My GPS Wants Me To Go Home

This morning we checked out of our hotel room only to check right back into the same room. :)

It was pretty ridiculous. It's a long story... we thought we were gonna go to another hotel, but we couldn't get in touch with anyone. So we just stayed here! And they put us in the same room since we JUST checked out of it.
This hotel is great - it is a Hampton Inn and the first night they had Beef Barely Stew, tonight they have nachos, and EVERY night they've had cookies. This place wins.


Pic of the day:


I LOVE this picture!!! This was taken by Danielle Barden at Penn Tech. Look at the height Miguel gets! That's impressive.

And this morning... I woke up to an email from Jeeves, my GPS. He said:
"A fan just sent me this picture they took at a retail store near Music Row in Nashville."

I think Jeeves is just trying to make up for all those wrong turns earlier in the year. But lately, he's been pretty good about not getting us lost :) I do love that he put eye drops in there - to help battle my crazy watery eyes :)


I took Hootie to the car rental place, and we got lost on the way since the location wasn't actually called "Enterprise". He got to go home tonight to see his Dad and sister and sweet little niece. Miguel and I went to a really sketchy laundromat - where NO ONE showed up except for us... And then James, Miguel and I went back to that Mexican Restaurant where everyone was dancing and cheering last night after hours. It was every bit as fun as we imagined!!! They had an incredible food and this awesome Mariachi band serenaded us at the table - Miguel requested a song for us. :) It was so fun!!!

Tomorrow, we go back to work :) See you at Albright College!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

Alvernia University

Every time I get a new "follower" on here, I get all giddy :) Thank you Followers!

Reading, PA: I have spent so much time with you! We are staying in a hotel next door to the one we stayed at a few weeks ago. And tomorrow we'll move about 0.2 miles down the road to a new location. :) Staying in the same place for a few days rocks my world. It's pretty awesome.

We went to eat at Old Country Buffet (OCB!) today for lunch. We went there last time we were in town, too. Every time we go in there, we stick out like a sore thumb. We are the youngest people in the room by at least 30-40 years. Love it.

Tonight we played at Alvernia University. The staging and sound was great, and it was all set up when we got there. They had us in a huge gym. It was pretty cool. But I did feel like I needed to whip out some prom decorations or something!

Lately, the students have consistently been so awesome about helping us load and unload gear. It makes a HUGE difference for us. I feel like I keep saying "Is that it?" Because with a few extra hands, it gets done SOOOO much faster! So yeah. We LOVE that.

Lauren, the girl on the right, was at our show at Elizabethtown College in Feb. Her sister goes to Elizabethtown, and she was visiting her at the time. So she came again tonight and brought a friend! That was so cool!


These girls were so cute the whole show. They were all singing along and clapping and dancing. The girl in front (pictured on the left of me) was the instigator. :) She was DEDICATED! She had a real lighter AND a "cell phone lighter" out on "Angel." And she wouldn't stop until she got everyone swaying the same direction. It was priceless.


"Free hugs"... gets em every time :)


And I know it's little fuzzy, but I have to include this picture because these guys informed me that they are the "coolest guys at Alvernia" You know. Just in case you were sitting there wondering. :)

And they were in fact VERY cool guys. We all talked for a while after the show. It was a good time.

And afterwards, we were all excited. We wanted to find a Mexican Restaurant to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. There was one right next to our hotel, and it looked like it was hoppin! It was 11pm by the time we got there, but we figured, "Hey, it's Cinco De Mayo... there's GOTTA be a Mexican place open!" When we pulled up, the "Open" sign was still on and Hootie said "Are they DANCING in there?"

The music was BLASTING from the speakers as we walked in, and the whole place was going crazy - people dancing and cheering all up and down the aisles...

ummm...

but....

they were closed... :(

My brain was so confused.

I wanted to be like "Ok, I know you're closed... but can we just hang out? Cause you people are AWESOME."

So yeah. We went back to the same Diner where we ate last time. That place is great. And I knew we'd get good food there. No Margaritas, but we'll just have to celebrate a day late or something.

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie