Ok gals...this is going to be lightening fast because #1, I am wore out
and #2. I am working third shift tonight. Yeah, I know,
what was I thinking? 
The girl on third shift quit and today was my day off so I volunteered to help out tonight only. I should have known better. So, here's my Tony tale....
Well, first of all you know I obviously didn't pass out and die because I'm here making this post at almost 3:00 in the morning. There were parts of my trip that were pretty good and parts that were not so good. Me, dh and Trey (our 9 yr old) left home about 12:45 and we got there right around 3:00, so I thought we made really good time considering we stopped and got a bite to eat. When we got there, there was already a pretty good line. We were #152, 153 and 154, which wasn't all that bad out of 700. I wasn't real crazy about the way they had us lined up to see him though. At the other appearances I have been to, they usually have the line heading toward his table and you have a pretty good chance to get in a good amount of pictures. This was about the same, but they had him sitting in front of the big fish tank and the line started around the corner of the fishtank, so when you got to the corner, you were right on top of the table and didn't have a good amount of time to take pictures and you know, I am ALL about the pictures.
So, as we start getting closer, my heart starts beating really fast and Ron can tell I'm getting nervous. I told him, "I wish you could feel my heart beating." So, he reached over and put his hand on my chest and just shook his head and laughed. Of course Trey had to feel too and he said, "Mom, your heart is beating a mile a minute!"
Tony was sitting at the end of the table with policemen on each end and Eddie his
PR guy) sitting in the middle. So, as he finally comes into view, I start taking pictures as fast as I can. Although I love my camera, it is very quirky. You have to hold the button partially down till a green light comes on letting you know the picture is in focus and then you completely press the button down and the picture takes. Also, you have to wait at least 5 seconds before you can even attempt to take the next picture or it will just sit there and everytime you press the button, it just takes the camera longer to reset itself. If I wasn't dealing with all these issues, I probably would have had twice as many photos of him. Anyways, so I'm taking as many pictures as I can and it's Trey's turn. Tony says, "Hey there, hot rod." Trey grins and says, "You're the best Tony." Tony says, "Thanks, buddy."
So I move towards him and say hello. As he's signing my championship poster, he makes a crack to Eddie that he hopes "Spider" ( a member of his team) doesn't get mad that he just signed across his face. So I ask him if I can get a picture with him and he said, "Sure, if you can lean over." I have to say I thought he looked a little tired and he seemed really rushed. He didn't get there till about 5:30 and he had somewhere else to be at 9:00. Now, keep in mind....Ron's ONLY job was to be ready to take mine and Tony's picture.....that's it.
So, I lean over towards him and am smiling when I look back at him and he's still signing one of my other items, so I say to him, "Do you mind looking up?" I did not want a picture of us with me smiling like a moron and him looking down. Geez...have I gotten pushy or what?
I've went from not being able to say a word to him to giving him orders now? So he just grinned and so we were both smiling at Ron. Now, what happens next just plain ol' sucks. Ron had taken a picture of Tony right as I had asked him if we could get a picture together, so my stupid camera was not quite ready to take another one. So Ron's standing there click..click..clicking away on the camera and it's not doing a blasted thing. At this point, (while he's still smiling, I might add) Tony says, "Let's hurry guys.." Not rudely at all...actually, it was quite comical, because the line had been moving quite smoothly till we got up there, I must say. So when Tony says that, Ron just gave up. At this point, he was agrivated and embarrassed and totally ill that he couldn't get the camera to work and the fact that we were holding up the line with 550 other people behind us. So, he just said, "It won't work." So I backed up and said, "Everyone at TSOT (my Tony website) says to say hello, " and of course he got that really sweet grin on his face and said, "You tell everyone I said hey right back." I said, "I will" and then we left. I was so upset because if Ron had just of given the stupid camera a second and stopped pushing the button, I would have had my picture with Tony.
I guess the main reason I was disappointed was because the last picture I had made with him, I was about 35 lbs. heavier and I've had a haircut since then. Oh well, I'll be seeing him again in Nashville in April and hopefully by then, we can get our act together. There is nothing worse than a woman scorned who didn't get her picture taken with Tony Stewart.
I will have my pictures developed tomorrow (there's about 10 of them) and hopefully they turned out pretty good. I told Ron that the picture he took of Tony better be worth me not being able to have my picture made with him.
Oh well....at least I have the race this weekend.
Hope you enjoyed my story and in case you're wondering, I'm no longer mad at Ron. It only took me about an hour to get over it.....I think.
I always just assumed I had elephant legs because they are so fat... but I don't. 
now I'm scanning the t.v. for elephant legs....lol, just kidding, but I didn't realize they had small legs. I guess I'm in the club you are with the big ole' legs, actually the bottom part is ok but the top part is big!!! But this to shall be gone in time!!!
