branching out or that's more like it

       TUESDAY 10/2/18 10:09 PM--not at all sure why it happened, but I played/sang about a half a dozen songs at the Crossroads Acoustic open mic--ALONE...I'd give myself a 7 on a scale of 10...I MIGHT do that again, somewhere...

8:43AM--Jackie, the hostess was especially complimentary; it's possible she was just being polite...I have no evidence to support or disprove that theory...unless somebody took photos or shot video...

12:32PM--just talked to Oz...he says we're getting $100 each on Saturday...I can definitely live with that...not happy about possibly bringing a second passenger though...me and Oz and the equipment fills the car enough for my tastes...we'll see...Barry's doing another gig with some other guy; I dunno why...it hurts a little, but (possibly) so do some of the things I've said behind his back...

           As for those two other phone calls, I might get one of 'em done after my nap...which could be starting at about 1:30 if not sooner...

FRIDAY 10/5/18 8:30AM--going to Victor Litz later...Plan A is to come home with a different guitar...Plan B is to put Epi in the shop, however long THAT'S gonna take...I'm probably delusional, but *I* think Plan A is not completely outta the question...

4PM--Incredibly, for $40 cash, I came home with a new Fender ac/el guitar...if I'm not dreamin', it plays good, sounds good plugged in or not...I hope to bring it to Gumbo Ya Ya on Monday and of course Crossroads on Tuesday...already getting excited about THAT...and I'm happy about the way preparations for the gig with Oz are going...there may be a few songs I don't know as well as I should, will likely do some studying tonight--it might help, it might not...