I'm glad I tried!

These past few days have been memories that will last forever. I decided to tryout for American Idol since it will be my last year (I'm almost 29) to tryout for it! I called my friend Nicole (who lives 10 minutes from the new cowoby stadium) and begged her to go with me. Well not really, I didn't even have to beg! I haven't seen the girl in 2 years and she stopped everything to go with me on this experience. I arrived at her apartment on Thursday morning around 8:30. We stopped by the store and got a few snacks and drinks before heading to the stadium. We had heard the day before people were waiting in line to register for 3 hours! So we thought we should be prepared. We get to the stadium a little after 9 and NO ONE was there. We walked right up, got our tickets and wristbands and headed back out the door. We were laughing at all the stuff we bought. We had all afternoon to do nothing. We decided to head to Northpark mall to catch a movie and did a little shopping. (We saw The Proposal! If you haven't seen it, go tonight!) That night we tried to get in bed early since we had to get up at 4:45, but I couldn't sleep for anything. I tossed and turned until the last time I looked at my clock it said 2:45! WHOA, 4:45 came early. We got to the stadium at 6:30 and I can't even described to you how many people were already in line. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen. We got inside about 7:30 so that wasn't too bad waiting in line. Once inside we all started practicing singing Kelly Clarkson's song, "My life would suck without you." We did it over and over again until they finally started shooting us. The camera was mainly in the center of the crowd and we were down on the end. I doubt Nicole and I will be found in the huge crowd. We filmed for about an hour and then the tryouts began. I waited for 5 hours before I FINALLY made my way down on the floor. By this time I was so tired and worn out I wasn't even in my right mind! We were put in groups of 4 and then taken to a table with a judge. Down on the floor you could hear everyone singing. I was probably down on the floor for 20 minutes and I saw 2 people advance. There's 12 judges in all and probably 20 people in front of every judge. Do the math. Not too many people got through all day. I think that's what is so crazy about the whole thing. People all around me could jam, but no one was getting through. I think they have a certain look they want and you have to be pretty lucky to make it to the next round. So, I was first in my group, did my thing and stepped back. Once we all 4 went she told us we all sounded great, but not what she was looking for. So I gave it a try and I'm glad that I did, but I was pretty bummed about the whole show. I really thought it would be different I guess.

After I sang I went back to Nicole's and took about an hour nap before heading to the condo in Dallas (my sister-in-law's parents own a condo in a really nice part of Dallas, I mean REALLY nice!) So Molly's sister Meagan (who I have been friends with for a long time) decided to invite a few ladies up for a "Girls Weekend!" There were 6 of us total. We had a blast. We ate at Mi-Cocina's the first night (please take note of all these places if you are ever in this part of Dallas) and Chuys the second night. We did lots of shopping at Northpark, got our toes done and make-up done. It was so much fun! That night after eating at Chuy's we went to West End for a little while and then headed to Kinki's to meet up with Nicole and her friends. Kinki's sounds pretty bad, but it was hip-hop music and dancing! We had a blast! I was so ready to get home though. I felt like I had been gone for a month or something. Leven had taken Taydem and Trever to visit his parents in Mexia while I was gone. I couldn't wait to see them all, especially my tooter poot! Check out some pics from the wild weekend!

Some of the crowd!

Nicole and I that morning, EARLY!

View from Condo