Speaking of Great Big Sea…

I have to say that I know every single day how lucky I am to be living the dream - truly, not in the sarcastic way. I wanted to be a road manager and I pursued it vigilantly for a decade and a half until I got here. But there are still small thrills every day when I realize that I actually did it.

And a couple of weeks ago, it was one of those days. I was having a very bad time being away from family during a fairly serious crisis and was trying not to let the company know what a mess I was…and lo and behold, the promoter brought me a copy of the program book for the two shows we were performing. And right there on the cover was my show right next to one of my hero acts, Great Big Sea. It was the thrill moment I needed to get through the day.

I’m not one for fan mail, but given that we had missed each other in venues three times in two weeks and I used to make sure to see at least three shows on each of their tours, I had to leave a note to wish them luck with their tour. And I got on my bus at the end of the day, remembering that somewhere along the way, I arrived.