Front Lines Tour Day 7

It's been a week!

    We got on the road to drive down to Kentucky. We all got hungry late at night and figured we'd stop at a "Countrywide Restaurant". It's a restaurant that's usually connected to a truck stop. WHO'S IDEA WAS THIS?! We walk in and a lady that looks like she has been awake for way too many hours seats us. On the way she yells at a guy in the kitchen ;I'm gonna warn ya! Ya got 7!...We should have ran away right then and there. The veggies we got were frosted. It was like they took the veggies out of the fridge and put warm water on it. Everyone's food looked either over cooked or undercooked. We...being the courageous group that we are...decided to eat it anyway. We complained throughout the whole meal. Being we hadn't seen another open restaurant for hours we figured we'd suck it up. Not even a group of college graduates that normally avoids "poisonous" foods was able to resist. Another thing that should have warned us was the painting on the wall. It looked like it had been up for the past 200 years...I'm sorry that was a typo. I meant 2,000 years.
    After our "inappropriate" meal we figured we'd get some sleep on the bus. The drivers (DJ H2O and Decora) had been going for hours. They needed a break and so did the writers, bloggers and scheduler. Within seconds we'd all claimed a comfy spot. J-Ha,mack, DJ H20-floor, Cuttz-"table/bed", Decora-Chair, Graham-bed, Latin-Fetal position bed. Ok so not all of them were comfy but they were safe places for us to lay our heads down and that's all we needed. In the morning the moans and grans from the previous night's fiasco could be heard for miles. We headed to the bathrooms to freshen up and headed down the road. A few hours later we found a diner called "Nottoway Diner" . We ignored the funny name and went inside while Graham stayed asleep on the bus. It was clean, service was great and the foooood mmmmm fooood. I've never had biscuits like these before. As I ate them a little angel flew down from the sky, sat next to me and said: I knooow!The grits were not the best but were definitely home cooked. We had a great conversation going on there as well. The general idea behind it was about the people in our lives and how some are roots, others are branches and others are leaves. Cuttz added to it by that saying that some are birds. I said that others are twigs and we all agreed that we are the trunks. This conversation went on for hours. That's what happens when you give poets simile's or metaphors to discuss. It could go on for days as each one interprets it differently or adds to the general idea.
    We laughed when we realized that the convo could be endless and we hit the road. About 20 mins in to the trip (we had received info from Keifu and Katina from Labor of Love in New Orleans that we could stay at their house in N.C. so we were now headed there) Cuttz realized that he didn't have his phone with him we stopped the bus and looked everywhere. We called the restaurant and they said they didn't have it. We figured we'd go back to check just in case it had fallen outside or something. We looked in there and at the gas station we pumped gas at. I even looked in the garbage! Nothing. Cuttz had officially lost his phone. Free had left her ID in Philly, I left my ring (a ring given to me by a dear friend) and my earring in Virginia and now Cuttz had lost his phone.
    We got back on the road and headed to Durham N.C. there we found a beautiful house and an army of mosquitoes. Decora HATES mosquitoes lol. No of like getting bitten by them but he was dancing trying to get them off his legs. Then one bit him on the arm and he started swinging his arms while he stepped up and down. It was a site to see and unfortunately we didn't record it. Keifu  got there about 15 minutes after we parked the bus. She's a very sweet and welcoming woman and we greatly appreciated her opening her doors to us. Keifu showed us around the house laid down a few rules and headed to her Yoga class. Cuttz and myself (Latin) stayed in the house while everyone else headed out to get some groceries. Cuttz and I were working online trying to get as much internet work done as possible. As soon as everyone got back we were hoping on eating, hitting up a YMCA to work out and having a rehearsal. The YMCA didn't work out due to time constraints but Free and Decora hooked up some reaalll good food. Everyone did some chores when they got back with groceries. Free and Decora cooked, J and DJ H20 cleaned the bus and Cuttz and I took care about a garbage situation. The house was new and the previous owners had left garbage there that smelled of the most rancid and foul smell a nose and it's receptor sites could every be exposed to. Cuttz and I were of course not pleased and I joked that next time I'm going to get groceries so that I get the cooking job rather than the toxic disposal job.
    After a wonderful home cooked dinner we had a rehearsal and added some things to our performance that we'll be putting into work today. We got some rest, shaved, got shape ups and now after some home cooked breakfast we're in Greensboro N.C. where Cuttz is getting a phone. We're on our way to the Reed African Heritage Museum. More on that, the woman at the Organic food restaurant and more.

Peace, Paz, Salaam,
-Latin