Eric Bailey's

Medicine Hat today, BC tomorrow, and Victoria the next day. I like driving and getting out on the road finally. A real trip. At some point here we will end up in California and my older son will be making movies. It should be fun and we get to see Disneyland and studio tours.

I am bus driving again. I got called earlier, but missed it and so I missed out on doing that run for a couple of days. Now I have this run for 3 days. The guy who guided me on it today told me it was a high paying run. Good for that, we could use the help. The only draw back (besides going to bed earlier and getting up too early) is that we cannot take Monday off and stay in Thunder Bay an extra day. Oh well, that would have been fun but I guess coffee house will be alright with out us, even though I was preparing a number of songs that I have written myself. Maybe I'll get another run for the last couple days of school. I remember liking driving those days, but maybe others don't feel the same way as I do. My biggest fear is that since I haven't driven in a while that I am going to clip something because of how big the bus is or how it handles. If I can survive the first day, I should be alright for the next couple.

Last night Erica and I and Greg went out to a banquet at Greg's school. Greg was on of the students nominated for an award. This was a fine arts awards banquet. We enjoyed ourselves sitting at the table visiting, cracking jokes. Greg even seemed to have some fun. It was also my first time hearing Steve Bell in concert. He comment that when he looked at the program and it said Guest Speaker: Steve Bell, he was unsure what to do. He sings and talks, but not speeches. I think that he gave the crowd what they wanted as he did a mini-concert. He told some stories and a couple of jokes. During this time, Liam went to a friends house and Haaken stayed home. When we arrived home, Haaken was in bed. He has always been real good at this - going to bed on time. Before he was in school, if he felt like it was bed time, he would go get his pj's on and go to bed. Anyway, it was a good evening, Greg did not win the award, but he was one of three finalists.