Nickelback is pretty good live.

So last night was the Nickelback concert, but I was too tired to blog about it when I got home and I was lazy all day today too (today as in the 12th, because it will say 13th on the blogsince it's after midnight, as it has also been in my last few posts). I slept until 1:00 in the afternoon, mostly because I was on the opposite side of my alarm clock so I didn't ever see what time it was. But the thing is, I actually went to bed around 2 which is an hour earlier than usual.

But the concert was really good. It also featured Saving Abel, Papa Roach, and Hinder, which were all okay but not very exciting. There was a drunk lady in front of us who I am very surprised never fell, as she was standing on a hill, drink in one had, cigarette in the other, and dancing all over the place. And during Papa Roach, there was a bald guy up farther who was headbanging and just generally having a number-one-fan time. Then when Nickelback finally came on, I was finally more excited because I knew more of their songs and everyone stood up and it got dark outside and they had sweet pyrotechnics and stuff. At one point, Chad Kroeger did a little Justin Timberlake impersonation, and he sang "I've got friends in low places" and of course all the regular hits.

I also ran into a girl on the rowing team, so it was cool to see someone I didn't expect to see. The rest of the people that Andrea and I sat with were people from my high school who I didn't ever talk to very much so it was a little awkward but it turned out alright. They kind of just ignored me, but I don't blame them at all.

Now on to some bad news. Andrea told me that her parents are getting divorced. Apparently her dad has been hooked on painkillers for quite a while, and her mom said he could either go to rehab or she would get a divorce. Alaska was the last straw, Andrea said she could barely stand him during the trip, and that was her special make-a-wish trip. So he moved out, and if they are getting divorced, her mom would most likely not be able to afford their house anymore so they are probably going to move. Honestly, Andrea is one of the strongest people I know, but I never realized it because she is so normal. She deals with so much, yet she is able to put up with it all and take it at face value. She has a blood disorder, which at one point the doctor's thought could possibly be leukemia, but thankfully it wasn't. And last year her cat died. And now she's going through this ordeal. I would be on the verge of crying all the time if I were her. In fact, just thinking about it makes me tear up even though it's not my life. She is one of my best friends and sometimes I feel like I neglect her. But I hope I can support her in the right way and that she will turn to God when she needs Him.

On a different note, I found out today that we have a new rowing coach. In the email, there was a bio of him, some workouts to do, and a schedule of all the regattas for the year. On the positive side, he looks really organized, but then he also seems very tough and competitive. Of course that's what most people want, but I don't know what to think about him yet. All I know is that I'm extremely out of shape, and I am going to be very busy when school starts and if he is going to improve our program I hope it doesn't take up even more time than I was planning for. Regardless, I am excited for recruiting and getting a varsity jacket and hopefully becoming closer to everyone and of course for the rowing itself.

Song of the Day: Alan Lastufka/Tom Milsom--Can't (I always think of this song when they play the little Disney jingle leading into commercial breaks on Disney channel and it's kinda frustrating haha)