Wacky Day......
looks like the 80's to me!

for the moment, i am still. i think today is wednesday. i'll back-track.

my new crown is in;)

that was thursday of last week.

friday i enjoyed getting my hair done. i think i am almost a brunette?

my towel has been orange every day since getting it colored.....hope that doesn't mean my hair will be orange....i met patty at the tobacco warehouse. http://tobaccowarehouse.com one of my most favorite places ever! had to be home by 3 ish, so we squeezed a quick trip to habitat in!http://habitatforhumanity.com. just never know what you are going to find there. i found a nice wooden platter that i think i am going t0 convert into a lazy suzan. said bye to patty and headed for home. NOT. there was a train and traffic in biltmore was brutal. while i am glaring at all the cars in front of me, i notice 2 people at the bus stop to my left, in front of long john silvers. i observed a man bending staring at the ground. i wondered what he saw. his friend halfway looked over at him and i noticed he wasn't looking for something on the ground. he was sick. (sorry for the info) my first thought was, he's drunk. i looked away. mind you, i am in traffic, so this event seemed like a slow train wreck in real time. i looked at the cars in front of me.....my eyes head back over to the stop sign where the 2 are standing. he is wretching horribly. .....my heart sank. what if he isn't drunk, what if he is going to the hospital, what if he has no home....where does he shower and rest his head? the most basic needs at that moment raced through my head......i felt so badly of myself for assuming the worst. i think it must be a coping skill, 'cause thinking of the reality of the moment was heartbreaking. after at least 3 minutes of having them in my view, i freaked. no where for me to park and pull over. wall to wall traffic in both directions. everyone else had to notice this man in distress. inch by inch, what seemed like minute by minute i passed through biltmore in a fog......how fortunate i am. if you are reading this you too, are fortunate. you have a computer and money....a bed and shower. hot water, a pillow. quiet. this man was sick as a dog. he was waiting to ride the public bus. i really don't know if he was homeless, but i think it is safe to assume, he was not going home to anything we are familiar with. he had a friend and that's all.

getting on the freeway in biltmore, i after getting through town, something caught my eye. i looked hard right to see a man exiting the beautiful burning bushes that line the bridge next to roadhouse in biltmore. there was a well worn path into the bushes......yes, this man looked homeless as well. i can only assume, by his appearances and location, that he called the bridge home.......i am not feeling very good about myself at this time...........i am still struggling with what am i going to do about this. putting it down here to help me remember.....make time to do something.

the evening is a rush to take emmarae and her friend to wyldlife.

saturday we sleep in and then head to charlotte. don had purchased tickets to the "wam jam" that's women of motorsports auxiliary. it was a charity concert! imagine the irony there.......

we met kirk and laura there.

john wait, eddie money, lou graham(lead singer from FOREIGNER) and RICK SPRINGFIELD!!

this was an AWESOME concert!

i touched rick....really ppatted him on the leg a few times.... and them touched his arm.(he was right infront of me!!!) he climbed out into the crowd during the song "human touch". he rocked the house. laura said he was 58.....i swear, he looked 30ish. if you get a chance, i HIGHLY recommend seeing rick or lou. i didn't care much for eddie....john was great but he was the warm-up.

IF you are still reading this, yahoooooo.

i type so slowly.......i think i am done.

to summarize....

emmarae is dressed wacky for "eblen days". it is how her school raises money....for charity. she looked like she could have stepped into the 80's, which was the theme of the concert.....80's and charity.

i'm done. good nite!

J