Yes sir, it sure will. Mine’s not from a food bank, but it serves as a belly filling dinner when it needs to and you have no money. I just stopped for a minute to look around my new home. I then looked down at my sad and unhealthy mac n’ cheese boxed din din (that lets face it- really does taste delicious on occasion) and had to chuckle. I then said aloud to myself; “Well- I’m broke but I’m happy!” It reminds me of this portion of an Alanis Morissette song:

I’m broke but I’m happy

I’m poor but I’m kind

I’m short but healthy, yeah

I’m high but I’m grounded 

I’m sane but I’m overwhelmed

I’m lost but I’m hopeful baby

That’s me. Totally and completely me.

It’s a rainy night and pretty cold out and here I sit finally after a very long time, in my very own home again- no roommates, no sharing, no one to answer to, just in peace and quiet with a numb butt from my hardwood floor- and I love every minute of it. Peace and quiet on a floor, with very scarce belongings, eating cheap food after a year like you read about (yes- one of those overwhelming ones) and it feels just perfect to me. 

I’ll get all that fancy nice furniture I had once before and probably lose it all again too because that’s what happens in life. I’ll likely at some point be sitting back on a floor somewhere eating mac n’ cheese out of a box, simultaneously being a bit peeved, wondering to myself how the hell I got “there” on a rainy and cold night and loving every minute of it too.

I’m not afraid anymore to admit I’ve felt lost a lot of the time but I’m always hopeful baby.

Nope, no excuses- I’ve moving, working like a nut, coaching and playing and on and on and all while trying to fight the swine flu. (Kidding- but my god have I been one sick cookie! Ugh. Not fun.) The Blue Lollipop has gone ditched:( I am here though. I’m kicking it live and uncut” as my VT boys say. Dare I admit that I have hit a time in my life where I just cannot do it all?

Sigh.

This is true.

But! I have plenty of material and posting dates saved and you will see them very soon when I get through some of this other busy goodness that’s going on. Promise on that because guess what!?…

BLUE LOLLIPOP ROAD TURNS 1 ON THE 16TH! My year anniversary is coming fast and furious. 

Happy weekend wherever you are. Where I am it’s 88 and HOT (kind of crazy for October- but I like it) and on the flip side my pumpkin picking friends in Wisconsin just said it was SNOWING.

Huh?

Little early for that I think, but have fun B & J!

More soon…

I love music and have been to 5,789,756,987 concerts/shows and all, but have never been a big “music geek”. I ashamed to admit I have not been any bit versed in who sings what/who’s who, etc. in the music world yet in my lifetime.

That is now going to change.

Let’s just say 5 minutes listening to these guys live tonight in an amphitheatre on a lake on a gorgeous night made me officially want to become that music geek and follow them around for the next, well- 5 years. Wow. The night couldn’t have been more perfect. One hiccup; me putting my foot in my mouth. As I was running around coordinating and planning and helping, trying to make everyone happy and everything just so (my company hired them to play) a young guy walked toward me. I smiled and exclaimed; “Hey! Are you one of my volunteers?!” To which he replied; “Nope, I’m in the band!”

GULP.

I apologized, we both laughed and chatted for a few. By the end of the night Johnny (the “volunteer”) the rest of the band and our crew were BFF’s. These gents were just straight up cool, fun, friendly, chill guys. They all could not have been nicer. We completely worked our butts off for this show and by the end of the night I felt like I had been beaten I was so tired, but what a fun job I have! So worth it the weeks of prep.

Thanks Railroad Earth. You guys were AWESOME!