Wednesday
Aug032005
Leavin' on a Jet Plane
Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 04:29PM
So here I am, August 3, my third wedding anniversary, on a plane to Denver to play at some Christian Music conference. Bummer. I’ll be back tomorrow and we’ll celebrate then, but I wish the miscommunication hadn’t happened and we hadn’t gotten booked today, that’s for sure. I was home all yesterday, though, which was great. The air-conditioning went out in our house while I was in California this past weekend, and one of our toilets sprung a leak, causing some nice carpet mildew. It’s all taken care of now, but I played handyman all day yesterday. Still, I got to hang out with my wife and hold my little, baby girl, and nothing makes me happier.
Once I get home tomorrow, though, I’ll get to be with them for quite a while before I have to travel extensively again. This nomadic traveling life is getting harder, not easier, though, with a family. Oh well, it won’t last forever… I’ll be traveling about as soon as I get home, though, but with my family. We’re going to visit my parents in Normal this weekend. We’ll get to see Mark and Dawn Lockett, their baby girl Eleni, my brother and his wife, and Bobes, as well, so it should be a lot of fun.
This past weekend was crazily hectic, but we played some fun shows and got to see some beautiful country. We did our first show in San Diego, then slept a few hours, got on a plane and flew to Washington, got in a van, drove three hours to play at Creation West at a place called “The Gorge�, which is easily the most beautiful music venue in the country. Then we drove back three hours to Seattle, slept a bit more, hung out a bit the next day there, enjoyed some fine Alaskan Amber, then got on another plane back to California, this time to San Jose. From there we piled in yet another van to drive a few hours to Monterey, where we played two shows over two days, at the Spirit West Coast festival and then the Monterey Presidio Military Base.
The latter was pretty interesting. The base holds the Defense Language Institute, where soldiers go to learn other languages for their assignments. Depending on the language, they have to be fluent within six to eighteen months. Most of them were learning Arabic, getting ready for Iraq placement. Pretty heavy stuff. And we got to meet some real, actual spies. At least, we think. We really wanted them to be spies. Just because that’s a way cooler story.
Ok, so I had to shut off my computer after that last sentence, because we were about to land. Now I’m in, wait for it, wait for it…. another van to another show!! Anyway, back to Monterey. I did not get to go to the Steinbeck museum, but that’s ok. A girl named Bethany Dillon opened both of our shows, and she was really good. It’s been a while since I’ve heard a new Christian artist that I actually enjoyed. I’ll be excited to watch her in the next few years. Good hang, too.
Well, I guess that’s about it. Just been playing shows, and waiting to get back home. Tomorrow, I was supposed to stay here in Colorado for most of the day, for an interview or something, but I told the band that I needed to get home to take my wife out to dinner, so I’m going to head to the airport very, very, very early tomorrow morning. I’m going to try to get home flying stand-by, so please say a prayer for me that I’ll be able to get a seat, and get home quickly and safely. Thanks again for all of you that came out to the shows and said hello. It was great to see some old faces, and meet some new ones. I’ll let you know about my flight tomorrow.
Once I get home tomorrow, though, I’ll get to be with them for quite a while before I have to travel extensively again. This nomadic traveling life is getting harder, not easier, though, with a family. Oh well, it won’t last forever… I’ll be traveling about as soon as I get home, though, but with my family. We’re going to visit my parents in Normal this weekend. We’ll get to see Mark and Dawn Lockett, their baby girl Eleni, my brother and his wife, and Bobes, as well, so it should be a lot of fun.
This past weekend was crazily hectic, but we played some fun shows and got to see some beautiful country. We did our first show in San Diego, then slept a few hours, got on a plane and flew to Washington, got in a van, drove three hours to play at Creation West at a place called “The Gorge�, which is easily the most beautiful music venue in the country. Then we drove back three hours to Seattle, slept a bit more, hung out a bit the next day there, enjoyed some fine Alaskan Amber, then got on another plane back to California, this time to San Jose. From there we piled in yet another van to drive a few hours to Monterey, where we played two shows over two days, at the Spirit West Coast festival and then the Monterey Presidio Military Base.
The latter was pretty interesting. The base holds the Defense Language Institute, where soldiers go to learn other languages for their assignments. Depending on the language, they have to be fluent within six to eighteen months. Most of them were learning Arabic, getting ready for Iraq placement. Pretty heavy stuff. And we got to meet some real, actual spies. At least, we think. We really wanted them to be spies. Just because that’s a way cooler story.
Ok, so I had to shut off my computer after that last sentence, because we were about to land. Now I’m in, wait for it, wait for it…. another van to another show!! Anyway, back to Monterey. I did not get to go to the Steinbeck museum, but that’s ok. A girl named Bethany Dillon opened both of our shows, and she was really good. It’s been a while since I’ve heard a new Christian artist that I actually enjoyed. I’ll be excited to watch her in the next few years. Good hang, too.
Well, I guess that’s about it. Just been playing shows, and waiting to get back home. Tomorrow, I was supposed to stay here in Colorado for most of the day, for an interview or something, but I told the band that I needed to get home to take my wife out to dinner, so I’m going to head to the airport very, very, very early tomorrow morning. I’m going to try to get home flying stand-by, so please say a prayer for me that I’ll be able to get a seat, and get home quickly and safely. Thanks again for all of you that came out to the shows and said hello. It was great to see some old faces, and meet some new ones. I’ll let you know about my flight tomorrow.
Reader Comments (2)
if you can work "good hang" into every one of your posts, i will be a happy man...it doesnt take much. i hope B-Dilly opens up for y'all in September, that would be a nice treat. Andy, perhaps you can update us on the new record at some point...or were you waiting to get info from us on that :)
Wow, just reading all of that makes me feel like I've been out on the road to long. I'm praying for ya man. Take care, it's my parents anniversity today, and it would be mine and my girls 8 months anniversity, but who knows what we are... ANYWAY, I'm happy for ya. Take care, and stay say.
You are the only blog I can read without getting sick of the internet!