I didn't go to sleep at all last night, so at three when my aunt came out of her bedroom she wasn't really surprised to find me awake. We got dressed, she lent me a bigger purse, and we started off. The early morning was warm, and dark. I only saw five stars. We walked to the bank, took out some cash and made our way to the subway station. This took forever because the MetroPass machines only take certain amounts of money for certain stuff. Then, once we had gotten in we waited for the train. It was about fifteen minutes but it felt like a long time. While waiting, I watched some mice run back and forth gathering crumbs.
The subway stations, like I said before, are extremely hot. But the trains themselves are air conditioned. The ride was long, but it wasn't excruciating. It did surprise me that, despite all of the young men sitting down, we were not offered a seat. We had to stand the whole time! Call me old fashioned, but how rude!
When we got to central park, we walked a long way to find the stage. But the park so early in the morning was beautiful. It was very foggy and hazy, giving everything an ethereal feel. It was enchanting. We reached the line where we were to wait, and it was still very cool out, considering the brisk walk up a slight incline. We stood behind a group of women, chatting excitedly about the upcoming concert and their dismay at having to return to work afterwards.
When the line started to move, allowing us entry, we noticed that we didn't have wristbands like the others in our line. The woman in charge told us very matter-of-factly that this line was for VIP guests only, and we would have to move.
Regrettably, we began to move away, willing to admit we weren't VIP. But the woman in front of us told us that she had gotten two extra VIP passes, and handed them to us. What luck! We entered with the rest of the VIP line, standing right behind the gate, where we were instructed to stand. Later though, we were told we could have gotten closer, due to the wristbands. We were soon crowded by a mass of other people, spiking the temperature dramatically.
This is the part that I am the happiest to have experienced. I got to learn about my aunt. She told me things I never would have expected. I found out that the two of us are far more similar than I ever would have imagined. We talked about sex, boys, experiences, and our opinions on music. It was very enlightening and I'm glad to have had that time to spend getting to know her. I used to think she was a total bitch, but now I think she's sort of a badass.
The concert itself was pretty cool. It was short and sweet. We got to watch the back up dancers practice more than we saw Ne-Yo, but luckily they were cute. ;) There were two women behind us, one from Shreveport, Louisiana and the other from New York just moved back from Florida. They were excited about Ne-Yo too. We swapped stories from our parts of the world. It's always interesting to meet people from other places.
Ne-Yo eventually came out, after Jessica Biel, and sang three songs. One of them was Because Of You. Trust me, I died a little and went to heaven. He's so cute! They were handing out free Pepsi Max, and it surprisingly doesn't taste too bad. When we left, we wandered around central park for a while. I took pictures, we talked, and we got lost. Hahaha, we walked up about twelve streets through the park without knowing it. Then, when we finally found the way out, we stopped for drinks. I had a strawberry & cream frapp, and my aunt stopped at the next coffee shop for a plain lemonade. The station that we eventually chose was going to opposite way, but instead of walking, we got on and waited until we could transfer onto a train going downtown. Heh, it was a very backward type of way to go, but it was fun anyway.
We finally made it back to the apartment and my other aunt wanted us to drop her off at her doctors appointment. So, we hopped in the car, dropped them off and came back. Then, we both took a long nap. When I was rudely woken up, I took off again, with my other aunt, the little guest and her sister, my cousin and WeaveLady. We took a journey to find the little guests cousins. We stopped by for about an hour or so and then we left. WeaveLady walked home, since she happened to live in the neighborhood. On the way back, we stopped at Popeye's so I could get some chicken and a Mardi Gras cheesecake slice. That is so good by the way. Absolutely delicious.
Anyway, now I'm here, sweating, sitting in this hot ass apartment, writing to you. I'm going to go change into something lighter though. I'll talk to you tomorrow. And maybe get some sleep tonight.
TWMA,
Sacred Secret
P.S: I hate when its hot at night and I have no choice but to sleep in clothes. I'd sooooo rather be naked.
