May 26 - Spoutnik, Nantes France

Another glamorous day of waking up early, not showering, drinking coffee, eating bread, leaving thank you note, driving, eating rest stop food, driving, drinking hot coffee out of thin plastic mini-cups, driving, listening to something to keep the driver awake only to have the opposite effect, switching drivers,

driving, not being able to check email or communicate with the outside world, driving, driving, still not showering, driving, wearing the same underwear for the fourth consecutive day, driving, reading the suicide chapter in a book about death, driving, not being able to nap, feeling empty, driving, getting stuck in traffic,

arriving at the club, unloading, drinking beer, smoking, soundchecking, eating delicious homemade food from a microwave in a closet, waiting, smoking, walking around the town for ten minutes, getting into costume, playing show, selling merch, talking briefly to people, signing merch, loading out, getting coffee, smoking, switching drivers, driving, still wearing the same underwear, driving, scratching your itchy scalp, driving, smoking, listening to unreleased music from your peers, missing exit you were supposed to take, rerouting, smoking, looking for a motel, finding motel that is full, driving, finding another that is also full, driving, getting lost, driving, calling several motels- all of them full, driving, cursing the popularity of a Wednesday night in France, cursing European motels after dark, cursing the tour, driving, still not showering, smoking, finding expensive hotel that has a vacancy (!) but while checking in the clerk realizes that there are no vacancies, preparing to sleep in the van for the night, driving one more block, spotting Hotel de L’Ouest in downtown Chartres, listening to man in wifebeater say they have rooms for us, paying man in cash, walking up three flights of stairs to charming no frills hostel-like accommodations, smoking at 2am, setting world’s quietest alarm for 8am, missing girl, missing home, missing life, dreading the seven hour drive plus ferry to London tomorrow, being glamorous.