Hardwiring, Kevin Gordon, and Evolution

I was so tired last night that I went to bed early but then I couldn't sleep. I laid there in the dark listening to Kevin Gordon. He'll be our next house concert, on Friday, October 12. It kept me from feeling sad that this weekend was already moving into the past. I think that's part of the reason we do these concerts----to have that promise of joy in the future....it keeps you going through the day to day muck.

 
At one point I was talking to Nick Rudd the other evening and he was laughing about some story Jimmy Wald had told and said, "Jimmy is still....he's still JIMMY!" And I leaned over and said, "I know...we ALL are exactly the same Nick." I mean, of course we've all changed and not just physically. I am a far different person in some ways than I was just five years ago, let alone 20 or 30 (and THANK you Kenny for reminding us that the last Vertebrats show was THIRTY years ago....talk about a stab in the dark...). But when you come right down to it....I am still the same Cynthia, he's the same Nick, Kenny's the same Kenny, Annette is the same Annette, Kent is the same Kent. Oh, we're all new and improved in many ways...but the essence is the same, the qualities that made me like these people are all still there. I never knew how hardwired we were----having the boys made me realize that---but seeing old friends makes me realize it in a different way.

Ernie left this morning for Nashville. The boys seem a little anxious. Owen has promised that they will do lots to help me all week. He also told me that he thought he'd evolved a lot over the summer. I guess I'll be just fine with the minecrafting one and the evolved one....