breathe
sometimes during the endless demands of the working world, the obligations and responsibilities of the family & friends world and the allure and attraction of the entertainment world, we forget to genuinely relax. I haven’t had so much as a proper ‘day off’ in, I dunno… years. so this past weekend was a blissful three days of no internet, no phone, no business - just good food, music & company.
the central coast was the destination, and the weather was most kind. it was great to catch up with old pals for dinners & gigs. the not-so gentle waves off shelly beach reminded me that body-surfing was never intended to be a graceful pastime, and the sunburn (which still remains) across my shoulders reminded me that spf15+ isn’t the name of a new swiss emo band. linda was reminded of the difference between still and mineral water. twice. by physics, no less. we found a funky cafe in terrigal beach where, in spite of waitstaff that looked like they’d been called away from their barbie doll collections to take our orders, had such great food & coffee that we went back the next day. and seagulls do not stand on one leg in order to evoke sympathy and food. nice theory though, lin.
one of my fave moments was dropping into a karaoke session, the gal, not being able to help herself, got up to do a couple of tunes and blew everyone away. as she does. which seemed to really piss off the hostess who felt the best way to reply to having a true professional invade her turf was to do a song of her own immediately afterwards - with her mic & track volumes cranked. ah, the fragile egos of the cover-band wanna-be’s.
all up, it was a much needed - and welcome - respite, especially as I’d been working, cooking and gigging all thru the so-called ‘holiday’ period. now, back to our regularly schedule show, ‘reality melts’, where we rejoin our hero still awaiting a confirmed date when his new house will become vacant and movinable. the guitar store provides him with warmth and inspiration, and gigs on the horizon sees him constantly reminding his fair lady and duo partner which fret to place the capo.
life is good.