Twistage... then relief.

Got to church this morning ready to have a great time. Eventully that was the case, but we had a ROUGH start. Sucked like a Hoover during warm-up. I have a feeling that a certain somone is going to have a set of IEM's one way or another very soon. I know how they feel though as about a year or so ago I was in the same situation when I could either use wedges and go deaf or switch to in-ears and have a MUCH lower volume AND be able to hear what I need to in the mix.

Several visitors were there including Eli's friend from Montgomery. She was in town to celebrate Eli's larvae's birthday. Another gues I knew from a past job I had. I hope they come back. Steven came out too. It was good to see him there. He'd be a great addition to the band. I hope he decides to plug-in with our group. That would be awesome.

Well, it came time to play. I just prayed to God that everything would go okay although I was prepared for a train wreck if one arose. Suprisingly, no problems whatsoever that I could tell! BIG thumbs to Eli - she must have done a lot of work between last Wednesday's practice and today. Nice job. All of Kevin's new toys worked as well. New guitar was great! One minor tuning issue arose due to the wild temperature fluctuations we were experiencing but it was taken in stride. Dave did a good job with the message as usual. Hope the recording turns out okay though - his mic was pointing straight to the left as it was clipped too high up on his shirt and flopped over. Consequently, the sound from the PA was quite hollow. Ya live, ya learn.

Ate at Dead Lobster for lunch with the Burns and Root. Late into the meal, Kyle looked like an Irish Setter pointing at some prey as his gaze was locked on... his plate. Turns out there was a hair on it. "Eat around it" was our server's suggestion. ROFL! He ended up getting his meal for free and a dessert as well.

Kev and I headed back to the church to load up my drums and to pick up his keyboard and guitars. That reminds me, we're gonna have to look into doing something about ventilation in the men's restroom. After the service was over, I ducked in there to get rid of a Mt. Dew I had earlier. I walked in and almost choked. I thought the EPA would show up as this would definitely qualify as a release of toxic gasses into the atmosphere. Wow. That was rough.