Oregon, Last Show

Today is the last day of the tour, except for tomorrow which is just a travel day, getting us back home to L.A. We're on highway 58 in Oregon, driving from McMinnville to Klamath Falls. It's so beautiful. It's sunny and warm and dry, and we get to spend hours driving through central Oregon, not on I-5 but the smaller roads, which takes us through many small towns, farmlands, easy hills and forrest. We drive by rivers and lakes and trailer park homes. Today we even - this is a first - had to ferry across a river! Hilarious. I have strong memories of this environment from my childhood. My family took a road trip from LA to Canada when I was in elementary school. And in the sixth grade, I did my state report on Oregon.

Where am I? I am in Seattle.

It seems as though, at about day 30, I lost track of my life and stopped blogging. From what I remember, I had a series of days (which seemed to extend to weeks) that took me away from my computer for one reason or another, and then I just got out of the blogging habit. I had a string of long and draining show days: I was either doing a show, driving, or trying to catch up on sleep. At the same time as all this, I reached a point of feeling really burnt out and tired of being on the road. I started to become irritable and I noticed that the whole band was becoming more moody. It makes sense, a month is a long time to be connected at the hip. I definitely reached some sort of tipping point, like my organization and habits all went out the window. My personal belongings - all stored in various bags, suitcases, bins - became scattered and disorganized, I lost track of what day and date it was, a couple of times for a split second I actually didn't know where I was.

Currently, I am in Seattle. Today we were supposed to play at a college just outside Portland but they canceled. I desperately need the day off, I have a long list of things to catch up on. I have three shows left, one in Washington and two in Oregon. I'll be home in L.A. in less than a week.