Coachella 2010 - Schmoopies Edition

So, every now and again I’m totally reminded why I love Hubs.  Sure he farts and snores and has a tendency to "megabytes working" but on our honeymoon/Coachella trip I fell in love with him all over again.  For soooooo many reasons!  These are just a few:

1. The resort where we stayed was full of ducks.  We happened to meet and feed two ducks in particular…we’ll call them Vivien, her friends call her Viv (Don’t judge us!) and Duke.  They were obviously married and this other duck, Wally (yeah, we name the ducks, what of it?) was trying to get over to Viv; presumably to try and swoon her away from Duke.  But Duke wasn’t having any of it; he was chasing Wally off every time he came close.  It was fairly exciting.  When Team Blackout SW Chapter arrived, we told them all about the Viv/Duke/Wally saga and they totally tried to make fun of us but Hubs made it sound like the coolest thing in the world---It wasn’t that long ago Hubs would have thought ducks were totally lame too but Hubs LOVED the ducks as much as I did—although I speculate he might try to deny it….


2. Hubs has always been great about leaving places when I’m ready to go---as JV said in his Best Man speech “when one of them says it’s time to go…we go!”   After several hours of catching up with Team Blackout I was kinda getting sleepy…you know, it must have been like 11 o’clock J  so Hubs looks over at me and we have some sort of conversation with our eyes about bed time.  He totally made a huge production of a yawn to announce we’re going to bed.  It was awesome and I didn’t have to be ‘the wife’ that ruined all the fun.  And then he farted…


3. The first couple days of our honeymoon we spent tons of time at the pool and I got a little pink.  So, when it was time for Coachella I was sooo scared I was gonna be burnt and the rest of the festival would be a tortuous exercise proving I could still hang in the sun even after burnt. But Hubs took charge and kept me slathered in sunscreen every 30 minutes or so…and I didn’t get burnt at all.  Now, weather he was concerned about my sun exposure or was just happy to rub me down every few minutes I’ll never know but he didn’t complain when I asked for the SPF Chapstick out of his backpack 45x in 4 hours like I did during this post about him asking for stuff out of my purse.


4. When we were on our cruise back in October we totally drank one afternoon and booze coupled with rocking boat was a bad combination for me so I totally whined and made Hubs missed the ONE dj he was pumped to see on the cruise..Bad Boy Bill.   I told him he could go but instead he stayed and cuddled me all night without one word of complaint (not even when “Horton Hears a Who” started over for the 3^rd time.)  Well, during our little catch up when  TB (Team Blackout) one of them started talking about his girlfriend; he spent 30 minutes talking about how lame she was and about how many shows he missed and he wished he hadn’t taken her on the cruise at all!  It made me feel so good because while I know Hubs was definitely disappointed we missed Bad Boy Bill he would NEVER say anything like that about me….it made me feel very loved and lucky to have him in my life. 


5. If I ask Hubs which is more important cute or comfortable.  He will always say comfortable.  I think it’s because he knows I’m secretly asking if it’s ok to be comfortable instead of cute--then when I’m all dressed comfy he'll tell me I look cute everytime.

Hubs, I totally love you….even when I’m sick and crabby and miserable and have snot dripping out of my nose you are the one I want to be with, aren’t you lucky!

Coachella 2010 - Not As Young as We Used to Be Edition

And we’re back.  Honeymoon/Coachella 2010 was a week filled of funny stories and moments proving once again Hubs and I aren’t as young as we used to be….when it’s all said and done Hubs and I would rather get massages  instead of knocking around outside with 74,993 strangers.  We had intended on “broadening our musical horizons” at Coachella.  What actually happened?  We proved weak and unable to hang with the young-uns….the young-uns we were hanging out with started drinking the moment they arrived (they call themselves Team Blackout SW Chapter) and Hubs and I only drank a couple times the entire week.    

Coachella Day 1:  After almost not getting in (stupid ticketmaster tickets) we tried our best to stay the whole day but seriously, it was hot, we were sweaty/hungry and there wasn't anyone we really wanted to see til the evening--so what would two old married people do instead of head to the beer tent and fight through it?  Leave our hardcore friends and head home to eat, shower, and take it easy until Benny Benassi, Jay-Z, and Deadmau5 that evening.  (Best descision ever!)  We we got back we were refreshed and ready to fist pump!  Benny was awesome.  Jay-Z only performed one song I knew and 5 days later we (Hubs and I) are still wondering the meaning of, “get your diamonds up!”  (Jay-Z, what does that even mean?  Hubs and I are dying to know.)  Then Deadmau5, he debuted his new light up mouse head---very  cool, but we didn’t stay for the entire set and we were out of there with Amy  and Alex (Alex was all “fist pumped” out and was napping on the outskirts---he should of hung with Hubs and I! )  We made it out of there before all the traffic and was sound asleep by 12. 

Coachella Day 2:  We learned our lesson about spending the entire day at the Fest the day before so we went just before the djs we wanted to see:  Dirty South, Bassnectar, Kaskade, David Guetta, and Tiesto.  We spend the day by the pool, relaxing in the lazy river and then finally headed over around 5.  Guetta was awesome!  Tiesto played the same set as he played when we saw him in KC a few months ago but it was a totally different show outside.  And Hubs is in love with Kaskade!  Oh, and I got my very first fedora.  So, all in all, Day 2 was a complete success.  We left before Tiesto was over; we wanted to miss the traffic and get to bed but the day was so much fun! 

Coachella Day 3:  Oh, that’s right…we didn’t go to Coachella Day 3.  We got massages and spent some time at the spa, laid by the pool, and napped.  It was awesome!  That’s also when our sinus’ started acting up. 

Since we’ve been home we’ve been super sick.   I could write 10 posts about our Honeymoon and I’m sure as I start to feel a little better I will feel more like writing but for now, that’s the rundown.