Iowa

Again, another successful show. We got there and met up with a production crew! Exciting for me because they all knew exactly what they were doing and they set up the entire system! That meant that I got to take a break today, kinda act silly too. Paul took some tasteful pictures that really speak of the moments we had during that time.

I don't really know how these pictures will turn out when I publish it. On the layout, they look really jumbled. One of them is of the bus, there's one of Paul and I, and then there's one of the whole crew. We've had a lot of fun.

I really like this group of people. They're all great, really friendly and encouraging to me. I believe in what they are doing because they have the same heart off stage that they do on stage. After one of the shows, Andrew and Andy both played for these two little girls a children's song that they wrote. The girls came to the show all excited to hear it, and it just wasn't in the set list. They also went to do a private show for a woman who was in a coma, dying from aids. I don't know if I have all of the facts straight, but from what I gather, she was Ms. Iowa several years ago, but then she was brutally raped and was infected with aids. The band was so touched by her when they first met a few years ago that they wrote a song about her called "The Queen of Iowa". It's a beautiful song.

Tomorrow is our last show on this leg. Brandon will be coming to visit me and that will be great. I haven't seen him in a while. My friends are all so good to me. I took some time just a few minutes ago while I was waiting for my pictures to upload to look over some old pictures on facebook with all of us together. I was looking at Matt's sister's wedding especially. I really enjoyed that time. It feels like it happened such a short time ago, but it was... well... I guess it was about 7 months? I just remember being really happy there with all of those people in that house. I'm glad they accepted me back after I sort of fell off the map for a while.

So I guess I'll try and get some sleep now. I'm going to be really tired come Monday morning when I have to get off the bus and go straight to work. We'll see what happens.

Peace and love.