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On the third day...

Mark wants us to blog about Third Day. The focus this month is the live experience.

As Wendy mentioned back in the day meet and greet passes were a rare commodity. I won a fan contest in 2006. The grand prize was 2 meet and greet passes. I decided to take my mother to the Johnson City show to meet the band.

As we stood in the side stage hallway, I laid down some ground rules. "Do not embarrass me. Do not leave my side. Do not try to talk to them without me. Do not tell any cute  stories. And most importantly, do not go goofy over Mac Powell."  My mother scoffed. "Traci, I am 60 years old. I am not going to act silly over some musician. I'm a little old for that."

Just then Mac rounded the corner. He walked right to her and smiled.  "Hi, I'm Mac." She took his hand, opened her mouth to speak and said, "I...I...I...hiiii..."

And on the third day...

...we talk about Third Day.

My Third Day adventures by the numbers:

51: number of times I've seen Third Day in concert

15: number of states in which I've seen Third Day

13: number of official Third Day merchandise shirts

5: number of unofficial Third Day shirts

1: number of times I have said, "I know Mac Powell," just to impress someone  (my new boss)

1: number of times I've worn a cowboy hat to a Third Day show

1,310: number of miles I once traveled one-way to see Third Day in concert

1: number of times I scared another fan with my lightening fast G.A. moves

2: number of times I over-invested in a Third Day show (Huntsville, AL 2005 & SC state fair 2007)

7: number of times I've seen Third Day live in Texas

(Edit:Since Mark wanted us to talk about something that happened this week in particular; how about my MusicToday pre order has yet to arrive. How's that for a theme?)