I'm having the Best Week Ever!

I started off my glorious vacation with a trip to Indianapolis for the Michael Buble concert on Saturday night. If he's coming to a town near you, I highly suggest catching his show because it is FABULOUS! It was without a doubt the best concert I have ever attended. Anyway, I actually caught a glimpse of the hottie before the show doing interviews with the local radio stations and he noticed me noticing him. ;) Then, my good luck continued when I won a free CD at the radio contest booth (American Idols Season 4 Showstoppers- GO BO!). The show started off with this hilarious comedian from Arkansas and just continued to improve. Michael Buble looked very sexy and was working the Elvis dance moves. I swear he sounds even better live than he does on his albums. My favorite part was when he jumped off the stage and started running into the crowd, kissing lucky ladies (I missed him by 1 row- damn!). He was also very funny, doing impersonations of Maroon 5 and Il Divo and throwing in a few Star Wars jokes. I just might have to catch his act again in Louisville.

So you might ask yourself, how can I top this? Well, I do get to go to Wrigley Field to see the Cubbies play on Friday. Please keep your fingers crossed that they will actually beat the Rockies so we can witness a live victory. I also get blonde highlights tomorrow, which signifies the official start of summer. Oh yes, I really am having the best week ever (someone get VH1 on the line)!

"Give me the beat boys and free my soul..."

Here are my results from "The Do-Re-Mi's of Personality: What Your Music Tastes Say About You" quiz:
http://www.outofservice.com/music-personality-test/results/?complex=78.30&edgy=63.85&fun=49.65&energetic=75.34

You can take the quiz by clicking on the following link: http://www.outofservice.com/music-personality-test/

My American Idols are Bo Bice & Derrek Lee

For those of you who missed American Idol last night, shame on you. You could have witnessed Bo knocking one out of the park with his gutsy a cappella performance. He really rocked the house last night. Personally, I thought Vonzell performed better than Carrie, but America seems to dig her cowgirl schtick. Guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens tonight... after the break.

The Cubbies managed to win one last night thanks to Derrek Lee and his 2 home runs. Our studly first baseman went 4 for 4 and drove in all 4 runs. And our new closer du jour, Ryan Dempster, even got the save. Now if the boys in blue could start a winning streak and get some of their injured players back, they might have a shot at getting back in the race. GO CUBS!

Thought of the day: Only 3 more days til Buble'! :)

My home away from home

My trip to St. Bonaventure over the weekend was very relaxing. Believe it or not, I didn't even go wild and party. It was just really nice to see all of my former students and good friends. The Bonnies won 2 out of 3 games and are still alive in the race for the playoffs. They hit a lot of home runs, which I thoroughly enjoyed since chicks dig the long ball. The best part of the trip was when I went to Coach's house for dinner after Saturday's doubleheader. It was so great to hang out with him and his family (plus his wife made lasagna, which is one of my faves). I also bonded with lots of parents and old co-workers. It was rewarding to hear that I had made a difference in their lives through my hard work back in the day. Since I was keeping it low-key, I was also able to catch Part 1 of the Elvis miniseries, which I thought was very well done. Part 2 airs tonight on CBS, so if "you're lonesome tonight", check it out.

Dora, Dora, Dora the Explorer

As several of you probably already know, one of my many nicknames is Dora. I'm not going to go into the reasons for this, but suffice it to say that I definitely had a lot in common with the cartoon character of the same name yesterday. I spent about 15 hours with my backpack on traveling all across the United States trying to get home. Now I realize that geography isn't one of my strong suits, but I don't think The Map would advise anyone to go from Buffalo to D.C. to Chicago to get to Memphis... Anyway, it all began with my original US Airways flight from Charlotte to Memphis getting canceled due to runway repair (that's a new one). Therefore, I had to rebook on United and was supposed to travel from Buffalo to Washington-Dulles to Memphis. This would have landed me at home 3 hours earlier than my originally scheduled arrival time (sweet!). However, after we boarded the flight to D.C., we soon learned that their airport was not allowing any more planes to land because they were backed up (isn't that what their entire purpose is?!?). So, we just sat on the plane for an hour and 45 minutes and I ended up missing my connecting flight by 5 minutes. And lucky me, there were no more flights to Memphis the rest of the day, so I had to hop on a shuttle bus to another concourse to see if they would let me on the Chicago flight. Luckily, I was able to get on board this huge plane where I was entertained by an interactive flight map and free music channels. When I get to Chicago, there's yet another delay because our plane to Memphis is late and then needs to be serviced. In the meantime, their staff waits 45 minutes for the late arriving passengers on the Fargo flight which is also departing from our gate (watch and learn, Washington-Dulles!). When we finally get to board 3o minutes later, we sit on the plane for 45 minutes because they felt that other flights needed to leave before us. When I finally arrive in Memphis, it takes me 45 more minutes to get my suitcase because it landed 4 hours earlier on my orignally scheduled flight from D.C. Needless to say, I'm not going to be flying United again anytime soon.

Say it ain't so, Paula!

Last night's ABC Primetime Live special "Fallen Idol" dug up some dirt on an alleged affair between Season 2 contestant, Corey Clark, and American Idol judge Paula Abdul. Personally, I'd like to believe that Paula would have better taste in men and singers, but I suppose anything is possible. There did seem to be some evidence of impropriety (phone records and voice mails), but I'd like to see some hard core proof before I jump to any conclusions. Let's hear what Paula has to say before we send her back to obscurity (with the exception of any future I Love the 90's specials on VH1 of course). On a positive note, Scott was FINALLY kicked off of American Idol last night so we no longer have to put up with his snotty attitude and subpar performances. Hope he has fun picking out what song he's going to sing next week at the local 7-11...

As for the Cubbies, they are on a downward spiral with no end in sight. They have now fallen into 3rd place and 2 games below .500. We're behind the Brewers in the standings? You've got to be kidding me. Jim Hendry needs to find a closer by any means necessary because these raw rookies and Tommy John surgery rejects are not getting the job done. It would also be nice if someone besides Derrek Lee could get a hit too.

Tomorrow I'm off to Olean, NY for my annual trip to St. Bonaventure for Baseball's Senior Day. This is my last group of students so it's sure to be bittersweet. However, I always have lots of fun visiting all of my old friends, especially Coach. It will also be great to have a couple of days off from work to relax after another hectic semester. GO BONNIES!