I feel as though I’ve been up for an entire day already. My “day” began while it was still dark outside at about 4:30 this morning when my darling husband got up and got ready to catch a plane. I didn’t actually get up until about 5:30, but it’s very hard to sleep when he’s pulling out an ironing board or banging cupboards. (Really dear? Can’t we do that at night BEFORE bed when it’s not quiet in the house?!) A lot of his job is spent on the road – so I have to be thankful when he’s not traveling and able to help shuttle kids to school; which most of the time, I am. The other 70% of the time, it’s me – and today was my first run at doing it all under the new schedule on my own. It was crazy, but it worked I guess. But now of course I’ve already been awake, if not fully operational, for just about 7 hours – so to me, my day should be done. Ha! I can’t wait to see what I’ll be like at about 10pm tonight. As you can tell, I’m not used to getting up before the sun!
There are definitely benefits to rising so early though. It’s not even noon and I’ve gotten dinner going in the crockpot/slow cooker, laundry is about half finished, I’ve already driven 60 miles in my car today (Remind me again why I agreed to have the oldest at the arts high school 20 miles from the house??), and I’ve seen what the band is up to today. Roger has been posting facebook updates – and they should probably be in the middle of filming for Late, Late Night right about now. Which of course brings me to the blog topic….
They are in my state. 🙂
How can I not be just a teeny bit excited by that? It’s been a long time now – and the last I saw them, they were coming out of a rehearsal studio in the UK under much different circumstances. It’s great to read the excited tweets/Facebook updates from all of them, and I can’t help but feel good about where we are today. It won’t be much longer before we start hearing things about each of the shows…including those that yours truly will be attending. That my friends, is the excitement that comes with being a fan. It’s what we all wait for and long for. I don’t want the moment to go too quickly, because as much as I want my time to come and I sit in those 3rd row seats in Valley Center (Hello Mr. Dom Brown – I’m coming for ya!), once those shows are over, then it’s a long wait until the next time they grace us with their presence. I want to soak in the moment.
I don’t really know what happened to me in this past week. One week ago, I don’t even think I realized that John was home here in LA, much less that the tour would be starting. I don’t really know why I wasn’t excited – denial maybe? But as the week wore on and there were updates from both Roger and Dom, I realized that this is really happening. The band really IS going to tour. I am going to have the chance to see them again, and I’m probably even going to get my shot at seeing them in the UK. It wasn’t until Saturday morning when I read Dom’s tweet about packing for 6 weeks that I started getting antsy – and that’s when I finally grabbed my husband’s frequent flier information and booked a ticket. Then I started looking into UK tickets, and those are still up in the air. Flights are fine, but Amanda and I still have some plotting to do on that end before I book a for-sure flight. Make no mistake, we’re going to those shows – it’s a matter of when we’re coming home that’s in question. (Imagine the phone call from the UK to my husband: “Hi dear, it’s me. Oh I’m fine, but I wanted to let you know that Amanda and I decided to extend our trip another few days. How many? Um…how’s a week sound?! We’re doing the whole thing!!”)
Yeah. That’s not really going to happen. We’re talking about a day or two max here, but we can dream, can’t we??
Touring is in the air, and I can feel the excitement! It’s a great feeling to have after a summer where it all seemed to be like a question hanging in the air. I know that the band isn’t going to be able to tour extensively all over the world, and that for many of our readers – there is deep disappointment, and I understand. I can’t try and placate those feelings, but I will say that if nothing else, I’m happy to see the band continuing on. The “R” word doesn’t seem to be coming up, and that’s something to cheer about.
-R
My weekend was spent finalizing plans to sneak in a trip to Chicago, coincidentally (not really so much!) over the same time frame that the band will be playing at the Chicago Theatre. I’ll only be there for a mere 48 hours, but it’ll be good to see friends, hang out, and if I get lucky – see the show. I’m still looking for a good ticket, so if you hear of any, let me know! I’ve got my flights, our hotel and even a place to go before the show on Friday night…so now it’s just finding the right ticket. I’m excited about going to Chicago since it’s my second home and it’s the first place I saw the band with my partner-in-crime. The city feels like home to me, so I’m really excited.
