Double Booked

This last year, I have really gotten back into music. I've written three new songs this year, which isn't much, but I hadn't written in 5 + years, so it's been great. I have been playing a lot of solo acoustic shows locally, mostly in coffee shops. Anyway, there is this one place (Citrus & Sage)that I hadn't played, that seemed to be really popular. I tried calling them for a few months, and finally just went in to talk to them at the end of April. He put me down for May 30th, and I was really excited.

The problem was, that it was a 3 hour set! The longest solo show I've ever played is two hours, so I had to add an hour of material. That is around 12-15 songs. I didn't want to play too many covers (other peoples songs) so, I had to find all of the songs I've ever written, and fix them, and write new ones. It was a lot of work.

The next big problem was finding time to practice. Holden will NOT let me practice, and if he's sleeping, I can't sing or play very loud at all. And if you've heard me, you know I've got some loud pipes. So, I didn't get any real practice in until May 29.

May 30th came, and I was really excited, becauseI had worked pretty hard, and waited a while to play there. Also, A lot of people said they were coming, which doesn't really mean much in Logan (flaky) but still, it was exciting.

I went home and got everything ready. I had a sitter for the kids. I fed them, bathed them, and got Holden to bed early. Then I got all my stuff packed, and waited for Timmy to get home from Rock Springs, so we could be there to set up by 6:30.

Tim finally showed at 6:15, got dressed quickly, and we were there by 6:40.

..............Well, apparently we didn't get there quick enough. ANOTHER BAND WAS SETTING UP! I was sooooooooooooo mad! I went in to see what was up, and she didn't know. I wasn't on the big calender on the wall. She gave me "Steve's" number and told me to call him. This is the guy that wrote me in his book.

I called "Steve" and he apologized and said he was really embarrassed for being so unprofessional. I was in his book, but not on the calendar, so they thought it was an open night, so they gave it to his coworkers boyfriends sons band. (what a mouthful).

The worst part, is if I had got there first and set up before that band, they would be the ones going home angry! It really SUCKED!