Well I meant to start this blog a lot sooner, but better late than never I guess. I actually just started this blog on my sidekick sitting on the toilet in the front lobby bathroom of the St. Louis Hilton. Haha what did you expect. I'm writing now while I'm walking through the parking lot to the bus. Its a very beautiful night, one of those nights when the air just feels perfect, not to cool, not too hot. It was a nice surprise after being couped up in the bus for 18 hours.....8 of which I slept in my bunk with my guitar that won't fit into the bays underneath the bus. That's what happens when your bus is at capacity with 12 people living together for almost three months.
I went running today along the Platte river before we played. It was a very enjoyable run. Saw alot of people out and about with their dogs and their bikes, I don't think I've ever seen so many people engaged in this much physical activity in one city at one time, and on a weekday ever before. Must be something about Denver. I even saw a Weimaraner playing fetch with his owners in the river (I wish layla would do that..haha). Everyday I get up with our guitar tech Dennis at 8:30 and we go to the Hurly stage where we play most of the time. We have to be there then to help unload all the gear or else we get yelled at by this long blond haired, bearded, gap toothed, really cool guy....the stage manager. All of our gear is stored on a semi at the end of the show and transported to the next city for us. After that I go run for 30 mins to an hour, that's my alone time...I really need it. The schedule changes for all of the bands every day. We could go on as early as 11:30, and as late as 7:30. Kinda sucks but I actually like changing it up everyday. Keeps things interesting and its fair for all the other bands.
It feels like I've been away from home for so long now. I guess thats because I have. Our honeymoon started on May 9th and its already almost July. Definitely been a while. I miss Cameron like crazy, can't wait to see him when Kirsten comes down to florida a week from now. We're gonna have a blast. He's been telling me how well he can swim now, and I always joke with him and say that I won't believe it until I see it. He's so excited to show me. Kim and Kid's house has a pool, and I'm sure we'll be using it.
So off to Saint Louis tonight, maybe it will be a little cooler there.
