doin' things differently this year
this year i'm doing the indigo girls tour differently than i have in the past. instead of doing a large chunk of shows all at once, and then having that be it, i am spreading my shows out through the summer months. unlike last year, my west coast tour consisted of only the west COAST, not the western united states (ok, so i did attend that random tucson gig). i skipped colorado and utah, states that i usually hit up on tour. last year (and years past) once my chunk of shows was over, i'd have to wait for the girls to come back around. right now the west coast portion of the tour is over (kind of). but, up until the end of august, i have random shows around the country scheduled. i have tickets to both atlanta shows (which i never realized would be such a goldmine), a few east coast shows, a few other shows that i'm not 100% on yet, and next week's reno show.
randomly, next week the girls are playing reno sparks, nevada in support of some event called art town. it's a fly in date. there's no other tour dates scheduled around it. i, of course, am going. the three hour drive to reno is child's play compared to my 15 hour (each way) drive to tucson.
in some ways, the wait for the reno show is the longest yet. for me, the time in between a few shows while waiting for the next one is the longest. if i weren't seeing IG until the fall, the time would pass faster because i'd know that i have a while to wait, and could allow myself to focus on other things. but these days off in between tours and shows are brutal. it's always hard to get back into "real life mode" when you're in that holding pattern of "real life" and "indigo life." even though the reno show is just a single show (after reno, i have atlanta, but that's not until the end of july), i am still putting off the real world (ha!), knowing that i am seeing amy and emily again so soon. inevitably, after reno, i will find myself in the same place waiting for atlanta. and after atlanta, i will be in the same mindset waiting for the east coast round of shows. so basically, i probably won't fall out of this indigo-life-dancing-on-the-line-of-real-life thing until 21 august, no wait, 9 september after power to the peaceful.
it's great knowing all of the shows that i have coming up, but man, it's hard to focus on work and the less-than-exciting aspects of life at this moment. luckily, i still have no problem having FUN. this weekend was nice, and i heart my friends. but tomorrow's monday and i know i'll be dreamin' of reno (hahaha hahaha) all day at work...
randomly, next week the girls are playing reno sparks, nevada in support of some event called art town. it's a fly in date. there's no other tour dates scheduled around it. i, of course, am going. the three hour drive to reno is child's play compared to my 15 hour (each way) drive to tucson.
in some ways, the wait for the reno show is the longest yet. for me, the time in between a few shows while waiting for the next one is the longest. if i weren't seeing IG until the fall, the time would pass faster because i'd know that i have a while to wait, and could allow myself to focus on other things. but these days off in between tours and shows are brutal. it's always hard to get back into "real life mode" when you're in that holding pattern of "real life" and "indigo life." even though the reno show is just a single show (after reno, i have atlanta, but that's not until the end of july), i am still putting off the real world (ha!), knowing that i am seeing amy and emily again so soon. inevitably, after reno, i will find myself in the same place waiting for atlanta. and after atlanta, i will be in the same mindset waiting for the east coast round of shows. so basically, i probably won't fall out of this indigo-life-dancing-on-the-line-of-real-life thing until 21 august, no wait, 9 september after power to the peaceful.
it's great knowing all of the shows that i have coming up, but man, it's hard to focus on work and the less-than-exciting aspects of life at this moment. luckily, i still have no problem having FUN. this weekend was nice, and i heart my friends. but tomorrow's monday and i know i'll be dreamin' of reno (hahaha hahaha) all day at work...