Dead Grateful
I can be fairly complainy. And when I'm tired, I blame such a spectacular array of things on the fact I'm on tour ..mostly always. Because while i really love to tour, I love home life too: My own super-comfy bed and shower, cooking, all the routines and spontenaiety in a great neighbourhood of favourite cafes, friends, classes, swimming pools.
Lately though I'm experiencing extreme gratitude for lots of things, including my amazing job.
This particular run is very mellow with just three people (Ben, tour manager Wendy, me) It's less of a travelling party, much quieter. Less pee stops, less really bad fast food eating, and a lady TM on the road helps tons. Lots of good things.
Heres some more good things:
*I wake up in a comfortable king size bed and the pillows are so nice.
*If I want to excersice, there's usually a fitness room, or a nice walk or trail nearby.
*Theres mostly always wireless
*I have my own bathroom (at home I share)
*Never have to wash dishes or vacuum
*This morning there was a lovely couch and a fireplace in the lobby ( i thought - 'I'm at home, and I have a fireplace')
Life in hotels also offers opportunities to see some strange and hilarious things.
At 10am this morning in our Seattle hotel, a young dude in a wheelchair was cheerily explaining to Ben that he was hungover, and thats why he was drinking beer.
Then this evening, checking in to our hotel, we saw these characters filing in:
On the other side of the hotel was another function for Hawaiian entertainers.
I peeked in to that one, and it smelled very strongly of ham.
posted by Lara M at 8:47 PM
9 Comments:
Ms. Lara,
I can't decide if I think those people are cool or if they really, really scare me...
:p
You were probably smelling the SPAM - Official Mystery Meat of Hawaii. Yum Yum.
xxoo, Kristy
hello, your so beautiful, I had uploaded the into the dark video onto my phone and was showing people at tafe, when asked who the awesome girl was I said "thats lara, bens right hand man"
Cool blog, the pics are nice too. My husband and I saw the shows in Portland and Eugene (we brought flowers). The shows were awesome and you're super talented!
Smiles,
:o)
Debbi
My wife just saw you and Ben in Eugene and the two of you were just as great as the first time we saw you up in Portland on the Odd Men Out Tour.
Thanks for signing the set-list from the Portland show (You seemed a little confused as to what it was until we explained).
We hope to see you in Eugene again soon!
hey lara,
love the pics you have a great blog, especially the photocopier picture.
Lx
Hi Lara,
Love your blog (pics are awesome) Look forward to checking it out in the future.
Can't wait for you guys to come back to Aus!!!
I love your moment in the child-mind. That very moment has always seemed profound to me. My mum reckons she remembers the exact second when my little brother John realised that he didn't have to do exactly as she said. 'It was like a tiny bulb had just been turned on, and it was glowing through his eyes.'
He would have been about a month and a half old, knowing John Murray.
Sorry, my comment was soooooo February 27....
lol had to laugh at the guy talking to Ben saying he was drnking beer cos he was hung over... sounds like something us aussies would do... almost but not quite logical :)
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