My blogging-once-a-week goal is already proving challenging.  Internet connections are spotty in our hotels, especially when forty of us are trying to get on the internet at the same time.

So yes, I am already making excuses.

But, moving on.  Here is a quick story of what happens over the course of 9 months in small European hotel rooms with a roommate:

Month 1:

Roommate puts on Britney Spears music.

Me:  “Oh my god, I love Britney Spears!  My boyfriend NEVER plays Britney Spears in the apartment.”

Month 7:

Roommate puts on Britney Spears music.

Me:  “If you play that Britney Spears music one more

 f%#&ing time...”

This is what happened last year.  But it has nothing to do with Britney Spears or my roommate.  It has everything to do with 9 months in confined spaces.  I trust this time  will be different.

Speaking of hotel rooms, Brent had a great idea that we should start the hash tag #thingsIfoundinmyhotelroom.  For normal, non-twitter people:  “things I found in my hotel room.”

It would be similar to shitmydadsays, which, from what I understand, is one son’s record of all the funny things his father says.  It has become so popular that there is now a book (totally recommend this hilarious read) and a television show (don’t know anything about it, sorry.)

And so far, with one hotel down, I found this:  a chestnut.  It seemed to have rolled from under the bed.  I kicked it on my way to the bathroom.  And yes, it disturbed me.

Now we are in Basel, Switzerland.  I haven’t found any chestnuts, any strong internet connection, nor anything that resembles a decent bed or pillow.  But I will be sure to keep you in the loop.

I am not sure how this happened, but I am back in Germany.  Brent and I are back on tour.  I gotta be honest; when you do something over 240 times, you aren’t really caring to do it a 245th time.  At least not us.  But one thing led to another and here we are.

But this time around should be much more manageable.  For starters, tour is 4 months long, not 9 months.  We are in each city longer than a few days.  We are in Berlin for 3 weeks in March!  And, here is a biggie:  we know what we are getting ourselves into.

We know that there is little privacy.  We know that there is unavoidable drama (hoping this will be slightly curbed as both my roommate and partner are “off the market” this time around.)  We know there is little sense in not having fun while we are working.  

And, if there is anything I have learned these past few months, it is that life is unpredictable, so enjoy what you have while you have it.

Speaking of these past few months-- months during which I have questioned many things--I have made some big decisions.  One is this:  If I like a song, I will download it from itunes, BUT if I like a whole album (which is more unusual,) I will buy the vinyl.  

Huge decision, right? Here is how I came to it: I ran across a lot of CDs while I was going through boxes and cleaning out things.  Each time I did, I got surprisingly annoyed.  Turns out, CDs are cumbersome and just not very pretty.  Records, on the other hand, are kinda artistic.  So, some day when I figure out where my home is, I will proudly display a handful of records.  Good life decision work, Kim.

This summer I took a “how to blog” writing class and one thing I learned was that you should really blog at least once a week.  So, I have some lofty goals for myself this European adventure, round two.  In no specific order:

• Blog at least once a week

Wish me luck!