I’m in Vail, Colorado with the band tonight. We just finished the first of two shows at The Sandbar in Vail. On Saturday, we play at Levelz in Steamboat Springs.

I’m way too tired to go into any detail about the show right now... but it was a great show. A lot of people came out and it was a Thursday show! Friday’s show will probably be packed. We’ll have to see.

I took a fall while setting up the projector and the lights before the show. I was coming down a ladder near the front of the stage when I passed in front of the projector and the light blinded me and I got disoriented for a second. It was just long enough for me to lose my balance and I started to fall off the ladder. I reached up and tried to grab onto something above me that could save me from falling. All I could get my hands onto was a power cord for one of the lights. It held briefly and I started to regain my balance, but then the cord came unplugged and started to fall again. I tried to catch myself by landing on my feet on the stage, but I landed on one of Tim’s guitar pedals which made me fall to one side — toward the stage monitor. I reached for the top edge of the wedge-shaped stage monitor to try to steady myself, but it tipped backwards. By this point, my body was somewhat twisted and I ended up falling sideways onto the monitor as it tipped back. I heard some girls scream from the bar tables. Then, my body rolled off the tipped-over stage monitor and I fell off the stage (about 2 feet off the ground) and landed with my back on the floor.

It was a surprisingly soft landing. I mean, it hurt, but it wasn’t as much of a physical shock as I expected. I jumped right back up and was fine.

Several people commented on the visual of the fall. Some said the whole thing took place in slow motion. That’s how it was for me too. Thom said it was “spectacular” to witness.

Alright, I need to go soak my poor body before going to bed.