The last day I actually worked was Aug. 24. I went to see my mom on Sunday the 26h. Don't want to get into that at this time.
Went to LA the next day and was sequestered in a conference room all day Tues., Weds., Thurs. morning. Went out all 3 nights, although the first one was just for dinner at Marie Callender's where we sat on the patio under the full moon and palm trees. Breakfast was outside in the hotel's courtyard Monday morning (but not the subsequent days), omelette station, women with pitchers of juice and carafes of coffee. Then we'd go into a room where there were snacks, yogurt, muffins, juice, granola bars. Like we'd not just eaten. And then there was lunch, also outside on the first day, some Chinese stuff, pretty good. After lunch, there were afternoon snacks. And on to dinner. I had some really good ahi tuna. Couple glasses of Seven Deadly Zins. Then we went back to the Elephant Bar next door to the hotel and drank and talked about the new web redesign.
Tuesday night was more of the same but we just started right out at the Elephant Bar. Dinner, drinks, cigarettes on the patio, even for people who said they didn't smoke. Much later, we are still drinking on the patio, the restaurant has closed, and a guy comes out to tell us that the hotel next door was complaining about us. I told him we were all guests of the hotel. He laughed. So we meander over to the hotel courtyard where a beefy security guy tells us we must all go IMMEDIATELY TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ROOMS. Four of us go into my room to finish our opened cans of Budweiser and the big guy lingers in the hallway until the other people leave. Plus I have to mention this so-called bar closed at 11:30! What were we to do?
The next morning, some of my colleagues looked a little rough. Not me, but then, they were up against a professional. So we do Day Three of Search Engine Optimization training and people get their individual rides to airports and I get home at 2 a.m. Friday morning. So I went into work around noon, intending to work til 8 but I had to do the football scores, so I was up til 2 a.m. AGAIN making football highlight video and posting scores. Also this day, Dewalt's put new gutters on my house. You know how long I've been angsting about those gutters.
Saturday (the next day) Amy and I leave for St. Marys about 10 a.m. for the Riverside Blues Festival. The Evening Leader has a big story about it. Scotty Bratcher, Doghouse Daddies, Cleveland Fats, Lonnie Brooks and Joe Bonamassa. Who Fred thought was a little "too heavy metal." I bought the Doghouse Daddies CD and one that's a compilation of 2004 Ohio blues entrants in the Memphis blues competition.
It was damn hot. We sat out in the sun in a crowd overflowing with Buckeyes chairs and shirts and tote bags. There was a jumbotron showing the OSU game. Under a tent, there was a TV showing the Michigan game where they got beat by Appalachian State. The crowd went wild. Doug, Kim, Jim, Amy, Fred, Sherry and me. It was Sherry's birthday. All the bands were very good in their own ways. I hope it was successful enough they can have it next year because it's only an hour away.
(Aside: Fat Fish Blue is opening in Levis Commons in March.)
Amy and I drove to her brother Denny's apartment in New Bremen afterward where he served us burgers and Natural Light in a can. I fell asleep on the sofa bed around 2 a.m. AGAIN, watching a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert tape. Earlier that night, Fred had told me a story about a woman he knew who dated SRV and had the photos to prove it, but she died and the photos are history. And then Denny tells us a story about snorting coke off a bar in Chicago with SRV. Pretty kosmik.
Denny's promise to make us scrambled eggs Sunday morning notwithstanding, Amy and I leave before he gets up and have breakfast at a truck stop in Beaverdam. We get home about 12:30 and it's time to get ready for party Monday. I mow, trim, edge, rake, tote, trim, water and drink some beers at Annie's. During the night, I flip over in bed and the BIG DIZZINESS comes over me which I am still feeling today although not so bad as I have been doing the Epley maneuvers. I called Dr. Wojo to see if he could do the professional version on me but the nurse said he would probably try to prescribe meds. But this is a mechanical problem, I tell her to no avail. So I call the Wood Co. ER to see if the Dr. Taylor is on duty who did it to me last time but he's not and they can't tell me his schedule. So tomorrow I have a physical scheduled with Dr. Wojo's son Dr. Ed but I doubt he will do it either. I shoulda had him look this up on the internet in advance.
Monday, Labor day party, to which I apparently forgot to invite a lot of people who fortunately heard about it through other people so there was a good turnout including Dr. Sue, and Jimmy Kiernan, and Mark Trout and Ginger and Bob. Way too much food, plenty o beverages, although I am dizzy and just flit about with a vague grin until the last person leaves around 10:30. Dr. Sue commandeered the grill, much to my delight. Donna sent a lovely plate of barbecued shrimp stuffed with hot peppers and wrapped in bacon. She couldn't make it. Thanks, Donna. Remember, GNO is at your house Sept. 12.
(Aside: Listening to Pressure Chief by Cake. The 6-8 DJ on Saturdays gave it to me.)
So Tuesday, I tidy up from the party and be dizzy and lounge around and watch Good Night and Good Luck. People stopped by to retrieve their stuff. I still have two insect repellants and a round blue nylon cooler thingy. Then Annie came over and we drank a couple beers and then I had a radio meeting after which I made an arrangement to make some promos Thursday at 4 p.m.
Today, I went to Meijer at 8 a.m. because I have had no food for about 3 or 4 weeks. At one point, I had eaten breakfast at the Corner Grill three days in a row. Then I took some leftover cookout food to Annie's and Russell was there so he gave me half a papaya which we ate on the porch. I came home and made an omelette and went back over and biked on the trail with him for 6 miles. Then I went to Ace Hardware to get some lawn treatment and some Miracle Gro and my storm window which they were supposed to be repairing but they can't find it. Then I went to the yard waste and to Home Depot to look at cabinets and countertops in a very preliminary way. I made a strawberry banana smoothie which took about one minute. I should make these more often.
I have pictures of various stuff above. Coming soon.
Tomorrow, I have a doctor's appointment and am making promos for my show, which I wrote today and picked out the music for. Friday, Brad Doyle is coming at noon to move my thermostat and take out the gas heater in the front room and fix my leaking kitchen sink. And I have an appointment with someone at Home Depot about cabinet pricing. Just in a very preliminary way. And then I will be down at the Swamp about 3 until who knows. Saturday, I will show up at the radio station when the BGSU game is over so we can do live remotes. Plus I have been invited to a Silverbacks after-party at the Peslikis's. And Rod's plays at Nate and Wally's Saturday night. And Annie sings with The Elderly Brothers on Saturday at 1 in the Huntington Bank courtyard.
Sunday, we have to switch to our new content management software for 13abc.com so I will have to pay close attention on Sunday afternoon after being all swamped out.
Then it's the Subdudes in Ann Arbor, GNO and I leave for NYC on Sept. 16. I don't have a radio show until Oct. 27. The only one I COULD have is Sept. 29 and I'm thinking about going to Put-in-Bay that day.
There is a blues concert benefit for the Findlay flooding people Sept. 22. More about that soon.
Doug and Connie's Halloween party is now scheduled for Oct. 20. NOTE DATE CHANGE. October looks a little calmer.
Eddie Shaw Dec. 5 at Grounds is what I hear.
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