A week in and so far so good on the touring…we hit San Angelo, Amarillo, and Albuquerque.  We’ve had the chance to stay in Amarillo (Susan’s hometown) and Albuquerque (mine) for multiple days which is always nice.

San Angelo was warm and Susan played with Ray Wylie Hubbard.  Maybe my first time merching next to a pool.

To make up for the heat…there was ice cream.

Push did come to shove the day I got to Albuquerque, though. My laptop track pad has given me some issues in the past, but it’s been ok for a while. On Saturday I pulled it out of my bag and it was permanently depressed into the computer. I had a spare mouse for just this situation, but after a bit that wasn’t even working and things were selecting and deleting and moving around on their own volition. This will not fly for four weeks on tour with no Apple stores around, so I decided it was time to invest in a new laptop.

The purchase was in my 6 month plan, though not my week plan…but once I manhandled all my files over to the new one, I felt a lot better and am now ready to take on the portable technology world again. It was a 4 year old laptop that has been around the country several times and it was time. RIP, old laptop.