My Crazy Family Roadtrip

Hi, so you who clicked this thread better be bored because this is my come-back post to PP after a ehile and it tells the story of my experiences of the Warsaw and Vienna gigs.

So when tickets went on sale for this tour i was still pregnant (i think?!) so i had absolutely no idea how but i really wanted to see Pink and mostly my sweet sweet Pink family at both shows. Things got even better when it turned out that some friends i didnt even expect to see were coming to Warsaw so i was reallly excited and got the tickets. I even managed to talk my husband into coming to his first Pink gig with me in Vienna, though his condition was “no queuing” so i decided to give that a try. I had no idea how we will manage with an 8 month old baby but i tried to suppress all my worries

For the Warsaw costume party i wanted to wear Pink’s devil outfit she wore at the EMAs in 2003 but it was just not coming together sadly, so When i stumbled upon a military-style green jumpsuit i decided to try to recreate her look from the 2002 Party Tour. I bought iron-on patches and a pink bra it was fun to make and i was really excited to wear it and spend the day having fun in the queue.

Well in hungarian we have a saying that goes something like “man plans, God executes” meaning that if you have a good plan for something you really want, be prepared for it to all go to shit it didnt start out great when i realized that all the flights to Warsaw were either too expensive or super early, and we really cant do super early.

(Interlude: having a baby is tough, because if he doesnt get his daily dose of sleep and/or food and/or playtime, he will do fucked up things like stay up for 3 hours in the middle of the night and shit like that so when you have a baby you want to follow their schedule as much as possible. And try to respect that the picky little thing he is, he wont sleep enough in the car and absolutely refuses to be breastfed anywhere other than a dark silent room. I would totally be the mom who breastfeeds everywhere in public if my child didn’t find every last piece of dust more interesting than my boob 🤷🏼‍♀️ Anyway because i am still breastfeeding i needed to drag him and my husband along with me )

So while i was still considering flying, my husband announced that he was going to participate in a big sailing race On the day we were supposed to go, so flying was not an option anymore, but an 8-hour drive that we planned to break in 2 and travel 4 hours friday evening while the baby sleeps and 4 the next morning. Well it all went wrong when baby decided not to sleep for half of the night so we couldnt leave as early the next morning, i just made the hard decision to let him sleep a bit longer for everyone’s sake (even if i myself only slept 4,5 hours). But then we were already delayed and then there were these awful standstill traffic jams. I cried, the baby cried, he didnt want to eat or sleep and we were super late. I was so stressed and then we finally got to Warsaw when i made another tough decision to not immediately go to the venue but go to our hotel first and feed the baby and make him sleep. I was really struggling with my guilt because i really didnt want to make the situation even worse for him. So i did that and by the time i got to the venue it was already late as fuck i couldnt get close to anyone in the queue and i hate to push and queue-jump anyway so i waited a little bit and then it started raining. When they did let us in i did squeeze my way in past some people and then i started to run like crazy. And then i spotted Jeff and my friend Philip and i wanted to cry from happiness that i was finally there but also from sadness and anger that it took me so long so i hugged them and tried to calm down a bit. Whew. Then it started to rain even more and i decided not to care. Döme took a picture of me in my costume which wasnt nearly perfect but i didnt care, by that time i accepted not being in the little photo album we gave Pink but then Jeff insisted and he made my page and i am sooo grateful for him, thank you again, you are the best ❤️ Also Döme, Attila, Philip and Aga for letting me squeeze in with them despite not queuing all day. They are my babies forever ❤️

So after this i was really sad for a while for not seeing most of the Warsaw crew, some of my friends i haven’t seen in 7 years and i am still very upset about that. I was waiting for that day so so much and it turned out to be really crap. Well Pink made it all better obviously and i learned from it a lot...

While KidCutup was playing a really strange feeling came over me as i was feeling like an old mom, enjoying all these “old-school” songs and suddenly feeling really old, tired and useless. My friends were making fun of me while i stood there motionless and mostly without a smile but i was exhausted and wanted to save energy for Pink. I was really happy when finally it was time for Pink to come on stage. For the first few songs i was euphoric, feeling her energy, seeing her contagious smile, soaking in the whole beautiful stage design. And then she started singing who knew and something happened that never happened to me before. I was singing along from the bottom of my heart and halfway through the second chorus my tears started to flow and i was feeling so sad and happy at the same time. I’m much more cry-y since i am a mom (i find more things touching etc) and it was probably the exhaustion too but i finally felt more peaceful and finally remembered why i put my family through hell. Because she makes me feel like noone else. So this feeling i got more during the show.
My favourite parts are:
JLAP cuz its my fav song
Who Knew because it is very emotional for me
River because it is amazing
Perfect because it’s also so emotional
and I Am Here is definitely a highlight for being so powerful and free. I really love the whole show though, i am pretty sure it’s the best she’s ever done even though my heart cries for songs we probably will never hear again and i dread the day when JLAP or Who Knew get cut out 😱

So after the Warsaw show was over i really wanted to go and say hi to everyone but the big problem was that i realized that i had to walk for 30 minutes to get to our hotel and my breasts were already killing me. I should have brought my pump with me to the show but then again there was no possibility to pump anywhere so i was left with 2 huge milk balloons which hurt and that would have been the least of my worries but some more serious issues can arise from it, serious conditions that i did not wish to undergo on a holiday so with a heavy heart and knowing that i wont be able to see anyone the next day either i left without even saying hi i still feel so sad and bad about it but i wouldnt have been able to stay anyway so maybe it’s for the better... i was super happy to see that the costume party was a success though, you guys had so much fun and Pink loved it too

So anyway the next day we spent the whole day in the car and we all went a bit cuckoo i think but it was done and i learned a lot from it.

A few days later it was time to go to Vienna and this time since my husband was coming with me to the show, my mom came with us to take care of the baby. So after i couldnt persuade my husband to queue with me we decided to buy lower category tickets and see the show from a bit further back and we spent most of the day together with Döme, Attila, Philip, Martin and some other friends. It was a good day

Then we went inside and i decided that we should stand next to the pole where Pink lands during SoWhat. The concert was great, i think she was in a great mood, she was smiling and joking and singing a lot. I kept looking at my husband to see his reactions and he loved it, he even made a funny remark during Secrets saying “i wonder which insurance company allows this” and later he reallypraised the whole show. That made me happy. So when it was time for So Ehat i told him to get his phone ready for a selfie so Pink came and landed on the pole and saw that he was taking a picture and she pointed at him and posed for the pic, but my husband never snapped it so the best we got is her butt in our faces 🙈 but ah well it was amazing to see her so close again. A few seconds of adrenaline, joy and gratefulness rushed through me. I missed her so much and i still do.

After the concert was over we briefly managed to talk to Dani and Jeff who seemed a bit tired but headed for Mallorca so it’s all good, was still great to see you guys 😘

So when we came home i started to feel so sad because it was all over. There was so much planning and excitement and waiting and it rushed so quickly. And the worst is that we have no idea when she goes on tour again or what will happen next, and when are we gonna see each other again? Nobody knows and it breaks my heart 😭 cant even look at the very few pics and vids i took.

Anyway i am super grateful for my family for making this all possible and i hope we can do it again soon ❤️ I know now that nothing is impossible even with a tiny baby. Gotta say i dunno how Pink does a lot of this mom stuff herself but hats off to her anyway. And the most important thing is that i love this community and all my Pink friends so much. You are some of the best things in my life. Hoping for a get-together sooon ❤️