After the gig

Well things went well for the most part. It was almost 90 degrees out and the humidity was just about as bad by the time the show started. I was set and ready to roll on both stages by 10am I was real happy about that. My sister who gave me her van for the day let me use her easy up tent to cover the house desk. By noon I was real glad she did I was mixing the show for a punk band and the sweat was just rolling off me but the worst was yet to come. All of the equipment worked great the sound by all accounts was the best that they had there in the 10 years of the event. Needless to say Ill be back next year for the event and many folks wanted to know why I wasn't out doing more of this. I will explain that now! The show ended at 4:45 on the schedule but we ran a little over so at 5:00 with the sun still at full I started to put the stuff back in the truck. It was hot and I was moving at a snails pace so as not to have a stroke it took me with some help on the lifting a good hour and 15 min to put all the equipment back in the truck. I was drenched. I was also beet red. I got back to the house and showered then had a quick bite to eat and went back into the soup to unload the truck. After an additional hour of huffing and puffing it was all back in the garage. I won the war I think but boy was I beat. Im not as young as I used to be. My kids had a great time there and so did my wife it was the first time my kids had seen my pa out of the garage. My oldest said she didn't know I had so much stuff(truth be told there were my big boxes still in the garage) and she thought it was fun to be at my show. Ill try to post a picture tomm I have to go cook dinner now. Yeah I still want to play with my toys I guess I need to hire some help to do it though.