Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. … and … FLYYYYYYYYY!!!
Yep. I got to fly last night. In a few different ways actually. We're knee-deep in this Six Flags tour that I'm doing with HotChelleRae and I got to ditch work a little bit after the show and ride a few roller coasters with the boys. I freakin’ LOVE roller coasters. Always have. I get a thrill from them even if I watch a theme park show on TV. Just the experience- the rush, the view from the top, the sensations you feel are so amazing. I put my arms out and flew along with the wind.. up, down, upside down and around, enjoying every second, forgetting every problem and worry from my day- it really just put the cherry on top of this perfect ice cream sundae that I call my life..
One of the rides we rode was the Superman. It was incredible. You ride it tilted all the way forward and follow the track not really able to see where you are gonna go next. Makes you feel like a superhero. (..one that just ditched a night of work to go fly around, ha..) While I wish I could see through walls or go invisible (hey, maybe I can for all you know. Guess what? I’m right behind you as you read this. Ok, I’ll go in the other room.. but I can still see you! ;) ) I don’t care too much about the superpowers of superheroes, just the fact that they always seem to be right where you need them, as you need them, with whatever you need from them. Maybe that’s why I’ve been in assistant-type jobs for so long. I love helping people and making their lives better/easier. It’s kind of my job out here with the band. Whenever I get to do something for them that they don’t wanna do, or happen to have something that they need at just the right moment, it always makes me feel great. I’d do almost anything for these guys, and I sometimes wish I could do more than I get to do, but I have to realize I can’t always be Supergirl. I do enjoy feeling like I am sometimes though. :)
I’ve enjoyed plenty of other flyin’ high kind of feelings out on tour. Sometimes it’s almost surreal. I couldn’t ask for a better job, a better band to work for, a better way to be spending my life right now. I still wake up some days thinking it’s all a dream, wondering why it’s ME that gets to be here, and realizing just how blessed I am. And while I still can assure you that not every element of touring with a band is wonderfully fabulous, I am so happy to be doing something I’ve wanted to do my whole life, with people that I love. Some parts of my days are a total headache (such as working outside.. on the surface of the sun, or figuring out paperwork amidst a morning hangover battle.. but the occasional flying high from alcohol is still worth it for me..), but most moments are incredible- similar to those you get while racing around a steel track, a wicked breeze making your hair look amazing, seeing things at an angle you normally wouldn’t get, and not being able to stop smiling. (and while I’m making this tour/coaster comparison, can I just say that the back of this tour van, in which I am attempting to write this right now, is extremely similar to a rickety old wooden roller coaster. Bumpy factor of 10.)
Now we’re continuing to “fly”, down the highway, across the country. I love all this stuff too. As boring or plain or uneventful as it may be sometimes (like a kiddy ride perhaps?), I still get a sense of adventure out here. It’s a high that I can’t explain and that I’m sure I’ll be experiencing plenty of for the rest of my life. Roller coasters fit well into that category too. ;)
So cheers to finding the things in life that lift us up, letting them take us away, and enjoying the flight- from the takeoff to the landing, over and over again.
Fly as high as you can, and I’ll meet you in the air.
