Red Wristband

So yesterday I woke up at 4:00am, put myself together, grabbed some granola bars, and drove down to the Delta Center (I refuse to call it Energy Solutions Arena) to stand in line for my wristband for American Idol season 8. I met a few new friends in line and found ways of entertaining myself during the 3 hour wait before anything happened. At around 8:00am the line started moving and I had my red wristband by 10:00am. It's a simple little paper wristband with the American Idol logo on it but it represents much more to me than that. I am finally putting myself out there and showing people what I can do. I'm stepping out from my singing closet and pursuing something much bigger than myself. I am proving alot to myself by wearing this wristband and going again at 5:00am Tuesday morning to sing in front of producers and possibly Randy, Paula, and Simon. Honestly, I don't care what they say in the end, I just want this experience and the chance to say I tried. We will see how it all unfolds but I'm just excited for now. I have to admit, this red wristband is hard not to look at every five seconds...It's the constant reminder of what tomorrow has in store...and I couldn't be more stoked.


Everyone pray extra hard for me tonight!!! I'm gonna need my nerves to be calm and I know the only person that can help me with that is the big man upstairs.