Friday, March 18, 2005

conflicted

i'm thoroughly conflicted today....i found out last week that U2 tickets are finally on sale tomorrow for the show coming in Sept. Seth and I had talked about it, and there was a general assumption that it would be ok. Maybe a little stretch as we aren't supposed to be spending money before we close on our house, but he understands the depths to which I love this band and want to see them again in concert, so he wanted to get me tickets (this was all understood by me, not spoken by him, so sorry honey if I misunderstood!) and then things came up, and we really still probably have the money to buy tickets, but it just might not be the most wise decision we could make. So I understand this, and I can accept it, and I was kinda cool with it, but then I read on Peter's blog today (yes the post is a couple days old, I've been behind with checking on my blogs lately) and he has tickets, and my heart fell. And I realized how much I wanted to go.
So I sorta came up with an unofficial list:

my reasons to buy the tickets:
-I really like the band, they're my favorite
-It's in September, so it's a great early b-day present
-It's seriously the one concert this year that I would beg to go to
-The Elevation tour was literally the best concert I've been to in my life - and I didn't have really great seats

my reasons to be ok not buying tickets:
-We'd be spending money we really shouldn't right now
-We'll need money after we move to fix up, paint, etc
-My husband is trying to make the best decisions he can about our money, and I want to honor him more than I want to go to a concert
-I can get my friend Lucas to buy me a shirt or a sticker or something when he sees U2 in Denver
-We are going to Cornertone this year, lots more concerts, just a little more money
-It is just a concert, there are way more important things in life
-I won't die if I don't go, I'd maybe mope around a little that day (ok, I probably will mope)
-There's rumors that they could add a second show, and depending on timing that could work out in my favor


This is also sort of to talk myself out of wanting the tickets so badly...I'll have to wait and see how that works...

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