Summer Series: Part 4 Finale

 Before we get back to the regularly scheduled program of my mostly uneventful life, I have one more adventure to share. 

Immediately after Jasmyn and I left the concert venue in Chicago, she asked me if I wanted to go to Tampa for CNCO's second-to-last show for the entire tour. Of course, I wanted to in theory, because we just had an absolutely amazing time, but I was very hesitant since it was during the semester on September 18th. 

I gave it a lot of thought, and told Jasmyn not to get her hopes up, but less than a week before we would have had to leave, I told her "might as well." We had a pretty rough couple weeks, so why not have a little fun? The catch was that the only flights available to get us back home before Tuesday was to spend less than 24-hours in Tampa. Yes. We pulled an all nighter to see this band. No hotel, and only the necessities we could fit in our small purses.

We left Columbus at around 8 a.m. Saturday morning, had a connection in North Carolina, then made our way to Tampa. We landed in Tampa around 1 p.m., perfect timing to grab lunch at a beautiful rooftop restaurant called Sal y Mar. At first, we had a hard time finding it and walked around the block like fools in the almost 90-degree heat, but it was well worth it as the food was fantastic.

After lunch, we headed straight to the venue. Luckily, when we got there, there was only a few people in line, which wasn't too much of a surprise given it was only three in the afternoon. We got our wristbands and waited patiently. The event promoters opened the doors around 9 p.m. and offered VIP to those who had wristbands, we were also informed that meet and greet was an option as well, and you can bet everything that we took them up on that offer. 

Once we were inside, we were second to front row, which was perfectly fine since the girls in front of us were much shorter than us. I was super nervous to meet the members of CNCO, but it all went smoothly. Just like the last show, it was amazing. They had actually released a new song two days before our show and made us the second crowd to hear the song live! 

After the show, our friend from Miami drove us to the airport, and we fought sleep in the airport until 4 a.m. when TSA opened for the day. Our flight left at 5 a.m., and we were back in Ohio by 1 p.m. And that's the story of how Jasmyn and I pulled an all-nighter in an airport and ended up being awake for over 36 hours. Would I do it again? Short answer, yes.

I hope you enjoyed my Summer Series!