Tuesday, May 5, 2026: Ft Lauderdale, FL. We rode the bus overnight (using an extra driver shared between the band bus and the crew bus) down to Fort Lauderdale for a private gig. In the middle of the night, I woke up to the sound of glass shattering on the floor, and then I laid there trying to go back to sleep. Unable to stop thinking about the glass and my bladder, I finally got up and went to the bathroom, only to discover that the bathroom lighting fixture had fallen off the wall and exploded, but I desperately needed to pee, so I took a wad of paper towels, wiped the glass into the corner (where hopefully no one else would step on it), peed, and went to bed. No way I was cleaning up that mess at 4 AM. It turns out, Nick came upon it soon after that, and he did go get the dust pan and take care of it. I finally got up and had my coffee once we were parked outside the venue, and then went out for my run. It's already summer in south Florida. Super hot and muggy. Not a pleasant ...
