Ben played at the JW Marriott again this year for New Year's Eve. My mom came and stayed at the house with the kids and we stayed the night there.
We checked in around 2pm. Ben headed down to the bar area to start set up/sound check so I went down with him to see if I could go ahead and grab a table. Well once again it was an awful set up and people were already squatting tables. Yes, squatting! They would take turns going to get ready so they wouldn't lose their tables. I was so frustrated, as 3 hours later, there would be no seats. I headed back upstairs with the intention of just taking my time.
Ben and I got ready, headed back down around 7:30pm. Luckily, and I use that word loosely, our friends Chad and Rochelle found this tiny little bench to sit on. You couldn't even see the stage but it was a place to sit. We were literally like vultures just waiting on people to get up. We finally found this table of women that looked as if they were leaving so Rochelle asked them if we could have their table/seats. It was a make shift table with chairs pulled around it so we just added more chairs for our growing party.
The night overall was fun but when Ben plays I do truly just like to hear him sing. I eventually got up and stood by the stage just to hear him for awhile. There were a ton of people there and they were all having a great time..so that's what's important.
Midnight came, we kissed and the party continued. As Ben played his last song, Sweet Home Alabama, I headed upstairs to order us room service, so I thought. They had a 3 hour wait. I would have been 3:30am before we got our food. So we decided to go looking for food outside the hotel. We went to this 24 hr Mexican food restaurant not to far from the hotel but found only two employees and a lot of people waiting. Next stop....Taco Cabana and we found there that they had run out of food. Next stop.....Jack in the Box and we found there that their credit card machine didn't work and they were out of ice. So we settled on some egg rolls, chicken strips and a piece of chocolate cake. Great combination when you are starving.
We headed back to the hotel and slept until 9..which is late considering we are up, these days, when Emma and Cash tell us to be up. We packed up and grabbed some breakfast at IHOP and then headed home to our sweet babies.
I hope 2014 brings us nothing but happiness, success, peace and tons of laughter. Happy New Year!
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