5:30 comes Awful Quick...

...when you have a hard time falling asleep after two large shots and two beers the night before...my first official tour hangover...and with an early load-in to boot. Lucikly I've been told that we won't have too many real early morning load-ins. Where the Qwest Center in Omaha was spacious and grand, the Pershing Center in Lincoln, NE was a bit cramped and homey. The load was real cold and difficult due to only having one loading dock that was at street level (instead of having a raised dock) and it was on the windy side of the building. The load-in was a bit easier due to having seen and used some equipment and crates, but I was still looking at the floorplan to call out where things were supposed to go once they were unloaded from the truck. Half of the fun of load-in is trying to set up the backstage, dressing and work rooms. In an ideal situation everything fits in an orderly way in the space provided...however in situations like this you may have to split up dressing rooms on different sides of the stage and try and make cramped but accessable spaces for the characters backstage. Our locals Jerry and Shelia were nice and accomodating. The two shows went well. During the break I made a stop for lunch and at Walgreen's and made a call home. After the shows I joined some of the cast out again at the same bar, however I didn't have as much to drink...even though I could sleep until 7 or 8.