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Published: December 22nd 2011
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Today is the day of the end of tour party, and I am not quite as nervous as i thought i would be.
Early up for some breakfast with Joanne, Lorna and Karin, because Joanne and Lorna have to head back to Scotland today. After breakfast a long nap before getting ready for today.
Mich is joining me to the end of tour party, as my elf, while i'll be dressed as Mrs Santa. I told Ben about this plan the day before, so there is no backing out now, thought that thought crossed my mind a few times.
We promised to meet Mich at 3, somewhere near the pub where the party would be.
A coffee and some nervous chatting later, and it's time for Mich, Karin, Monica and me to head to Lord Wolseley, the pub where the party would be.
they were expected to be there at 4pm, but finally at 4.10 the boys came in, according to Ben.G they got lost. We were standing on the other side of the room, and Ben walked straight to us and laughed when he saw me. I will never forget what he said. "Wow Maris, you
really outdone yourself" I was pleased that he liked it, and he gave us a hug, before starting to sing a Christmas song about a Mrs Santa to Mich an me.
Jackson smiled when he saw me and said. "So Maris, so you are Mrs Santa now, or is it Mrs Christmas over here?"
Time to mingle, and i asked Karin if she could take a picture of Me, Mich and Ben, which resulted as a pretty awesome picture. (Of me and my TWO elves....details later)
I get my picture taken with each one of the guys (but I don't have them yet) and even twice with Jackson, because he misunderstood me.
I asked him for my picture that he took in Amsterdam, I know it's on his phone, and i would gladly have it, but he thought i wanted to take a picture with him (again) so he smiled. As you will see on the picture later, i was pouting, because I did not mean a picture like THAT!
I had a good talk with Ben Johnson, and shared a few hugs with Ben.G. Teased Jerad and hugged Uncle. And when Ben announced that the food
was pretty good, I of course had to try that.
The time for them to leave came WAY too soon, and when they took off, most of the girls left too, so there was nothing left to do for Karin, Monica, Mich, Karen and me than to eat all the leftovers. I mean, the band payed for it, can't leave it standing there.
And Jackson was right.... the chicken on a steeeeeeeeek was pretty tasty!
Mich is also joining me to the meet and greet, we had the most awesome idea, to make them wear a bagface for the picture (including Lani) I informed Lani about it at the party and she laughed and agreed to go on the picture too.
The M&G was quite in a rush, because they were on a deadline, the venue had another party going after the band, so they had to rush. BUT we got our bagface picture and Jerad nearly fell over when he saw the bagface we had for Jackson, (Yes, it was based on Amanda) and Ben.G kept his bagface, (he thought he looked pretty much like him)
It was amazing that they were willing to do
this, and we had the time of our lives and the concert yet ahead of us.
after taking a peek at the setlist, we all squee'ed because the sound was FINALLY on the setlist. After teasing, hugging and talking to Will for weeks, we would FINALLY see him in action... on stage that is.
The show rocked, it was even better than Amsterdam, even though it was a rush, it was epic. Including Jackson's "Dance Partay" beatboxing improv thing before playing keep awake.
The improv was Big Ben, sung by our very own Big Ben. I am very pleased that he's going to do more improv's in the future, coz he's really good at it.
The show was over before we knew it, and at first we decided to go stand at the back of the line for the signings again, till someone informed us that there was only 45 minutes to do the signings and they will have to cut it short.
I hugged Twilla one last time, told him that he was AMAZING on stage, and that i loved him even more. He loved me back, which is always a good thing.
Then in line,
a big thank you for Lani, and a wink from Jerad. Jackson even stood up, hugged and thanked me and told me I'm a lovely lady. (thanks dude, I still blame everything on you..)
Ben was wearing Mich's elf had and looked at me. he said "I am your elf now, and i did not even have to fill in an application for it." I laughed and said. 'So, you're my bitch now." He grinned his huge smile and said "Whatever you say Mrs Santa" and hugged me.
Ben Johnson was quiet, and i had the feeling he was about to cry. Uncle Larry thanked me for being at so many shows and I told him i did it with love and LOTS of fun.
I thanked Cara and Saul for their awesomeness and Brady for being there.
It was really over. I felt sad at that moment, but the party wasn't over yet, we still had some food and drinks to score with the lovely gang.
After discovering that all the pubs were too crowded to actually have fun, Karen asked us to come hang out at the bar of her hotel, a offer I couldn't refuse, (coz yes, she was staying at the Hilton, and YES, i did have the idea that there might be some monkeys staying there)
Monica, Karin and I went to the Hilton with Karen and met Amanda there too.
There was a disco party going on, and I had the time of my life, dancing the Macarena, having fun doing weird dances and laughed my ass off.
Time for some sleep and a long sleep in for the next day. <3
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