But today was quite the eventful day so it deserves at least a post.
The day begins actually the night before when a friend calls me (Jordan) to see if I want to go for a run in the morning at 7:30. I said yes, thinking that usually when I go on runs with him they are 3 to 4 miles at a nice pace. Upon arrival at 7:30 I realize there are others joining the morning run, one of which ran division 1 cross country and she can seriously run. Needless to say, my lack of running in the past 5 weeks was not so advantageous in this brisk 8 mile run through the muddy meadow.
I finally get back home, completely exhausted with jell-O legs, to find Katie waiting to see me before she heads off to work. We say bye to each other and she walks out the door as I start stretching inside. Thirty seconds later I hear a frantic knock at the door. Katie has some how sliced through her jeans and has a 1 inch gash in her leg just above her right knee caused by somehow trying to get on her bike. With blood rolling down Katie's leg I grab the first aid and start cleaning up the wound and calling emergency to see if we need stitches. We get it bandaged up and finally head off to work/class.
Pretty eventful day as is...
I then attend some really interesting lectures on genome wide analysis of genetic obesity factors and developmental programming for obesity and Katie has a full day of event planning.
And then we grab some dinner and head to the highlight of the day Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs with The Secret Sisters
Absolutely incredible show. The new CD, God Willin' &the Creek Don't Rise, transitioned from some of his soul/folk to more country/rock and roll, but all in his own way. He covered Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" which was awesome but, the highlights of the show were the songs off the new album "Rock and Roll and the Radio" and "Repo Man" - Every song they played was infused with pedal steel giving it a deep country feel and causing us to miss home.
But the opening for Ray was incredible... I am openly advertising, proclaiming, whatever you want to call using your blog to promote something you like. But for anyone who really likes the sounds of Patty Griffin or Allison Krause or Gillian Welch . Look no further than Muscle Shoals own Secret Sisters. Their opening for Ray was stunning. Katie and I were blown away by how beautiful they performed. After the show the sisters were meeting people by the merch table, so we went up and talked to them a little bit and they were so sweet and gracious. Anyway, check out some of there stuff T Bone Burnett exec. produced their album (T Bone also produced O' Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart soundtrack etc.) We bought it and its great. Here's a video of them doing an original
Something about them made Katie and I miss home more than we had in a long time
Again sorry for the posting absence but we will have a more in depth update on the last few weeks in the near future.
Love,
Jordan and Katie
