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I have decided that touring is a lot like life.

That's all I have to say today.

Sanctuary

One more post for today, just because I can.

I'm sitting in the St. Matthew Lutheran Church sanctuary, in Columbia Heights.

There is no one else here, except for one of the guitar players. He is playing with the A/C.

There is something magical about a silent sanctuary. Maybe not magical - maybe holy. Satisfying, quiet, peaceful... I have yet to find another room that creates this kind of space with this amount of quiet and peace. It gives irony to the concert we will be performing tonight, sending our message LOUD AND CLEAR, anything but quiet.

I take comfort in noise - I sleep with my fan on high at night. But the quiet silence is a different kind of comfort all together. It's like a refuge. It's nice.

Here's to sanctuaries, loud and quiet.

Driving. Again.

So I’m riding in the car from Alexandria, MN to Columbia Heights, MN, and I’m waiting for the film clips in iMovie to finish letterboxing so I can tag them and get them organized. But I’m super bored, and really need a rest stop, so I’m attempting to distract myself by pseudo blogging. :-)

The roads in MN are terrible, just for the record. The gov’t does a nice job with the rest areas, but the roads need some help. I guess frozen winters and contracting concrete don’t help, but still. Not a pleasant ride, especially with a full bladder.

Okay, these roads are so bad I’m having a hard time typing. Wow.....

Somethings I have learned today:

1)One can’t drink 3 glasses of water before a two hour drive.

2)I am slowly disliking the words, “As your manager, I suggest...”

3)I taped over Laura’s interview, the Nashville city scape, and some important road signs. Awesome.

Other observations:

I love people watching. Especially while you are driving. Because it never fails - when you pass a moving vehicle, the people inside will usually turn to look at you. And in our case, there is lots of pointing and “O” shaped mouths at the sight of our car paint and the rather large trailer hitched to our truck. It is amusing to watch. Sometimes, people are oblivious to our presence, which makes it more fun because then I get to watch them talking to themselves or jamming to some rockin’ tunes. Thank you, Midwesterners, for keeping me entertained on this road trip.

I forget how green up north is compared to Georgia. Don’t get me wrong, Georgia is green too, but somehow up here, the colors are richer, the dirt is black and earth-ier, and the sky is huge and crystal blue. I can’t wait to spend the next four years up here, enjoying the colors.

Our GPS, Sassy Sally, says 15 more miles till we reach our destination, about another half an hour. I don’t think my bladder can hold it that long..... Shoot.

Something funny about traveling with a group: the two women I’m traveling with are fans of taking time. Huge plus when it comes to long hours in the car. The other family we are following are more hardcore about road trips, and seldom stop for breaks. So, yesterday when we were headed to Alexandria, all three of us in the truck were about ready to burst, and we still had 30 minutes left to drive. We were so afraid that The Rothfusz’s weren’t going to let us stop - we were already behind schedule. Luckily, we needed gas and lunch anyway, so we got to stop. I don’t think that’s the case this trip. :-(

I have a feeling that no one is paying attention to this blog. But you know, I’m enjoying this experience. It’s a lot different than journaling. I mean, it’s relatively the same, but the idea that you have to write well, not to mention coherently, because people will be reading it (maybe).... I’m not a real writer, but I have been told that I have style, and it’s a fun little project to explore the writer within.

Shout out...

Just wanted to say Thank You to Starbucks today for filling up my water jug this morning! You kept me hydrated all day long.

And tonight was the first concert of our tour... it went well. Tons of fun, lots of mistakes and laughter, but we had a good time and we showed it. I wore sunglasses for Pentecost - I hope someone got pictures. Off to Columbia Heights tomorrow for Concert #2!

On another note, I've discovered that you can't play bongos with rings, that my gall bladder is not giving me problems, and I have high energy in the evenings. All good things. Oh, and Praise the Universe/God/Heavenly Being for the Internet and keeping in touch.

I have no more random information, except that I'm extremely tired, worn out, and ready to "conk," as my sister would say. Here's a hug for Alex and my parents, and Keri, and Amy, and Brenda, and Lela and Posie and Ginger...

Lalala...

Well, I'm in Minnesota right now. With the Graceflock truck, trailer, and all the stuff it comes with. I have to say that this road trip has not been as unbearable as I thought it would be. It's actually been a lot of fun - we keep busy listening to How Stuff Works podcasts, random playlists, magazine articles that Laura reads from... It's a good time. Tomorrow we are headed to Alexandria, I think, for the first concert of the tour! Highlights so far have been jokes about water "jugs," loss of hearing, stuff to look up on Google when we get to the hotels, and staring out the window at the awesome Illinois and Wisconsin scenery.

There's a lot of time to think on these trips. I have been thinking a lot about college and leaving, and coming home, and everything in between. It's a lot to comprehend. But I think I have decided that I'm excited about it. Excited about new surroundings and learning new things and meeting new people. Doesn't mean that anything will change about the people I leave, right? I mean, the feelings I have about them or associate them with. They will change as people, obviously. I will, too. But not everything has to change just because I'm leaving.

Wanna know something funny? All the rest stops we have stopped at between GA and MN have been really nice. I guess that isn't exactly funny, but I vaguely remember from road trips past that not all rest stops have been... accommodating. And now they are! I think it's wonderful. Hooray for good public services.

So if you happen to be reading this, you should check out http://web.me.com/karladietmeyer, and find out what it is that I do. Then you should leave a comment and tell me what it is you do, and then we can be friends! I love new friends.

Hasta!

this is how boring i am

So I'm going to college soon. Two months-ish. And I was inspired by the GraceFlock blog that I'm helping out with to create my own - I thought it might be fun to meet a bunch of random people and talk about the random stuff in my life, cause I'm about to leave to meet a bunch a new people. Why not start now? Maybe it's boring, but it kinda sounds like fun to me.

:-)

Enjoy. Be a follower (of my blog, anyway)!