American Idol Auditions

okay so my alarm was set for 225... I got up after a short nap and walked around disoriented... I think i walked to and from my closet a dozen times... I knew I put my clothes somewhere... but in a sleep deprived setting... i didn't know where...

dressed and finally ready to go, I let my sister in the door. we got the cooler filled, coffee thermos filled and we were outta the house at 330. drove to mom and dads to pick up the birth certificate from the mail box and headed to the city - the cow palace again....

We sang and talked on the quick trip to San Francisco - we arrived in need of a potty break - it was 530 and there were groups of people everywhere - We were in 2 miles away from the entrance. The news stations were there, picking out the ugliest and worst singers in the world to show their stuff. In our group there was a boy wearing a girls wig - he had lots of media attention. We stood in line for hours - a girl had a boombox in our group. so there was music and dancing... another girl had a guitar and she serenaded us... She was actually good.

I think we got inside the Cow Palace at 930 am.. Your tickets that you picked up on Tuesday had your section and seat number... Everyone went to their spots.... We didn't actually get to sit on our seats... but as long as we were in the section it was good... we sat about 10 rows up... The place was PACKED... well half the Cow Palace was filled....

It was time for the chorus... we stood, sang and danced for the camera... 'We built this City' (Starship) and 'Get Ready' (Temptations) - then we had to say a bunch of tag lines - 'American idol is back in San Francisco and bigger than ever' and a bunch more.... Finally they set up 12 booths in the center of the Cow Palace - a table and two chairs behind it, each booth was sectioned off by a cloth wall....

They had one set of bathrooms open... One Mens and One Womans... the line for the women was wrapped around - so the women were urged to use the Men's bathroom... Two lines... Men against the left side of the wall and Women against the right... the men hugged the wall of the urinals and the ladies got the stalls - Mr Comedian (one of the workers who had jokes) kept us all entertained directing men and women alike to potty.

We were Section 13.... it was filled to Section 35 - They called the auditioners down by sections and you stood in groups of four, four deep... and the judges called you up from your four and you sang - 10 seconds to a minute... They weren't letting many people through... Amy was in booth 3... I stood near booth 1 (that was as close as we could get to hear people sing) There were some really great singers.... and they didn't get through.... - how did the dude in the chicken suit get through? One girl belted out Celine and it was amazing... snip when her wristband as she walked out into the gloom of the parking lot...

I couldn't hear Amy sing... but the girls in her line... Amy said that two of them were really good, they sang three songs each and after that all four of the girls in Amy's line went to the scissors... and out we walked.... Lots of people were disappointed and very upset... but Amy didn't seem to care - funny she wasn't the least bit nervous either... Lucky her... Let's see..

Those people that did make it through this round had more rounds and had to come back on Friday... and maybe Saturday and Sunday.... oh yeah... No Paula, Randy or Simon - but we did see Justin Guarini (the runner up to Kelly Clarkson) - no music career for him i guess...

We headed home - a lot tired after three hours of being cooped up.... Ben had the girls at his moms house... he had to pick up Bianca's soccer stuff at the house and then was going to practice....We got to my house @ 330 (ben and bianca were there) I tried to sneak in and to bed without Ben seeing me... it worked... He set the alarm and headed out the door... I heard the door shut... and I turned the alarm off - climbed into bed home free...

a minute later he was there harassing me.... like he wouldn't hear me shut the alarm off... Well i hoped.... anyhow he wanted me to pick Sydney and Peyton up in a couple hours at his parents... yeah I said.. and went to sleep... He got home with the girls at 9pm... I was still sleepin... the babies rushed upstairs to wake up... so sweetly - "mama, i miss you" sydney and peyton whispered to me... melted my heart... so i got up and we played for awhile... and it was hard to put them to sleep... and finally by the grace of God... I was in bed and going back to sleep around midnight.... - did i mention I had a headache and still this morning I have a headache....