Finally wearing a coat.

We are now in Columbus OH,and this should be a better week than the last. San Antonio,as charming a city as it is,was quite a dreadful experience. We played this same area back on the 1st year of MLP. It was bad then and it's still bad now. It's an older arena that's now used pretty much just for livestock auctions. Hot and stuffy inside,which makes dancing in a muppet costume unbearable. But that wasn't the really bad part. A bit of exposition here - we travel completely self-contained. We have our own lights,grid,rigging,trusses,curtains,and floor. This enables us to perform pretty much anywhere. The only thing we don't carry is the deck,or actual stage. When our crew arrives at a venue to load in,there is supposed to be a platform waiting for them. It's supposed to be a certain height,width and depth. Well,this stage in San Antonio was 2 feet higher than normal. Not a big deal,you think. But our set has a ramp that leads down from the main stage to a smaller "satellite" stage in the center of the arena. We spend a lot of time running up and down this ramp,as well as stairs from the stage to the audience. The high stage meant more stairs to run up and down,as well as a much steeper ramp. The steep ramp and extra stairs,combined with the hot and stuffy air quality only served to wipe us all out. I've gotten my stamina up to a pretty good level,but this place made me feel like I was brand new again. Tired and sore like I used to be back when we started. We arrived in Columbus yesterday afternoon,and I slept for SEVENTEEN HOURS! Passed out around 6:30PM and slept straight through till 11:30 this morning. Not so much "sleep" as it was "Jedi healing trance".

So Columbus all this week and Nashville TN next week. Only 5 weeks till our break!