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2pm I get out of bed.
Dream: On tour…I’m with most of the Mae crew in Atlanta playing at The Masquerade but it looks entirely different and smaller. I’m explaining to someone how there’s a Heaven stage, a Hell stage underneath, and a Purgatory stage. All of us are standing inside the Heaven room by the entrance. A big black curtain is drawn across the stage and on either side there are ominous looking stairs that curve around. I tell David Pogge that him and Aaron Lachman could be brothers because they look alike and act alike. Aaron walks up to us. I notice both Aaron and Pogge are wearing black t-shirts and blue jeans.
Me: “See! I told you. You guys could be brothers.”
These girls come up to the group and they’re friends with some of us. Josiah and I are standing by waiting to introduce ourselves. All of a sudden everybody starts running out the front door to head to our hotel rooms. Ben Haines hops on my back and I give him a piggyback ride down the stairs. At first it’s difficult because he’s bigger than me and then I surprise myself and run with ease out the door and into the hotel. We run up and down the stairs never actually reaching the rooms.
Breakfast: Bagel with Cream Cheese, Orange Juice, Zinc and Vitamin E.
I pack a Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jelly Sandwich, Baked Lay’s, and Honey Green Tea for lunch as I run some errands.
I go to drink a swig from my tea mug and an ant appears in my mouth.
I stretch and exercise to Blue Skies – Noah and the Whale, Light of the World – Pattern is Movement and Heaven’s on Fire – The Radio Dept.
Dinner: Cabbage & Potato Skillet, Edamame Soybeans.
I pick up Becca from work and we continue our weekly Monday Nights at Waffle House. It’s the second time and it already feels like we’ve been meeting like this for years. It’s a tradition I hope lasts for a long time. It’s refreshing. We recap the conflicts of the past week/weekend and share our stories. I record our conversation on my digital recorder and we send messages to our future selves 10 years from now.
Becca’s message to herself: “I’m 23 now. I’m actually gonna be 24 next week…pretty soon. What I’m saying to you is…I thought that, by this age, I knew where I would be and I knew where I’d be in life. But…um…now that I’m here, I don’t. And I don’t really have a clue. So I can’t really assume anything. I would just say…keep living life…and…be…be you.”
My message to myself: “Hey Robert. You’re listening to this right now. Um…I’m staring at a plate of grits, eggs, toast, and jelly and a spoon. And I’ve just had two cups of coffee and an amazing waffle…and I’ve forgotten how delicious waffles are from Waffle House. And I really respect them. And I want you to eat a waffle today. Okay? Uh…this is kind of exciting cause I’m talking to you and you’re in the future 10 years from now. So I really hope that you’re living well. I hope that me, your past, can get you to where you are today.”
I eat a Waffle and drink two cups of Coffee with Cream and Sugar.
At home, I snack on Goldfish, Blueberries, and an Orange. Then I shower and clean my teeth.
5:30am sleep.
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