Operation U2....Salt Lake City Day 5

Ok, so it's day 7, so bare with me while I journey back two days ago and try to remember what happened. It's pre-show day...so we knew we wanted to check out the stage progress and see if we could get a glimpse of soundcheck. And I said a glimpse. You always get an earfull of soundcheck because it's loud. Fortunately, we could see through the gates to the stage (thanks Utah, for a small football stadium) and wanted to see if we could see anything fun. Well, they were still erecting the stage when we got there and their sound crew was doing soundcheck this time. Nonetheless, it was fun and we did the ever so important, dry run of the Utah public transporation. They, too, have a lightrail system. There's only two trains verses Denver's 6 I believe. So, if we got on the wrong one, we knew which one was the correct one by processs of elimination. We ate breakfast at the Hotel and lounged around. I did payroll and read my newest of books (Chelsea Handler's new release) and mom worked. We ate lunch and then made our way to the home of the Utes for the soundcheck. We drove the rental there instead of yet attempting the transit system. On the day of the show, since we had VIP parking, we were going to take our rental in early and park it, then transit back to the hotel, then transit back for the actual show and drive home. I'm sure that sounded just as confusing and uninteresting as it was when it actually occured. Regardless, they were still building the stage, more importantly, the needle of the spaceship. It was neat to see the crane at work. 150 feet high to the top. So, no soundcheck today. We made our way back to the Hotel and ate dinner. Notice a trend of eating at the Hotel? Usually we're dying to get out of the Hotel...but this is one Hotel I could eat at for every meal of my life. They have it all...and I mean all. You should see Sunday Brunch. Anyhow, like I said, the food is it's own blog to come. We went to their mall. Due to the usually nice weather, a lot of them are outdoor malls, which only makes sense....expect for when I go. It was raining...and I only expected it. It's like how Denver only has 65 days without sunshine for the year...and I managed to see 4 of them. So, the shopping center was neat, but it was nice to get out and walk around. Parking is weird...you have to get it validated and then it's free...I think. Atleast we didn't pay. I shop at the Markland Mall (only when necessary, mind you) and it's a far cry from anything like this. I wish I had a dollar for everyone person who look at me on this trip with the intent on asking "do you live in a cornfield??" But little would they know, the joke's on them because I do..and I'm proud of it. I don't always know how the ritzy life works (like the bellman at the Hotel) but I enjoy the experience of the, for me, unusal. I'v learned a lot of what not to do, so I'll blog that soon. Anyhow, it was a slow day which I needed. This sinus infection had to have been paired with the worst bronchitis ever. This dry weather was making me cough even worse and each day I had at least 1 crazy coughing episode where I literally busted the blood vessels in my eyes, went without oxygen (which I'll probably feel the effects of later in life), and made any trace of eyeliner run to my chin due to the tears. I wasn't able to do my daily workouts due to being sick, but I definitely got an amazing core workout with all of the coughing. My obliques and my neck were actaully sore from all of the straining. I'm hoping once I hit the humid Indiana air, one of two things will happen. I'll either get slammed with the allergies (which is the culprit of my demise in the first place) or the nice, sticky, humid air will serve as a rejuvenation and put some moisture back in my throat. I hope it's the latter of the two. I need to workout and feel better. I went through two entire boxes of kleenex, not to mention a role of toilet paper specially set aside for blowing my nose.