My Weekend

Friday

Noon-woke up with every intention to see 'No Country for Old Men', instead I get a call from my old friend Koop who is a comics dealer. He had a booth at a convention in Midtown that day and invited me out. I went to the con, had lunch with another friend of mine, and geeked out on comics for the rest of the day.

6 PM-Got to the gig early, played Madden with the keyboard player. Did the gig. Uneventful.

12:30 AM-Headed out to a bar nearby the Carlyle to have a beer and watch Hawaii football with previously mentioned keyboard player (they have a really good team this year by the way).

3:30 AM-Go to another bar called American Trash. My friend and I had been there once before and a random girl had come up and kissed him out of nowhere. Didn't happen this time.

4:30 AM-Get back to the apt. to find our guitarist practicing and listening to Carole King's Tapestry. We then listen and compare her version of "You've Got A Friend" to James Taylor's. Taylor wins because of the vocal harmonies.

6:00 AM-Head to bed.

Saturday

2:00 PM-Wake up and have a bowl of cereal. Play Nintendo and veg out.

7:00 PM-Go to work, play the gig.

12:30 AM-I decide to take the train to the airport for my trip back LA. Sure the train may take longer but I have time to kill and it's about $45 cheaper than a cab.

2:00 AM-Meet some of the other guys at our hangout the Kinsale Tavern. I drink Cokes and hang out as I'm planning on staying up until I leave.

3:00 AM-Grab a tuna sandwich and head home to get my stuff.

Sunday

4:00 AM-Jump on the 6 train only to find out that the E train which is to take me to JFK isn't running. I frustratingly hail a cab out both cab and subway fares.

4:45 AM-Arrive at terminal 6 of JFK. I'm pretty familiar with it. I know after you walk out of security there is a Dunkin Donuts to the right with a line of at least 30 people, a sports bar straight ahead that you can get bacon and eggs at for $20, and I know to stay away from the Chinese place on the left. I get a coffee and donut and wait for the plane to board.

6:00 AM-Board the plane. Take and Ambien. Sleep.

9:45 AM PST-We are informed by our pilot that there is too much fog in Burbank to land. Instead we will be landing in Long Beach (about 45 min sout of Burbank) where we will refuel. Once we land we are given the option of leaving the plane or waiting on the runway for the fog to clear up in Burbank and flying back. I'm off of that plane faster than you can say "flight rage".

Noon-Carrie finally arrives and picks me up.

1:00 PM-After three weeks our family is finally reunited. Milo is much bigger and has so much energy squirming around and playing with everything. But he remains the most beautiful baby around. Carrie and I take a nap while grandma Penny watches him.
We have a nice dinner at a local restaurant and are in bed not long after.

Colts win, yay.