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November 5, 1998
Tonight's Gig: No Gig Today Some Thoughts Before The Tour To be completely honest with myself, I have to admit that I'm frightened about going on this tour, frightened on how this will affect my family. My wife's very 'tense' about the whole thing. I mean, she will have to be here all by herself and take care of the kids. She'll have to work a full day's shift and then go home to take care of the kids' lunches, iron their clothes, help them do their homework, and take care of all the groceries and such while I'm away! The bottom line? She's pretty much going to be a single parent for the next two weeks. I just wished the band was making a hell of a lot more money so that we could hire a nanny or housekeeper to help with all the work! Maybe one day we can arrange this, but until then, we're still a successful-struggling band. But on top of that, I'm feeling as guilty as hell for putting her in this position! It's like my dreams are coming true as far as my success as a musician, as a drummer that can play some pretty exciting drum solos. But it seems to be coming with a price! I just don't know sometimes... I really get extremely depressed over this. I'm trying very hard to be able to have a good family life and at the same time have a successful music career. I know it can be done... I just have to keep trying. But on the one hand, other spouses are in the Navy or some other service of the Armed Forces, and could be gone for a good year! My next door neighbor's wife was gone for 6 months. They are both in the Navy and she just happened to be sent to Okinawa for a little tour of duty! As a matter of fact, she just came home yesterday, her husband put up signs, balloons, and things, saying 'WELCOME BACK KRISTEN'. It WAS very touching!!! I just hope this tour is a success musically and just as a whole. I want to be successful in music, but I DO want to stayed married too! If anybody's out there reading this, please wish me luck. I know that this band is beginning to really see the success it deserves, but the road up ahead is very rough, and my family and I need to hang on with all our might in order to survive those rough roads ahead. But also, I'm very excited about finally going on a decent tour with the band. I think we're ready and that it should be a challenge that we can all rise up to... I'm definitely keeping my chin up in this regard... Preparations Are Under Way I spent much of the day just preparing for the tour. I started packing my bags, figuring out what to bring and not to bring too much. I also cleaned around the house and made sure everything was in order, so that my wife wouldn't have too much of a hard time keeping the house clean if I had done all this cleaning before I left. I just pretty much took care of things that needed to be done before I left.
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