Live from the Artists Den: Kid Rock - "Rock N Roll Jesus"

How was your day, sweetheart? I hope you had a really good day whatever you chose to do :) I hope Junior is doing well & the rest of your family, too. Have you ridden your bike lately? I hope so! We served it up good tonight. I just got home (10:45ish). Moving the entire time, for I was also a runner & they cross-trained me in the kitchen, too. Paige runs a very good ship & received many a rave reviews, especially for her food. I haven’t seen a good catering crew like that in a while. (2 USO Full Throttles; 2 tabs for ‘toothache’; 1 green sweater because at the end of the shift the night by the river was cool.) I share with you because I re-read & learn more about myself so thanks for listening. The wedding was pretty, outdoor in a Hamilton park by the river. The best part was riding in an air-conditioned truck with a quiet cook/fly fisherman guide listening to NPR (classical on the way there; some real oldies something or other on the way home). I mountain biked home, put on my comfies, wrote to you, & biked down to my bench. The different bike felt good streching out my body & legs. As much as I’ve loved it, I am happy I don’t have to get up to right to Florence tomorrow. I need a little 318 TLC (vacuuming; folding laundry) but I may take Sonya for a dip in the morning. We’ll see what time I get up. I have the 1:30 time slot to see Steve & the friend I usually go with is occupied, so she’s lending me her car to be able to go. She is very kind. I’ll try to stop by River Rising so I can spend more time talking with you. My body feels great but yawns are overtaking me. I need rest :) I hope you felt blessed this Saturday for He loves you so much…and so do I. :) I hope tomorrow brings you even more joy and fun, my precious Prince. Until tomorrow…Sweet Dreams, my Beloved, Sweet Dreams.

Good Morning, Angel…Did you have sweet dreams?…I hope so…I did…thank you. I love you, RJR. You amaze and inspire me, my love. I hope for you a beautiful, sweet, peaceful, and fun day. Smiles, hugs, and kisses :)

Thank you for dancing with me tonight, my love. I had a wonderful time! I was on the dance floor surrounded by kids for the whole night…3 year old garage sale Gage, & so many others…at times it was just me & about 12 kids twirling & air guitaring…so much joy…but I miss you. Early on, the lead singer asked for requests & looked directly at me so I asked for KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING…they hadn’t played it in a really long time but did a great job, although he smiled & said afterwards I couldn’t request any more because that had stretched them :) But I asked later for anything by you. I didn’t expect it when they did, but as I was dancing with Easton (2 years old maybe) to Sweet Home Alabama (thinking of you) the band looked & pointed at me, starting in on ALL SUMMER LONG. I was so happy! I tried hard not to miss you, being another night without you (I sometimes don’t know how I make through), so there was only a moment during a break where I was looking at the stars, the Bitterroots, & the moon, when I cried, but I made it through. The band ended with Brooks & Dunn’s ANGEL & I sang to you, my sweet. I didn’t cry, though, until they stopped & the recorded music they played during breaks...of all the songs in the world...was yours…ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY & I couldn’t stop the tears. I can’t stop them now, but I’ll try. (1 Panty earlier, 2 blue guava USO Full Throttles, 1 7.5 lortab for the TN toothache, ½ liter of water). The bars are hopping, but I don’t feel like entering into the fray & possible drama…not tonight…not without you by my side. The cops are out big time, too, so even though I’m not drinking, I don’t want a part of watching them peck off people enjoying a summer night. I’ve had enough of them. Sorry, my computer battery went kaputz so I walked home & changed into comfy pajama pants & sweatshirt to finish talking with you & then I’m biking down to post. And then home to dream of you, my love, my friend, my joy,

#23 was the little piggy that came first; I thought there wouldn’t be anything left, but eventually #24 came a struttin’ & cracked me up because she almost bowled over #23 in her slow cow stride, purposefully knocking into #23. Then came No Tag (but branded, I forgot to mention). She took over the main trough while the other 2 shared the second. I didn’t know one small coffee-can sized bucket could go so far. I haven’t ever gotten to feed cows before so I enjoyed watching them work things out. #23 came over, I thought to have a chat, but she put me in my place…I’ve heard about racehorses & have used the expression myself, but I didn’t know lounging in the shade & munching on grass could build up such a long satisfying good pee :) I have all my things taken care of here today, so I’m heading back to 318 to shower & rest (but first I have to stop by Kim, Matt, & young Gage’s garage sale for a couple of T-shirts they let me keep there so I didn’t have to carry them both ways & I’ll stop at the Stevi 2nd hand store to check on black shirts). I’ll be out & about again starting with the kiddie parade ‘cause I need to keep stretching & limber (although my stair repeats up to the computer to talk with you are helping, too…thank you), plus I like to have summer fun. Oh, that reminds me, someone wrote SUMMER 2012 in sidewalk chalk & I thought of you. If it’s still there, I’ll get a picture. Fortunately, the ride to Stevi is easier so I look forward to it. Everything settles out & I am at peace when I’m on my bike. I’m going to guess as a fellow biker, you understand. :) I hope all is well with you & I’ll talk again with you later. Please continue having a great day! All my love. P.S. I just watched Forever to help power through :)

Happy Friday, RJR!!! Lots of planes & motorcycles last night & today :) It has been said, by a kind & wise man, that on Friday it’s getting hotter; I agree, however the temperature today is quite nice at around 80 in the ‘Root. Beautiful. But we’ll see how it is when Sho-Down starts up tonight. Oh, the daisies are really wild sunflowers :) I used to close my eyes to His beauty & all He brought to me, for the pain & the blows became almost more than I could take, but as I continue to talk with Him & build my trust in Him that He is working for my good, I’m finding I am living – alive & awake - in the most peace, joy, beauty, & love I’ve ever experienced. I am humbled & deeply grateful. Day 3 biking; I can tell my body is transitioning again to this level of exercise with it feeling good but needing intelligent fuel & rest. You got me up that hill; I really didn’t have anything left. Thank you, my love. I stopped earlier at a garage sale because of all the stuff in my house, including sale stuff, I don’t have a black top for work tomorrow. They were nice people, appreciated my biking, & both lit up when I told them I found my power song & I could see they understood what that means athletically. I know he used to bike race. Then I told them it was your Forever :) I bonked pretty hard so I stopped at the Florence Town Pump for deviled eggs (lifetime connoisseur). I also ran into the diverted-drama-bartender & thanked him for handling a delicate situation so well, commending him for his stand-up-ish-ness. Tags & No Tag worked with me…no tipped sprinklers! I have most of my things done here, but will hang for a bit longer. I tried to write right as I got here, but I could tell I was losing it & had to let the fuel revivify me, before I rambled on…oh, wait, maybe I didn’t wait long enough…whaddya think? I hope your day, sweetheart, is as glorious, fun, wonderful, & precious as I believe you are!!! I'll post again before I head out.I love you. Smiles & Hugs, my Prince :)