The Bachelor Pad

Eventful week for me so far. Wednesday I ran a bunch of errands in the morning before making the long trip to Palm Springs. It's a pretty nice drive, better than the drive to Vegas (mainly because it's only half as long). Everyone in the band got caught up in traffic but we made it to the theater with plenty of time to soundcheck. Steve Tyrell does really well in Palm Springs, this is the fourth time we've played this theater and it was really packed. Nice venue.

That night we were staying at a hotel/casino (there are a lot of those out by Palm Springs, probably because there are a lot of retirees as well), I was all excited to play poker until I realized that I didn't have my ATM card. Yet another thing to add to the long, long, long list of my belongings I've lost. So no poker. What a drag.

Thursday there was another long drive to El Cajon (which is by San Diego). The theater there was nice enough. The crowd was really energetic and excited about the show and the band played really well. All in all I had a good time on the trip.

Friday brought yet another long drive home. I was pretty wiped when I finally got back to my place. Driving can take a lot out of you. So can beers from the night before. I relaxed, did some more errands and fixed Carrie dinner before taking her to the airport. Murphy went along for the ride and after we dropped her off we went over to Woodman to hang with my boys over there and play video games. Good times. Everyone loved Murphy because he's the coolest.

This morning I had a breakfast an old friend of mine Evin. We actually lived together for a year back at Ball State University. He transferred to Indiana University and we kind of fell out of contact with each other. Then coincidentally enough he moves to Los Angeles right before I do and we end up out here together. He's since moved to Madison and I haven't seen him in a couple of years. It was really great catching up with him.

Tonight I have a gig down in Newport Beach with my boy Gary. Even though the drive is a bit much I always like playing with him.

So Carrie is gone until Wednesday and Murphy and I have the condo in full Bachelor Pad mode.

Watch out!