Which wasn't really that bad, since the concert was for like 5000 people. But, by the time we got on the line, there were probably like 3 or 4 hundred people in front of us. I would definitely stand on line all night if it meant i could get front row seats. Some people had been on line since midnight the night before, and it sounds bad, but i don't blame them. We drove for about 2 hours and got to the stadium about 9 am.
Rachel and i had slept maybe 3 hours and Steve did not sleep at all, cause he was working, but we were all just happy to be able to go. So, Steve worked over night on Wednesday night to early Thursday morning, and Rachel and I woke up at 4 am on Thursday morning so that we could meet Steve at his store at 6, have some breakfast, and drive to New Jersey. Rachel also wanted to go and was so excited when i told her she would be going with us. The concert was Thursday afternoon, so Steven worked the overnight Wednesday shift.
Steven was supposed to work the day of the concert, but he wanted to go, so he switched shifts with someone just so he could go with me. I kept checking my phone all throughout class! As i was leaving class for the night, Steven called and told me i had won!!! Yay!!! So, he printed out our tickets. So, I had Rachel watching my e-mail for me with strict instructions to call me if she found out i had one of the "winning" e-mails. So i waited and waited and waited with baited breath, and then had to go to school, even though i knew the winners would be announced while i was at school. I would do just about anything to be able to see them, so you can imagine my excitement when i had a chance to see the boys for free. For those of you who don't know, Bon Jovi is a passion of mine, has been since i was 15. I went to school on Tuesday night, not able to pay attention much because all i could think about was, Lord, please let me win these tickets. I had found out from the Bon Jovi fan club that tickets to this mini- concert were being given away for free, one just had to enter the contest via e-mail and wait to see if your name was picked. The stadium has not been built yet, so the concert was to be held outside, in the parking lot. Well, for those of you who don't know, I won tickets to a "private" mini-concert to see see Bon Jovi outside the New Giant Stadium.