hand sandwich

Holy Cow!!!!!! I haven’t written a New Guy Road Journal since July. That’s a long time but as of recently I had witnessed some cool stuff I thought might be worthy. A couple weeks ago a friend of ours, Mandy Miller, came along for a road trip. At this point I can’t remember where we were going. Anyway, at one point along the way Mandy was going to brush her teeth and she was wondering which water to use, which sink to use, and all the other questions about the bus that people have. Being a seasoned road veteran I told her to use the water in this bottle and spit in the trash. She was like really? Sure, you don’t spit in the sink because it leaves that sticky mess after awhile and the water in the holding tank is non-potable. Later, she came with us to Colorado along with our intern Lindsey. During one day on the trip I witnessed something that started this journal. At least it was funny to me. Lindsey started to brush her teeth and she began to ask the standard questions that Mandy asked the other day. Mandy, just like a pro said, oh here use this water and just spit in the trash. Lindsey responded the same way, really. It cracked me up and got me thinking how much stuff about the road I take for granted. I remember the old days of being in the van for 10 and 12 hours a day with bags on your lap and having to pee so bad your eyes were watering. Now I’m in a big bus that needs a lot of love and it’s usually right after I’ve fallen asleep. I know more close my eyes and a call beacons from the front, Justin (insert problem here) Mostly, just little stuff but recently it has been a rash of stuff, which I will get into later. The main thing about being on the road is being able to adapt to any situation no matter what it may be. It can be anything from someone taking your last piece of bread to the soundman at the club being 3 hours late. Now instead of that ham on wheat sandwich, you’re having a ham on hand sandwich with mayo or just constantly having to deal with other people in your space. I’m usually the guy who ate the bread. Luckily through out my years of touring I’ve been fortunate of being around great people, now is no exception. Sure we have our little screaming matches but for the most part it’s great. Just a second ago I had a discussion with Jason and Mandy about saving this document. I was like, why, I’m not done with it yet and they were like, what if the computer crashes or something like that. Na, that won’t happen I never save stuff or back anything up I’m not that computer savvy. With a little more urging though I saved it and made them happy. See like I was saying, you have to adapt. My next journal will have a lot about the aforementioned bus breakdowns and adapting. Until next time Love and Suburbans.
Justin