Wednesday, April 15th: Eric and I drove 195 miles(18,228 total miles) to Kirtland, NM which is in the far North West corner of the state. Most of what we drove through was different Indian tribe reservations. We loaded in at the Brooks/Isham Performing Arts Center which was a little difficult but not horrible. They fed us pizza during load in which was a great treat. I was going to take the truck at some point to put gas in it, but had a slip of sanity and let Jill and Caroline take the truck to get filled up. The loading area was a little hard for me to get the truck into, but when they returned, Jill did an excellent job backing the truck into the loading area. It was very exciting to see how far Jill has come in driving the truck. I remember the first time she rode with me, she was freaked out, and now she can back the truck into a loading area. The rest of load in went well and we left early to head back to the hotel.
Thursday, April 16th: We had a 1:00pm(111) show that was pretty packed. We had high school students for our crews who weren’t the brightest. This caused Jill to have to run around quite a bit to keep them in line with all the costume changes. I stayed at the venue in the afternoon where I took a nap and read a bit. The rest of the company came back around 5:00pm because the venue had a home cooked meal for us. It was the nicest meal we’ve had a venue! We had chicken parmigianoa, pasta alfredo, rolls, salad and cake. Two of the local crew were leaving for other jobs and school so the cake was a goodbye cake for them. It was all very good and a complete change from anything that we’ve had for hospitality. We had a 7:00pm(112) show where we had a few microphone issues. Jill and I have decided that we should do surgery together because we work very well in close quarters and complement each other abilities. Load out went ok even though Jill got poked in the eye by one of the high school students. She did not have a good day to say the least. Back at the hotel, I got on my computer and listened to the last period of the Ducks vs Sharks playoff game. It was really disappointing to listen to because the Sharks sounded horrible and ended up losing the game 2-0. The Sharks have a history of chocking in the playoffs, but everyone thinks that this year is the year to break that streak because they won the President’s Cup, which is the award for the team with the best record in all the NHL. Luckily this was only game 1 and it’s a best of 7 series.
Friday, April 17th: I was in the White Van for the drive to Shamrock, Texas. After we made our first pit stop, Jill and I did surgery on Carolyn in the back of the van. Carolyn’s just starting to get over a bad sinus infection and wanted us to put hydrogen peroxide in her left ear to help clear it out. Jonny suggested a straw, so we found one while Carolyn layed out a pillow and towels to put her head on. Jill put napkins around her ear and I slowly poured hydrogen peroxide in. This just proved once more that Jill and I should do surgery together. The rest of the drive went great and we were back in Central time.
Saturday, April 18th: I went to grocery store with Caroline and Lindsay in the morning. Just to show how small Shamrock is, this was one of the main grocery stores and it was ½ grocery, ½ Ace Hardware store. We felt very out of place. We had a marathon of “Lost” episodes today! We decided that we wanted to finish the second season and had 8 episodes left. We ended up watching 9 episodes because a few people were behind on the episode watching. We started at 11am and watched 3 episodes. Then we took a hour or so break and started again at 5pm and watched 3 more episodes. Finally, we came back at 8pm, after a nice long dinner break, and watched the last three episodes. It was pretty crazy, but a lot of fun and a good way to waste a day in Shamrock!
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