the dreaming tree

i’m quite excited right now. i went to play some ultimate frisbee yesterday with some people and found out that they’re starting a summer league! so of course i signed up. i’ll be placed on a team and then the fun will begin. lots of ultimate to be played this summer, that’s a fact. a very great thing, indeed.

i simply cannot wait to get back on the stage with my band. i won’t get the chance till june 12th, and then again the following week on the 19th. and then that very well could be it for mayor dave as we know it. grady, our lead guitarist, is moving to new orleans in july to attend seminary in the fall. it’s disappointing because we’re fiiinnnally beginning to gel and really know each other. finally beginning to write some pretty sweet music. this past few months, we’ve gotten to practice only a few times, but when we have, we’ve been really prolific, besides sounding good. it’s funny because when we “practice,” we don’t really “practice.” we just run through stuff and goof-off, and then all-of-sudden, at a show, we sound amazing. i’m not generally cocky, or at least i try not to be, but i really do think we have the potential to be really, really good. not necessarily successful, or wonderfully so, but good. and that would be very satisfying. it is still, and i hope it still will be once grady leaves, but it is just sad to see him go. i need to trust God a lot more with the whole thing. it’s such a blessing just to be in a band right now, and a good one, one that can get paid to play, and i sincerely appreciate the opportunity to do this at this point in my life. i want it to continue, and i know God will take care of it. that’s comforting.

well, i’ve found a new job. a paper route. i guess it’s more like a part-time job. i’m not quite sure how it’ll be, cause i have to be at the drop to roll the papers and stuff at 2:30 am. the good thing is, this particular route is more difficult than an average one (says the gal in charge), and so as a result, i get paid more. so that’s excellent. haha. in other news, i think i’m gonna have to make a trip to arkadelphia today, because the post office somehow didn’t get my forwarding information, which means that there is a lot of mail hanging out in my box. so…that’s great, since gas is $400 a tank. oh well.

guess what? i have nothing profound to say.

last night i went and hung out with several of the college-age people from my church. we grilled hamburgers and talked and tossed the frisbee. it was a good time. and then i dreamed about a girl. and later, dreamed about playing baseball again. ouachita has hired a new coach and i’m mulling over the possibility of playing again. i’d really like to play once more.

well, boys and girls, not a lot has been happening in my life as of late. a few days this week, i was working at a diesel truck repair garage…as a custodian. actually, the cleaning that i had to do was not so bad at all, cause i had one of those scrubber machines that you push, but the thing that sucked was not having anything to do. you see, i would clean the oil/grease/whatever off the floor after they finished working on a truck, but in between that, there was pretty much nothing to do. very boring. i can usually satisfy boredom at home, but when i’m at a job, i don’t feel comfortable just bringing a book and reading while everyone else is working on engines. so anyway, i’m done with that for now. we’ll see what the temp. service has for me next.

in other news, grady (lead guitarist of my band) is getting married next weekend. and i’m a groomsman. that’s cool to me, as i’ve never been one before. the last wedding i went to i got to be an usher, so i figure the next step is best man, and then i’ll be getting married myself. well, that last one may not be for awhile, but she’s out there somewhere. i actually get weirdly excited when i start to wonder about her. like what she’s doing right now, where she is…i just can’t help but smile in anticipation. at weddings, when everyone is watching the bride walk down the aisle, i almost always will be watching the groom. to see his reaction to seeing his bride in all her beauty is a marvelous thing, and it seriously produces a tear or two. it also makes me smile and be filled with joy at God’s wonderful provision of union between two people. i know when i’m up there and my bride walks in, so beautiful and, at that moment, perfect in my eyes, i’m gonna need someone to hold me up. i have a feeling i’ll be one of those guys that has trouble saying his vows without his voice cracking. and it’ll be wonderful. and now, i need to excuse myself from the computer…

well…i’ve been trying to come up with something interesting to write about…i’m failing. i got a haircut on monday. i’m home for the summer. i miss playing baseball.