It happened again, you guys: another Midlife Moment, another second in time during which I truly felt like a 30-year-old, rather than a 16-year-old trapped in a (really hot) 27-year-old’s body.
My sister emailed yesterday to inform me that Florence + The Machine is playing a concert in Minneapolis at the end of April. My first reaction was: Oh, yay! She’s on my list of concerts I must see before I die! I absolutely must buy tickets when they become available!
It took me all of two minutes to completely reverse my train of thought and realize that, underneath it all, I’m just an old lady:
Ugh, the cheapest tickets are $50, plus tax and crazy Ticketmaster fees. And then there’s parking, plus gas, plus $8 beers — this is shaping up to be a $250 night. And who would want to go with me? Adam certainly won’t and none of my friends seem to like her enough to pay $75 a seat. Besides, the concert is the night before the season’s first 5k, so I couldn’t even drink that much and should probably just stay home to get a good night’s rest…
And that’s how I talked myself out of fun. And out of youth, apparently.
It’s just that easy, folks.
Hahahaha! I find myself always telling people I can’t go out with them becuase, “I’m exhausted and I have to work in the morning.” The 19-year-old me would be like, I’ll just stay out til 7, brush my teeth, change my clothes, smooth my hair and go to work from there!
Yeah, I’m getting to be a lot like that too… *groan*
I would totally go because I love her. But not for $75, before the 5K. So yes… I am old as well.
I thought about asking you, but that’s just SO much money for a concert, and I know you guys are saving up for 1,000 things. ONE OF THEM BEING VEGASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Concerts are expensive – YIKES!!!
I’ve never been to concert and that one would be awesome. But yeah, Great Depression Grandma that lives in my head would have a shit fit. “Do you know how many potatoes you could buy with that?! What if you need more socks!? That’s 2 tanks of gas for driving to work to make more money!”