Out of Control Rush Fans

I went to four shows.  Jen went with me to three of them.

This year Rush is touring the United States during the summer months.

Jen and I went to one show last month and had tickets to two more shows next week.

At least that was the story when we woke up this morning. 

A co-worker of Jen’s asked her if she was interested in two tickets to the Rush show in Saratoga Springs, NY on Saturday.  It’s a bit less than a four hour drive, but we are free after 10 am or so when we drop the kids off with their father.  I asked her where the seats were and how much they were asking. 

She came back first with section 40 PT.  I went to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s website and pulled up a seating chart.  Section 40 PT is the FREAKING ORCHESTRA PIT!  “Take the tickets!” I yelled over the instant message.  A few seconds later she came back with the asking price.  Almost $500 each.  No thanks.

But…

It started the wheels turning.  We each went through the entire afternoon battling with ourselves internally.  Our “I-Want” sides were pushing to just get tickets through ticketmaster and go anyway.  Our “What-Are-You-An-Idiot?” sides were pushing to stay home and eat hot dogs that day.

About half an our ago the “I-Want” sides won out. 

Jen did some checking on the finances (I love her and her amazing brain) and worked out a way to make it happen without being too painful.  She’s trying to book us a hotel too.

The cool thing is that we are a couple of history nuts on top of being Rush nuts and Fort Ticonderoga is about an hour away.  We’re going to try to stop there for a visit too.

So now this is our updated Rush agenda for the next week or so:
July 5, 2008 Rush @ Saratoga Springs, NY
July 7, 2008 Rush @ Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT
July 11, 2008 Rush @ Manchester, NH.

It’s official.  We are out of friggin control…

…and I like it!