Last night, I got home over 16 hours after leaving. Here's what happened.
At 7, I left for school early so I could get online (we still don't have internet). After three hours of classes ending at 11:30, I had a one-hour break which I used to do homework and get everything due that day done. Then came another hour of class. After that was an hour and a half break. I had a shake for lunch, and ate it outside in my T-shirt while people wearing jackets walked past. Then I got online and found out that I was 3 weeks behind on Community and the Office (we also don't have TV). I watched one episode of Community, then headed to the Englert. At three, it was time to start setup.
Setup took an hour and a half, including the problem that we didn't have enough bolts to hold the confidence screen to its legs. (We still don't know where all the bolts went. We have two of these screens, each with 6 bolts, but apparently, one of them only has 2 bolts in it.) Hooray for Gaff tape.
Practice went well, but since I was running lyrics for both bands, while they each got breaks to go eat, I didn't. Luckily, I had thought ahead and had brought some almonds, and snacked on those while Anthem practiced--even though outside food and drink is not allowed. At one point, I had one of the people that had arrived early run and refill my Mountain Dew bottle with water--and I don't even remember his name, or his wife's name (all I remember is that she knew me as "the guy from the video"--and it's been a month and a half since that was shown).
The show was epic. For a while, there was around 20 performers on stage--Adoleo plus 3 trumpets, two additional drummers, and a small choir. At another point, there was a call for people with iPhones to film a music video. Some of them got to go up on stage and get close to the band--which seemed uncomfortable for the band members at moments.
And with me being me, I got really into it, often having one hand on the computer and the other in the air. I know of at least two Adoleo members that noticed, because they specifically mentioned it to me. But then, I was close to the confidence screen, and there wasn't a lot of people around me--most of the time, there was a grand total of 5 people in the balcony, counting myself and the lights guy.
At one point, there was a family with small children in the balcony, and one of the kids--a little girl of about 4--passed into a taped-off area and started climbing towards the projector for the confidence screen. I was really worried for a few seconds there, but the mom noticed and retrieved her.
After Adoleo finished, I quickly ran to the bathroom--I had been holding it for the past half hour or so--then had a couple short conversations, and we began tear-down. After all that, I got a ride home and walked in at 11:15. I quickly went to bed, but not before turning my bed (also known as a futon) around and reading for about an hour.
I was gone for over 16 hours. But it was well worth it.
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