Charlotte, NC

I swear, I just can't sit still.


Last weekend, I switched an "un"used plane ticket to go see my friends Nick and Lindsay in Charlotte for two nights. The cost of changing my flight almost made me a little sick. On top of the original cost of my flight to NV that I didn't use, Orbitz charged $30 and the airline charged $150. So I pretty much spent the same amount of money to go to Charlotte for the weekend that I could spend to go to Europe. But hey- what was I supposed to do? Waste it? Nope- go have fun with Lindsay for the weekend!

They moved in 2006, and I have never visited. We went to dinner one night when I was on tour, but that's just not the same.

I got in on Friday afternoon, and Lindsay and I just went to her house, sat on the couch and caught up. We wound up meeting some other Cleveland friends for dinner that night too. I was so happy to be able to see everyone I know there in one night! After dinner, we went to a friend's McMansion for a little get together, which turned into a beer pong party. ???

The weather wasn't great on Saturday, so we decided to go to lunch and see the matinee of Mama Mia. I saw the movie and loved it (with the exception of Pierce Brosnan being a horrible singer), and the show was just as fun! We wound up buying tickets in two separate locations because we could get better seats that way, but we didn't care. It's not like you talk to your friends through the show anyway. After the show, we raced to the store, raced to dinner, then raced back home and they had some people over. Once again- beer pong. I swear, they love it down there! I haven't played that much beer pong since high school. I mean... college. :) They have folding beer pong tables from bpong.com that they keep in the back of the car and take to parties. Too funny!

My flight on Sunday was later in the day, so Lindsay and I went to a great place to get pedicures. It was a "nail spa". Heaven. VERY inexpensive, with free wine, and the best massage chairs we had ever seen! We literally sat their for an hour after our pedi, in the chairs, talking. Then we went to Flemmings for an early dinner, and I was off to the airport.

I wish I could visit more often, because it was so great to catch up, and such a fun weekend!