Those of you who read my posts on Facebook last night know what a cluster I was in trying to get to the Jason Aldean/Florida Georgia Line concert and that I didn't end up making it to. I am so bitter this morning!!!
So, the concert start time was 7:30. I live 50 miles from the concert venue and left my house at 4:00. The original plan was to eat supper at 5:00 (I had reservations) and then get to the arena by 7:00. The sun was shining when I left my house so I didn't realize what I would be driving into. The snow storm that had just left my house only lasted 5 minutes and didn't leave ice behind like it did in the metro. Twenty minutes into my drive (which was half way), we were stopped on the interstate due to an accident. After sitting still for almost an hour, they finally re-routed us (way out of my way). At 8:30 I was still stuck in traffic (never stopped for supper) with no outlet about 10 miles from the arena and the second group (who I really wanted to see) had already started performing. At this point, as we were still not moving much and it had taken 90 minutes to go 4 blocks, I knew there was no way we were going to get to the arena in time to see much of the concert. Reading so many facebook posts about the roads downtown, I just didn't want to deal with that knowing I had missed so much of the show already anyway. We decided to forgo trying to get there and turned around once we made it to a street we could turn onto.
I know that it was very icy out, but what I don't understand is why the heck traffic was just stopped everywhere?!?!?!?! Every single major road I was on had traffic stopped, and besides the jack-knifed semi on the interstate I never saw any other accidents. I know that there were plenty of other roads where traffic was moving just fine, but my entire route (and every road I tried to turn on from my route) had completely stopped traffic. Knowing that I was just stuck while there were lots of roads moving fine was VERY aggravating!!! What really got me was when my husband and I left the same spot at the same time and he sent me a text message that he had made it home (40 miles) in the time it took me to go 4 blocks. 4 freaking blocks!!! That's when I knew I was not going to make it to the concert.
Aside from missing the concert, I was upset that I spent 5.5 total hours in my car when I could have just been at home with my family. Oh well...it is what it is. Oh by the way, did I mention I had 2nd row seats for the concert?!?!?!?!?! Ahhhh!!!
I know lots of people spent more time in their car last night than they wanted to and I just really don't understand what the hold up was. If it's snowing, icy, etc, DRIVE SLOWLY and CAREFULLY!! I don't know if people under estimated the roads and tried to drive normally and that's what caused the accidents, and thus held up traffic, or what. I did see at least half a dozen stuck semis, but there was always still lanes open. I just don't get it. I wish I could see an aerial view of the metro last night and see what the heck was going on....but it would also anger me to see roads not far from where I was that were moving just fine. My aunt had called and said that University was just fine and if I could just get to that road I would be good...but it would have taken a good hour longer (or more) to get there. She made it from downtown (where I was headed), to her house (which I was very close to) in the time it took me to go 4 blocks. I would say that I just picked bad roads, but due to the re-route I was pretty much on the only main road there was to take and as previously mentioned, other roads I could have gotten onto were stopped as well.
Ugh. Okay, I will try to get over it. But I won't...for now anyway. I'm still searching for the silver lining, but I'm not sure there is one. I guess I didn't get into an accident while I was in traffic for 5.5 hours, so that's good.....but moving 3mph it would have been hard to get into one anyway.
Is it spring yet?!?!!? That reminds me...is it just me, or are most of the country concerts at Wells always during the winter??? The last 5 I went to were in January and February. Guess I won't buy tickets to winter concerts anymore....or will make sure I'm in town by noon on that day. Who would have thought that leaving my house 3.5 hours early would still not get me there on time...or at all?!?!?
Have a good weekend -- drive carefully!!!
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