Yep, I've been trying to play the early bird these daze...no...I wasn't tipping a bottle of tequila!! Just trying to stay home at night. Being a night owl vs. an early bird translates to: nothing gets done! So, I changed my life style for a week and got tons of stuff done. I discovered the joys of Radio Shack (one stop shopping) and breakfast with my bff and neighbor Brenda, and doing laundry, shopping, answering emails, calls and other errands and looking at the clock and it's not even ten …
Getting too old for what?
I couldn't help recalling a conversation I had with my accountant a few years ago. He was encouraging me to start a retirement fund and be really aggressive with my contributions because: "Well you won't be able to do this kinda work forever..!" And I thought to myself: "Geez...of course I will, until I die or until they stop paying me!" However, as I hobbled up my front stairs yesterday evening after our fifth gig in a row I wondered: "Am I really getting too old for this?" My knees were …
Keeping my head above water
We learned four new tunes yesterday (birthday from hell day) and today's summer concert in the park was nice. I'm not as emotional as I was yesterday though I did bend Mike (sax player & vocals) & Brady's (drummer-only original Shiver) ear all the way to Calumet City!! Brady has decided that I am cursed. He reminded me of a past birthday where my beautifully planned party (for 80) had to be moved from one venue to the House of Blues Foundation Room because the first venue's AC was broken. It …
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worst birthday ever, ever…
It started off well enough. Dinner with Colin and adorable Lisa, then I was at My girl Deb's house and it was cool at 12:00AM (7-18-07). But it went downhill after I woke up on the morning of...dragged my ass to rehearsal, had a HUGE fight with parts of the band... I demanded some truth. There is one instigator in this and it breaks my heart, but that's showbiz...after my very emotional outburst (PMS, birthday and emotions don't shake up such a nice cocktail...) we learned a bunch of tunes and …