The original plan was to leave for Cape Cod at 9:00 a.m. on September 6th, but of course, that didn't happen. We didn't end up leaving the house until at least 11:00, and we got out of Albuquerque at 12:30 or so. Gotta say, Carlin, Corey, and I are general failures when it comes to road-tripping.
It's been slow, driving in a van stuffed to the brim with heavy music equipment. We've been having a good time, making faces at passing cars, singing to country radio, etc. We've even seen a life-sized T-Rex scarecrow and a gas station chain called "Kum & Go." Unfortunately, it's been somewhat bittersweet for me. The night before we left, I'd been discussing possible reconciliation/reunion with my ex-girlfriend. It started out well, but alas, I'm still single. Safe to say, I departed the next morning with possibly the worst hangover of my life. I don't enjoy or even necessarily condone excessive alcohol consumption, but I made an exception for a pretty terrible night. Lesson learned. For now.
But it's fine, and I'm over it. She was great — hands down, the best girlfriend I've had so far — but she's not the only girl in the world. Plus, I'm on the road, seeing places I've never seen with my best friends, getting ready to rehearse new music for some huge plans. I'm literally living the life I've dreamed of since I was 12, and y'know what? She wasn't even in the dream back then. It won't be long until I forget she ever existed, anyway.
I'll admit, it's tough because I don't meet a lot of girls I have real chemistry with in this environment. The options are bountiful, but these girls are interested in me for all the wrong reasons. Finding a meaningful relationship while continually on tour is practically impossible, so I'm not really looking until we can spend more time at home, years from now. Then, maybe I'll settle down somewhere and consider something significant. Until then, I can't see anything lasting longer than whatever time I have to stick around backstage at a tour stop. But who knows. Things tend to happen when least expected.
Enough about relationships though. We're driving through Indiana as I write this. We crashed at a friend's apartment last night and hung out around Lake Michigan and downtown Chicago this morning. Now we're on the road again and hope to be to Cape Cod as early as possible on Friday.
Here's some pics from Chicago:
Hope everyone's doing well. Thanks for reading.
God bless,
Jesse
PS — I will make an exception in the relationship department for Kate Upton. Just throwing that out there.
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