ON SUNDAY DILLON AND I WENT TO SEE TOBY MAC. WE LEFT THE HOUSE AT 6:15PM AND ARRIVED A TTHE NOKIA THEATRE IN GRAND PRAIRIE ON 7:10PM.
BEFORE WE LEFT THE HOUSE, JESSICA TOLD DILLON TO WAER EARPLUGS. HE DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA, BUT SAID OK WHEN HE HEARD ME SAY I TOO WAS GOING TO WEAR EARPLUGS.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'RE 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD (GET READY - KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS) AND DILLON SAYS "DAD. YOU AND MOM ARE FREAKING ME OUT. WHY WOULD I WEAR EARPLUGS TO LISTEN TO MUSIC? I WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR. NOBODY LISTENS TO MUSIC WITH EARPLUGS."
20 MINUTES LATER, WE PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT AND I HAND THE ATTENDANT $20 FOR THE $15 PARKING FEE. SHE HANDS ME BACK A $5 AND A RECEIPT. DILLON SAYS "HOLY COW! SHE JUST GAVE YOU MONEY! THEY PAY YOU TO COME HERE?" OBVIOUSLY, HE DIDN'T SEE ME GIVE HER THE $20. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE $5 WAS CHANGE FOR THE $20 SINCE THE PARKING WAS $15.
SO, THE SHOW STARTS AT 8:00PM. B. REITH COMES OUT AND PLAYS, THEN FAMILY FORCE 5, THEN RELIENT K. ALL FILLERS AS FAR AS DILLON AND I WERE CONCERNED. FINALLY AT 10:15PM TOBY MAC AND THE DIVERSE CITY BAND COME ON STAGE. THEY WERE AWESOME! 3-4 SONGS INTO IT DILLON SITS DOWN (EVERYONE WAS STANDING FOR THE WHOLE SHOW). I ASK HIM IF HE'S OK AND HE SAYS YES, HE'S JUST TIRED. ONE SONG LATER AND I LOOK DOWN AND HE'S ASLEEP; AND I MEAN O.U.T.!!! I'M ENJOYING THE SHOW SO I LISTEN TO A COUPLE MORE SONGS. THEN, I DECIDE I SHOULD DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND GET HIM HOME....PLUS, LEAVING BEFORE IT WAS OVER WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF TIME GETTING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.
I TRY TO WAKE HIM AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING. HE IS OUT LIKE A LIGHT! I FINALLY GET HIM TO WAKE UP ENOUGH TO PICK HIM UP AND CARRY HIM. WE GET OUT OF THE CONCERT AND INTO THE HALLS. HE WAKES UP LIKE THE LIGHT SWITCH WAS TURNED ON THE OTHER WAY AND SAYS "DAD, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHY ARE WE LEAVING? THE MUSIC IS STILL ON." I SAID "BECAUSE YOU WERE ASLEEP." HE SAYS "NO I WASN'T." RATHER THAN ARGUE I SIMPLY SAID "OK, GREAT. SHOULD WE GO BACK IN OR SHOULD WE GO HOME AND GO TO BED?" HE SAID "LET'S GO HOME."
I CARRIED HIM SOME OF THE WAY AND HE RAN SOME OF THE WAY. WHEN WE WERE RUNNING, WE RAN AS FAST AS WE COULD. IT WAS SO COLD.....WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS 71 DEGREES OUT AND WHEN WE GOT HOME IT WAS 37 DEGREES OUT. QUITE A DROP FOR A 5 HOUR DIFFERENTIAL.
SO, WE GET HOME (NEARLY MIDNIGHT) AND I PUT HIM INTO HIS BED AND GET HIM OUT OF HIS CLOTHES. HE'S GONE....
4:00AM - HE OPENS THE DOOR TO OUR BEDROOM AND SAY "I'M SICK. I THREW UP ALL OVER MY BED." I MADE HIM A BED ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO OUR BED. (WE DIDN'T WANT HIM IN OUR BED IN CASE HE THREW UP AGAIN.) I THEN WENT UP TO HIS ROOM TO SEE THE DAMAGE...................C R I M E S C E N E IS ALL I CAN SAY. THE POOR KID REALLY WAS SICK. I THEN WENT BACK DOWNSTAIRS TO OUR ROOM TO GO BACK TO BED. HE'S NOW IN OUR BATHROOM VOMITING AGAIN.....
FINALLY, AFTER A LITTLE MORE BARF, HE FELL ASLEEP ON THE FLOOR WITH A BOWL NEXT TO HIM. THIS WAY, IF HE HAD TO THROW UP, HE WOULDN'T MISS THE TOILET - HE COULD THROW UP RIGHT THERE IN THE BOWL.
WELL, THIS MORNING HE WAS STILL SICK. HE WAS SO QUIET - WHICH IS NOT AT ALL LIKE DILLON....
JESSICA TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR THIS AFTERNOON (WHICH WAS THE SOONEST THEY COULD GET HIM IN) AND HE'S OK. IT'S A COLD. THEY SUGGESTED LOTS OF GATORADE AND REST. THEY ALSO SAID HE COULD GO TO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
AT LEAST WE NOW KNOW WHY HE FELL ASLEEP WITH 1000 DECIBELS ALL AROUND HIM.
OH, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING - NEITHER ONE OF US WORE THE EARPLUGS......ROCK ON!!!!
