Setlists and Tea

Tonight, I will be playing a solo show at Everyday Joe's. I will be playing a really old song, called "Come and Go." I haven't played that song in a set in years. I wrote it around the age of 18, but decided it was necessary to include it. I will also be introducing a brand new, never before heard song, called "August." Truthfully, song writing doesn't come to me as easy as it once did. In all of times when I was writing far more than I am now, I was heartbroken, absolutely at the end of my rope, and that was all I knew to do and a way to conquer what I was facing. Life is different now. Life is good. Life is very good. The only disappointing part is the fact that the songs don't seem to come like they used to, I have to fight for them. I have to search them out in the caverns of my soul and hope I've found something I can use and play through. 

But, needless to say, I am looking forward to tonight. This morning was spent with cups of tea and writing, rewriting, and rewriting again, a setlist for tonight. 

The set is as follows....

So Very

Come and Go

Home

No Where's Home

Two Weeks from Yesterday

August

Move on

Days of Summer

Standing By

Chasing the Change

Thunder

You Were the One 

Music, Music, Music

First off, to start of the fall season with a bang...

And second, usually I don't jump on the actress turned singer bandwagon...but this girl has got some pipes....

Juliette Lewis 

I've totally been digging her new record all week. 

Let it Rain....

The weather is changing here, fall is on its way. Today, the rain has been falling for most of the minutes within the day. The scarves and boots are out and I just want to drink far too much coffee and sit in a coffee house and write. 

When this weather shows its face, it takes me immediately back to my days in Longview. All of the amazing people I crossed paths with, the constantly moving big city of Portland, the constant rain, the music, the coffee, the sushi, etc. Sigh. Much of me misses that place every once in a while. 

Especially on a day like today. 

Let it rain. 

What a Week....

I'll begin with the gross part of this post. Earlier this week, we thought that I had been bit by a spider (gross!) on the back of my left leg. Later did we find out, after I finally went to the doctor because my leg was swelling up like a balloon and hurt, that I had a skin abscess.  Which means, they had to cut into my leg and get all of the gross infection out that my body had been using to combat a bacteria that I could have gotten anywhere. Needless to say, the doctor had to re-stuff my leg with gauze or what they call "packing." I have to get it taken out tomorrow, which is not going to be an enjoyable event! But, atleast it wasn't a spider bite. 

SIDENOTE: SORRY FOR THE GROSS POST! :) 

I also began this week with a new diet extravaganza! Ryan and I went shopping and stuffed our fridge and cupboards full of good, healthy food! It feels so nice to eat better. I even created meal plans for the week, which I have followed pretty well, except our dinners get kind of scattered every once in a while due to the craziness of life. 

I originally was contemplating going vegan, no meat, eggs, cheese, dairy, etc. Which is quite a massive task. But, due to the sanity of my poor husband that puts up with me and my healthy eating tangents, I decided to keep a little meat in the diet. 

Once my leg heals, I'll be back exercising again. It feels so nice to be taking care of myself. Since college, my self-image has been on a roller coaster ride. And now I have hit a plateau in a place that I'm not to fond of. But, my current goal is just taking far better care of myself than usual. I am always running a million miles an hour with my hand in far to many things, that eating and exercising kind of gets toss aside. This must change! I'll keep you updated as well! :) 

The Goal: *Which I haven't seen in quite a while! :)