfish crackers.
Hannah was a trooper and sat in the stroller giggling and trying to cut those stubborn teeth that won't come in.
After several hours we were moved back to the original line and began waiting a little longer to get into the theater. Hannah was a happy camper hanging out in the Ergo.
After a long wait we finally were let into the theater. We were four rows from the front when Adam Lambert sang an incredible version of the National Anthem. It was a lot of fun and we had a good laugh at the situation. So watch American Idol this week and look for Lauren and her sign (she was on of 50 chosen to greet his limo as it pulled up).
