Still Busy But Surviving

Almost got into a conversation about only-children with one of the rocketry guys yesterday. LOL. This time I don't think any innocent people would have cried, so it's okay.

Band came in 10th at Grand Nationals! So, they were 4th overall in super-regional (mostly state with a few neighboring state bands) competition and 10th nationally. Fan-flippin-tastic!!

Went to the Texas Stars game last night with Rich and Laura. Great game. Unfortunately right at the end Chicago tied it up at 3 all. In overtime they scored first. Bah.

We had a bad experience with the Cedar Park Center, however, as did many others. First, there is no map on their website, nor is the address on my GPS or GoogleMaps or MapQuest. When we called the box office, a recording told us to leave a message and they would call us back during normal business hours. Beep. We had to ask at a Cedar Park restaurant how to find it.

When we got there, people were complaining that there was no clear direction on where to get tickets. Will-call was clearly marked- luckily we were there- but a lot of folks arrived just wanting to purchase tickets. There was some convoluted path to follow to get to where they needed to be, and it was not obvious and thus very chaotic.

Next, they didn't give us the free concession coupons that were supposed to come with the pack of tickets we bought. We had to ask three employees, who sent us to a fourth person who also had no clue about them. That person eventually gave us coupons we were supposed to have received at will-call with our tickets in the first place.

While in line to speak to the fourth employee, I got into a conversation with a woman who had been turned away at the entrance for bringing in a large purse. She returned it to her car, and then came back to find hundreds of others with large purses. The person who let her into the arena at that point said it was fine to bring in a large purse. Yeesh.

Laura said since it's a newly opened venue, they were just "working out the kinks." Well that place has got to be the kinkiest venue I've ever seen.

Heh.