I promise this is going to go somewhere running related.
So, like 8 years ago (gulptiy gulp), I think it was like an SAT day or something, and my mom let me leave school, because I was a senior and I didn’t have to be there.
ANYHOO, so I left school to go to a CD store (cause iPods were like barely a thing yet,) and I bought this thing for like $10.99.
And I was hooked to the one and only Gavin Degraw. He had the voice of a black man, but he was all white and stuff. He covered a lot of old Motown, which I’d grown up on, and he played guitar, piano, and danced like he actually was performing and having a good time on stage.
And thus, my stalking began.
It started finally my senior year in college. I saw him perform at High Point University with a friend, and he stayed after to sign some autographs. I think he signed my program, and stared at him with my mouth open, until he did a double-take, and asked me, rightfully concerned, if I was okay. I closed my mouth, and died.
I saw him again at a furniture thing in High Point. This time, I was ready. A little liquid courage inspired both my dance moves, the inappropriate messages I yelled to him, and the stalking I did to his bandmate, Billy Norris.
After the show, we waited for him.
GDG: Pretty girls, come take a picture!
(Gavin called me pretty. You can’t tell me any differently now).
GDG: I saw y’all dancing down there!
(We were dancing hard, it’s not hard to believe.)
Me: Will you sign my beer?
(He signed my beer.)
The third time I saw him was in Jersey with my other boyfriend, Adam Levine. And the fourth, I’m pretty sure he glanced in my direction. But I can’t be entirely sure.
So where is this going?
Okay, so it looks like my boo, Mr. DeGraw will be performing at the Finisher’s Concert after this half-marathon. In Cleveland. For those of you Cher fans living elsewhere, I live in North Carolina. Not close to Ohio. I need to go, run this race, and get to this concert for a few reasons.
- Gavin DeGraw. He may call me pretty again. He may congratulate me on a job well done, as I will have finished another half. HE MAY CALL ME ON STAGE TO SONG OF MY CHOOSING. And that’s really important. I know all his ad-libs, so he needn’t worry.
- Gavin mentions Carolina in his new single.
- Another 13.1 could help. I need to get myself in a few more race situations before the full in October. I haven’t properly raced since April, and I need it to light the fire under my behind.
- This could be a small concert. Meaning that I will get to wave at Gavin and bandmates with my hands.
Now I recognize, flying off to Cleveland isn’t necessarily advised. Believe it or not, blogging about making smoothies doesn’t pay 400k a year. But it isn’t necessarily ill-advised either. Cause I’m a baller. So, what do I do?I need your advice.
Cheri!! You have bigger fish to fry – like you know – YOUR WEDDING!
Oh my gosh mother, the wedding isn’t for a YEAR!!!