Little hiatus

7:00 am Well, sitting at Logan, waiting to head home for a couple of days after the show in Worcester, Mass. We just found out the hard way that there was a discrepancy between our printed itinerary and the actual flight time--NOOO! Mostly just an inconvenience, but I'm really jonesing to see my wife after being away for two weeks, and not really interested in hanging out for 3 hours--maybe I'll check the desk in a little while to see if there are any seats left to go standby.

Looks like we will finish our tour next week in more hockey arenas--during the sing-alongs, I'd like to hop in a penalty box to get a laugh, but they keep cordoning them off. What's the big idea?! A coincidence that the last two shows featured wine/dining tables on the floor of the arenas--and our audiences were much more loose and vocal with their support? Hmmm.

7:30 am We definitely miss the orchestra now after the shows, since they are coming in every night on the busses form Boston (run-out style), and not staying in hotels with us anymore. Now to check on that standby seat...

8:00 am...success! Costing me 25 bucks, but since I didn't check any bags this morning, I'm hopping on this plane. See you Thursday [skips onto plane]!

12:00 pm Ok, so they couldn't fit the carry-ons for about twenty people this morning, so we all got gate-checked. We get sent down to the carousel by the flight attendant, but none of our gate-checked bags show up. Long wait ensues, with some suspense when the agent starts to tell us that the bags might not have actually been put on the flight, when from behind her, another agent says they have been found. As a result for the thirty minute delay and the runaround, they hand out milage vouchers. At least it's a gesture. I sometimes wonder how companies stay in business sometimes...

7:30 pm Anyway, I am thrilled to be home. Hope the other guys made it alright--haven't heard from any of them, nor should I--When we finish our shows next weekend we'll have been together all but six days since Halloween! Time for a two-day break, then back on the horse! Some of us are looking forward to watching the Bruins play the Devils on Thursday night when we get back to Boston! -G