Aaaaaahhhhhh...such memories!!!!

Wow. Haven't been around in a long time. And so much has happened! I've been so busy, and I have like 500 emails to go through! Yes, 500 emails cuz I'm in an email group, and when they reply, they reply to all, so I get everyone's comments, etc. But it's the quickest way to catch up on what's going on! And I've got a lot of catching up to do.

1. THE BIG E VIDEO I PROMISED.

The Big E is the Eastern States Exposition. It is the largest fair around. It combines the New England states - they have a building for each state. They have tons of rides, games, animals, horse shows, booths of whatever, lots of food and concerts there. Clay played there in 2004 for his Solo Tour. You just paid the admission price and then sat all day in line.....if you wanted to sit in the front! Some people camped out! I got there at about 7:30 a.m., and we were about the 20th people in line on the right side. They had 2 lines. The Security guy guaranteed us the first two rows.....yeah, until people who had NOT been waiting in line all day came in the afternoon and CUT IN FRONT OF US!!!! The first few people in line were saving spots or just let their friends in or whatever. I DESPISE people like that. And I know some of the people that cut too. But I won't name names. Anyway, it worked out cuz the majority of the people that cut got stuck on the far right side - HAHA!!! Whereas, because of them, I ended up in the 3rd row, but almost dead center, which is better to me than all the way on the right in the 2nd row! It was FREEZING all day and that night! Until Clay came on stage. Then, of course, we all warmed right up! He came out in that long burgandy coat and a gray turtleneck - woah. I have never seen anyone covered completely from head to toe look so good! I know it must bring back some awesome memories for some of you. If you want to see what I'm talking about, the website is www.thebige.com.

I just checked the site, and it looks like they've put an arena in or something cuz it doesn't look like the same place where Clay was. Where we were had long wooden benches and then in the back were metal bleachers. Then there was a fence around that, and anyone could stand on the sides. I heard it was a record-breaking day they had, and about 7,800 people were at the concert.

Here is the video. I picked IWCY. Oops, I just realized right in the beginning, someone is talking to me, so the camera goes off Clay for a bit, sorry! But it has a KILLER close-up ending...