I said, "Kick me in the jimmy!"

I talked to John (bass) yesterday to see how he was progressing with learning the songs and to make sure we were still on for practice today. He said things were all good and he's learning the songs just fine. He also said he hurt his back at work and it's causing pretty intense pain in his leg. He got some painkillers, so he should be ok. Good shit.

I got an e-mail today from John saying that he can't make it to practice today because he's in extreme pain from his injury. He can't even sit in a car for more than 5 minutes. He also said it might sound like bullshit because he cancelled last week, but he likes us and he still wants to jam. At the same time though he understands if we don't want to wait for him to recuperate, so we're going to keep searching for someone. This sucks. If John gives us a call when he's healthy and we still haven't found someone, then he's in, but we're not going to wait around forever.