Concert Fake-Out [10.8.08]

In the game of life, some days are easy, while others are just the beginnings of emotional roller coaster rides. Today was the latter. I, along with others, are in the beginning stages of planning a concert in the spring semester. Our first and perhaps most important mission is to book a band. Fortunately, since this concert is going to be supported by a department of the college, we had sufficient enough funds to get a decent band to come. However, we still had to track down agencies and fill out contracts and finally get a band to accept our offer. As of today, we had the first two steps completed and we were simply playing the waiting game with the requested band. To check if there was any progress, my friend and I visited the Chaplin in his office. We entered the chapel and walked by his office just in time to hear him say "yep...we got 'em!" My friend and I looked at each other and screamed: "we got them! They're coming!" The chaplain hung up the phone and joined us out in the lobby. "Who is coming?" We ceased the jumped and collectively said "um - the band?" The Chaplin winced and replied "Oh...no...no...no. I was talking about the riders. They just came through, so I called the agency to let them know we got them." "So we have yet to hear from the band?" He nodded, and we frowned. What a let-down.