Whenever the small things in life start getting you down, you just need to be uplifted by some good music! Jason Mraz always makes me smile! Hope he makes you smile today!

 
 
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In my previous post on Friday, I informed everyone that I was going to participate in a "staff appreciation" event for Nickelback. It was an amazing experience.
We arrived at American Airlines Center at 11am on Saturday morning and parked our vehicles in the lot with Sick Puppies, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin and Nickelback's tour buses! We got inside the AAC through a side door that took us downstairs and to the backstage area, where everyone was busy setting up lighting, pyrotechnics and speakers for the show. While they set up for the big event, we set up our stylists stations in the Visitor's Locker Room and got our "Nickelback Worker" stickers that allowed us access to pretty much anywhere we wanted to go.
I was one of two hair stylists, two manicurists, an acupunturist, a chiropractor and several massage therapists. I was told that we would be cutting hair for any of the staff who wanted a haircut. This included road crew, lighting guys, show promoters, assistants and possibly band members.
We were busy from 11am until 7pm. I did get a break to grab some catered lunch and they also brought up pizza for us. We met so many interesting people from all walks of life. My clients included drivers & lighting guys, Nickelback's sound guy, Orris and Brad, the band's assistant. He's only 25! (What an awesome job to have at 25!) I even met and cut their personal chef, J.P.'s hair. He smelled of garlic and onions. It was fabulous! I had to make sure not to leave any loose hair on him. Rock stars don't like hair in their food!
Those guys were all friendly and had such great personalities but the highlight of my day was cutting Emma Anzai, the bass player from Sick Puppies and Eric Bass, the bassist from Shinedown along with his wife. I even got a hug from Eric before he left for a "Meet & Greet".        
Now I can officially say I have done "Rock Star Hair!"

To top off an already awesome day, I was given 4 complimentary tickets to the show. I called my boyfriend, Josh, as soon as I found out and he brought along two of our good friends, Joel & Heather. The seats we had were perfect! We were so close we could feel the heat from the flames and fireworks on stage. All the performances were spectacular! Nickelback can really entertain a crowd! I didn't leave the AAC until after 11pm. (Yes, I spent 12 hrs at American Airlines Center.) It was an incredible oppurtunity and a day & night I will never forget!
To me this is just further proof that everything happens for a reason and God, The Universe, whatever you choose to call your Higher Power, puts you where you need to be to make these things happen, if you will just let go and "let it be". I never would have imagined that I would have had this oppurtunity but I am open to whatever comes and I know that with everything, there is something to learn! I feel truly blessed!

I've posted some pictures from Saturday! Check them out! I hope you all have a wonderful week! Much Love!

Let it Be,
-Stevi
 
 
 
I have seriously been slacking on my blog posts. I have been so busy that I haven't had time to even get on the computer. Journaling doesn't seem to be slowing the time down to a "slow enough" pace for me. The Pink Posse and mypinkroadmap.com are very important to me so please don't think I do not care or that I am just lazy.
Now that I have gotten that off my chest, I have really exciting news! Tomorrow (Saturday May 15th) I get to go to Dallas to do haircuts for the road crew and staff for Nickelback for their "staff appreciation" event. Nickelback, Shinedown & Breaking Benjamin are in Dallas and will be performing at American Airlines Center tomorrow night. I will get to be back stage and be a part of pre-show set up! I will get lunch and dinner catered to me and it's quite possible that I could get tickets to tomorrow night's show!!! How incredible is that?
I am very excited and  a little nervous since I really don't know what to expect. This is going to be "out of my comfort zone". I am used to working a nice little half a day on Saturdays. Tomorrow will be very long, but I am looking forward to it!
I hope to see all of you at the Pink Posse event on Sunday. I will have the details of my experience back stage. I have posted a song from Nickelback in case some of you are not familiar with their music. I thought this song was a good choice since it makes reference to some of the purposes of the Pink Posse!

Have a fantasticly relaxing weekend,
Stevi