Now, now that the experience is over, I much rather would have paid a boat load of money to have an assigned seat to such an event. When I went to his website a week ago to see if such an event existed, I learned he would be playing a free concert at the mall 10 minutes from my house. Well, how could I pass that up.
I wish I did. This is how my day went:
My mom came over at NOON to watch the boys while I went to the mall to stand in line to secure a wristband (needed to see the concert) for the event. I quickly ran into mall security who refused to let anyone line up until 3. I went back and forth to my car until I joined the mob of people forming in the parking lot at 2:30. At 2:40, my aunt shows up with Trinity whom I had to excuse from school early to get there in time to get a wristband.
At 2:45 they let the mob loose to run into a more uniform line to get said wristband. We avoided being trampled, mostly. We got our wristbands at 4:30 (including another wristband that secures an autograph from Cody) and headed inside the mall to get a quick dinner before we had to line up again to get inside the concert site at 5.
At 4:45 we head back downstairs near the stage where we see a mob rushing to get their spots for the concert. I grab Trinity hand and run though some metal barriers to get a good spot myself totally avoiding any line I should have been in. I see a garbage can near we are and immediately take it over knowing that Trinity can stand on it and see the show and letting me off the hook from having to pick her up high. We wait for 1-1/2 hours until Cody comes on stage. He sings 4 songs and is done.
Now, we have to wait well over an hour to get his autograph. At this point, I am so tired and physically exhausted that I am about to rush the stage, grab a stack of signed posters and make a run for it. I contain myself and my sister-in-law complains to a security guard about the lack of movement on our side of the line. I think maybe he was scared of her or maybe he was happy to talk to an adult besides a teenage girl. They opened a gate near us and let us through. It was like the gates of heaven opening. After over 8 hours on my feet, in a crowd with a big belly and a little child, I wanted to speed out of there and crawl into bed. That is exactly what I did. Trinity did the same and apparently had over 100 dreams about Cody Simpson last night.
Mission complete.
Trinity gets her autographed poster.
If anyone is wondering who the heck this kid is and what the big deal is, here you go. See if your teenage heart goes pitter-patter. :)Untitled from Leslie Campins on Vimeo.
Love their store front.
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