Every show of the tour so far’s been sold out, which is incredible, and entirely unforeseen by yours truly. If I’ve learned anything in my bajillion years hacking away at this thing, it’s that Nostradamus I am not.

There’ve been moments where I thought the Allen Stone Electric Mayhem Experience would become the biggest band in the world, and others where it seemed a foregone conclusion we’d implode. Every step of the way, I’ve been edifyingly wrong. It is, simply, what it is, and there’ll always be a bunk for me, if I want it.

And I’m realizing that, somehow, I have an actual career in music. I don’t want to do anything else, don’t need to do anything else, and have a sense of what I’m contributing to the continuum. I’m no longer wishing I was further along, richer, more famous, or anywhere other than where I am.