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Rationalized Spending...

My seats at Bruce Springsteen last night were horrible. And not because of location, really. Mostly because of people. We were sitting in the “Club Level” which meant we were up in the middle of the venue. That meant no one was going to stand. In fact, when Bruce came out, my wife and I stood up and the lady behind us grumbled, “Sit down!”.

So I looked down at the general admission standing room area which was not full. I looked at it during the entire first song. I thought about where I was sitting. I thought about how this was a date night for my wife and I and all ready these people next to me were driving me crazy.

So I made the decision…I told my wife, let’s go find better seats. Walking out I found a hostess and said “Where is will call?” and she pointed the way. I walked down and asked how much two tickets would cost to go down on the floor. $200. Sold.

So yes, I did buy two tickets at $65 earlier this year only to turn around and buy two more tickets at $100 each so we could be on the floor.

But it was the best decision ever made. There we could dance and sing along. We had a blast. This might have been one of the first “date nights” we’ve had this year so we went all out.

And by the way…the show was amazing. Born to Run from start to finish then he played some songs I’ve never heard live like Darlington County and Santa Clause is Coming to Town. He also played No Surrender and went straight into Bobbie Jean (just he does on Born in the USA). And he covered Ring of Fire and yelled, “That’s for Johnny”, at the end of the song.

I just realized this might be my longest tumblr post ever. I’m just rationalizing my spending for everyone to see and confirm that I made the right decision, ha.