Pre-Rehearsal

Date: 10/6/2019

I drive to worship rehearsal on a highway that's like the ones we have here but also like in L.A., I would imagine. I've gotten my electric set up and warmed up, really far stage right. I start rehearsing with all new band members. The drummer is about to start a song and I'm trying to hand him a wooden spoon thing into his drum cage, assuming it's his drumstick. That rehearsal ends and the real worship team shows up for rehearsal, Joey, Symphony, and maybe 10 people. I think about joking, "You all got here at the same time. Did you drive together?" I also set up my acoustic for rehearsal. I open up the box I brought. Joey marvels at it, "Ah, nice. It's a sewing machine." A sewing machine box. Mocking him and joking I say, "Juh-juh-juh Gee, you knit!?!" I look around at the people hanging out watching me. Roxy is there. "Get it? G, you knit?" I say trailing off and pointing to myself and pantomiming knitting, then wave my hand dismissively and get back to work. People get the joke and laugh. Self-consciously, I look around in my box and find the iron with the retractable cord and ironing board I was looking for, then set it up backstage for Sunday because today's only Wednesday rehearsal. I realize I have to pee. My watch says it's something-53, so I have time before rehearsal starts. People are sound-checking though so I go quickly to the bathrooms right next to the stage here in the backstage right area. I hear Emily from GMM mike checking with the first punk rock song that comes to mind. She says, "We should probably not do that song." I quickly knock on the bathroom door, go into the darkness, find a stall avoiding the groanings of what sounds like an old British lady, and struggle with my fly so I can pee. "Is this The Journey?" the old British lady asks. I assume I'm the only one here so I grunt, "Yeah."