Slept until 10a.m. and had French toast and green tea for breakfast at our favorite local diner. Benny was a bit more �testy� then I was. I had to pick up a few things at Target (tarjay), and he was determined to tag along. Poor dear, it took me almost two hours to make a complete run of the store. Not to mention that he got lost along the way, so he spent a lot of time looking for me. When we got home, he was spent. What can I say? The man is thirty�he�s old. *wink*

I finally called BJ at a quarter to 4p.m. so that I could know what time practice was. He tells me that it�s at 4. Can I say speeding? I was glad that I arrived about the same time every one else did, otherwise I would have been really pissy. I hate being late. This new practice place we rent at is awesome. It�s in an old storefront and it�s cheap, not to mention it�s right next door to the Main Stage. One of the bands favorite dives to play at, I use the word �dive� loosely. It has a bad reputation but it�s becoming one of the places to play for original bands. Co5 is one of the few cover bands that likes to play there. Everyone else is just snooty. *wink* So anyway, we order a couple of Pizza�s and buy beer from next door. I give the guys a few of my proposals and we practice on some older �new� stuff. You know, stuff that we started to work on but never finished. We then do a jam and start working on our writing. Lane and Smurf came up with this really cool riff and I�m already having lyric ideas. Bill has an awesome drum beat to it, but he isn�t quite satisfied with it�argh!! Virgos and their obsessive perfectionism! BJ has an ok bass line for it, but I think he needs to play with it a bit more. Over all, it�s going to be a very rockin song.

After practice, we head next door and have a few drinks and play darts. That was a lot of fun, but it was getting late and Lane needed to get home. Soon afterwards, Smurf and Girlfriend have to leave too. Did I ever tell you about Girlfriend? She is absolutely adorable and sweet. What can I say? She�s a Cancer. Which means we automatically get along. Bad news for Smurf I think. I have a tendency to jinx relationships within the band. I become buddy-buddy with the girl and then the relationship soon goes sour. I promised Smurf that I wouldn�t get too attached to this one.

Ok, back to my story. Well, both Lane and Smurf split and it�s was just 3/5 of Circle of Fifths, Bill, BJ and me. I planed on going home soon too, because Benny was waiting for me at home. BJ and Bill want to go to Studio East and crash Sutter Cain�s CD release party. Damn!!! I want to go to their release party! Oh well, I was done playing �rock star�; it was time to be �wife�. Bill and BJ won�t have it. Bill calls Benny and begs him to come out and �play� with us. He refuses but lets me hang out with the guys. By this time I�m a bit giddy and I probably shouldn�t be driving, but I do anyway and I�m off to Studio East. When we got there, it was really quiet and we sit and order more drinks. By this time BJ is getting fairly bombed. I ask him about the band before Smurf and me and it�s interesting how Circle of Fifths had evolved. We listen to the first band play, a whole lot of screaming and musical chaos, and I decide it�s time to leave. Bill had made that decision quite some time before. So, I buy the Sutter Cain CD and head home. Got lost along the way due to my slight intoxication, but I made it home safe. Benny was a little pissed and gave me the silent treatment, not to mention he didn�t talk to me this morning either. Oh well, he said I could go out, and I didn�t even stay out that late. I was home way before midnight. No lost glass slippers, BJ and Bill didn�t turn to mice and I sure would have noticed if my Grand Prix turned into a pumpkin. I�ll just have to bake Benny cookies, that always makes him happy.