Vegas
RICKsperience!
On October 5th, I woke up pretty nervous. I am
finally going to see Rick after 8 years! I got ready to go,
kissed the kids, hubby and I was off. I made my way to Ally's
house which is only 15 minutes away. We put our stuff in the
car, including Ally's Cockatoo, Jemini and we were on our way
to Rick Vegas! First stop--gas station. WHOOPS! I locked the
door! Uh oh!!! We were locked out! Had to wait for roadside
assistance. Yikes. We were off again. It was so wonderful to
meet Kate when we got there. She let us stay at her house
while in Vegas and let me just add that she has a lovely home.
Thanks Kate!! We were very impressed with her "Rick Room".
Anyway...on to the GOOD stuff!!! HEE HEE!!
We walked into the EFX theatre and down, down, down we went
to table 106, baby!! Yippee! I sat RIGHT up against the
stage..omg! My heart almost exploded when he came out with
Rhythm of the Beat. Wow, nice song. : ) He looked so wonderful
and happy. Does this man ever age? He is so damn beautiful and
his voice was awesome. I looked up at him on the flying disc
and proceeded to blow him kisses. I was pretty sure he saw me.
: ) Well I'd like to at least think he did. I wanted him to
know how much he means to me. The whole show was fabulous. He
is an amazing performer. Way to go, Rick! During the fan bit,
I reached out to him with my cell phone. (I had my mom on the
phone, who is a big fan too) He says, "I didnt make a
request!" or something like that. Ally and I both say, "But
its my MOM!!". So, to my surprise and delight, he took the
phone. I was so excited for me and for HER!! He says, "Hi
Mom!" He tells her to say hi and holds the microphone up to
the phone and you can hear my mom say loud and clear, "Hi
Rick!". When I got the phone back with "Rick Sweat"..whew!..my
mom says, "Oh my
Gosh!!!" It was great.
After the show, Ally, Kate and I walked to the security
desk. It was time to meet Rick. At this point I had calmed
down quite a bit. I dont know why. Maybe its because I had
seen Rick and now I was ready to meet him and not lose it.
Kate was able to come back with us which I am so greatful for.
Not only did she get her hug, but she was able to video my
whole experience. She did a great job. I have watched it again
and again. I waited my turn for a few minutes. There were lots
of people in there that night. Finally, Rick's assistant
says, "Do you want to be next?" I think I shrugged! I look up
and see Rick walk toward me. OMG!!! He reaches out to me and
gives me a very nice hug. (wow) I said, "Ive been waiting for
this since I was seven." Rick says, "Awwwe"..I love when he
says that. : ) We take a pic and then Kate, who is filming
this, says, "I missed the hug (HEE HEE! She didnt really!) and
he suddenly pulls me into him. (I am dying here!) Such a big
hug, that I practically disappeared in it. It was like it
wasnt real...like a blur almost. I was so excited to finally
meet this guy. I basically grew up with his music. Then he let
go and I said, "Can you do that again?" He hugs me
again..making an adorable face. I got some of my stuff signed
and showed him my "Modeling pic" from this website. He laughed
at that. I asked him to say hi to my kids, which he did and
said they had cool names. He went on to sign something else
and looked back and said, "you have 3 kids?" lol I gave him my
silly gift of a red teddy bear..he had karma beads. Goofy, I
know. Oh well. He was very sweet about it. We got a group shot
that turned out great! Ally showed Rick Jeminis feather and he
remembered her bird immediately. He says, "My baby!" He then
sticks the feather in his hair and we all gather for the
picture. I left that night feeling thrilled..I was on a
cloud.
The next night, Ally was debating whether or not to buy the
guitar. She seemed like she REALLY wanted to. I was laughing
at her..saying, "you are rationalizing the whole thing!!" She
was. She finally decided to DO IT! Ally, you go girl! After
the first show for that night, we rushed back to security
again. Ally was going to get another hug and her guitar
personalized. It was a dream for her. Thanks to her,
Kate and I got to go back again. Whoo hoo! I couldnt believe
it! Ally was very cute and nervous about it since this was HER
moment. Kate and I hung back a bit and we both filmed with our
cameras. It was nice this time we were the only fans
backstage. Ally got her dream to be the "Guitar Girl". Rick
signed it as Ally requested, with the first line from the
song, "Alyson"..very appropriate. "Talk about life imitating
art" He commented on her fuscia "Marni" ribbon. Then through
my video camera, I see Rick look directly at me. : ) He walks
over to give me a hug. Ohhhh another hug! I had to put my
camera down. I like to see this part of my video. I said to
him, "My hug pic from yesterday turned out kind of
grainy"which it did. I said, "Can we redo that hug
picture?" "and it was a REALLY big hug!" lol Rick takes me
into his arms and we take this awesome picture that I totally
will always cherish. Thanks Rick!! Kate then got her kiss on
the cheek. Wow! J We all got
another group picture. Rick puts his arms around Ally and
Kate. I am really tiny and didnt really know where to put
myself, so I back up into Rick. He put his chin on my head! He
is now ready to go do the next show. I said, "See ya at the
show!" He said, "You all are going to the next show?" I said,
"yup! And we'll be up front and screaming!" We said our
goodbyes..L But it was wonderful.
Rick is so giving to his fans it's amazing.
Off to see EFX AGAIN! Ally and I were at 106 and Kate was
at 108 for this. Here he comes on his saucer looking and
sounding yummy again. This may be my favorite part of the
show. During the show, I decided to make some funny signs.
Afterall, I am up front and he can see me rather well. So..my
first sign said, "THUD!" He saw it and smiled. My second sign
said, "OOH Baby!" He sees this while playing his guitar and
says, "Ooh baby!" LOL!! Very cool. After the 3D movie, Ally
and I and this sweet little girl put on these bug- eyed
glasses on springs right as he says to take off the 3D
glasses. (Ally had bought these-great idea) When Rick walked
up and noticed, he laughed so hard that he was cracking up
during his next line! It was priceless! The little girl at our
table was adorable. She's 7 years old and Rick really played
up to her a lot. You can tell she had a great time and she
kept the bug-eyed glasses on. Every time Rick looked at her, I
think it was tough for him not to laugh! She was so cute. My
last sign that I held up was at the end of the show. It said,
"Rock San Antonio"..which was the next night. He saw me,
pointed and said, "Yes!!!" When Rick smashed the roses at the
end of the show, the stems were thrown to our table. J
So, all in all, it was an all around perfect weekend! It
was great to meet Kate and spend time with her. She is so
sweet. Ally and I had a nice ride home, listening to some hard
rock and commenting how nobody better crash into us..it would
wreck the guitar! I am probably leaving out details, but this
is from my point of view. (We did meet Tony Curtis and Latoya
Jackson too) I loved seeing EFX, hugging Rick and
spending time with friends that really "get it".
Thanks Ally and Kate for a great weekend! And
thanks to Rick for making my childhood dream come true. You
still rock, look awesome, and are as sweet as can be.
(That's me, below! hee hee)
I will always cherish this picture! Thanks for
being so sweet, Rick!
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