A House Not A Home

It's funny how true that saying really feels sometimes. I've officially settled in DC. (Well Maryland actually, but who's counting?) While I have a place, and a bed, and a key, I don't really actually feel like I have a home. My feeling is that I really need someone to come home to. Which will reconcile itself soon enough, but when you sit in a 8x8 room for most of your day with nothing to REALLY do until two days from now, with only a TV, a computer and a bed, you can go crazy. I think I'm going to get out of here for a while tomorrow. Just go somewhere and 'be' that isn't here.

I also am having a lot of trouble sleeping. Air mattresses suck. But it truly is fascinating technology. Somehow full body support out of something that is essentially a giant balloon is supposed to be possible. Ever slept on a balloon and had a good night's sleep? No. Ever slept on an air mattress and had a good night's sleep? No. I think there's a correlation there.

Now, on a more positive note, I worked each of the first 5 nights I was here last week. Really sort of an awesome feeling. Because that's why I came here. Not to sit on my ass all day and do nothing, but to work in the field that I love and have an extreme passion for. I have a gig this Friday. I am hopefully doing a record in New York City in late February, a sound system install in mid February, and going down to Florida for work in early February. So I think the work is coming. Patience is a virtue.

I'm watching a documentary right now about Wilco creating 'Yankee Foxtrot Hotel' called 'I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.' It's fantastic. Real artists making a real record. It really makes me miss playing. I need to get my drums here asap so I can start creating again. Which I will be doing next week. So watch out DC, another drummer is about to be unleashed on your streets. Can you welcome me with open arms? I sure hope so.

OH YEAH, the weight loss thing.

Last weigh in: 261 lbs.
This weigh in: 256 lbs.
Total Weight Loss: 5 lbs.


I'm not sure if this is a difference in scales or what. Because my first weigh in was at my parent's place and this last one was here in DC. But I'm hoping that all scales are created equal and so I can remain positive about my weight loss. No go watch 'The Biggest Loser' and cry while thinking of me. Love you all.

-B

Shuffle Off.

Tonight is my second to last night in St. Louis. I'm off to Buffalo tomorrow to start what will most likely be the last vacation I take for a while. Then, one more night here in the STL and the next day, approximately 1 week from now, I'm going to be taking off for my new home in Washington DC. I have to be up at 5:45a tomorrow and yet I'm finding it extremely hard to sleep. My mind is buzzing with all the possibility that lies ahead for me there. To my closest friends, of course I'm going to miss you. And believe me, while I'm living in the third bedroom of someone's townhouse without Ellen (who I will be missing more than ever) and no work to be had, I'll be missing you. To my family, this isn't the last time we will see each other. But it's going to be a while for that to happen too. I hope that I can get through this next week in Buffalo without my mind being completely distracted by the move. I can't wait to get out there and start working full time in the industry I have trained and worked so hard to be a full time part of.

I plan on keeping track of everything that is going on with me in this blog. I also will be using this as a motivator for myself, my mother, and her friends who are attempting a pretty intense weight loss challenge of losing 50 lbs. before one of my mom's best friends turns 50. I'm going to join them by attempting to lose 25 lbs. before I turn 25. Both of these momentous events occur in September of this year so at the end of each blog (whether I like it or not) I will be posting my current weight and weight loss. So here goes....

Weight: 261 lbs.
Weight Loss: 0 lbs.