When friends are true friends

It’s been a while since I’ve written on the blog. Between one thing and another, time just flies by, and… I have things to post, actually.

This past January, I was hospitalized with pneumonia and a build-up of quite a few things. My body said: you need to stop. And I had to. And right at that moment, I was swamped with a million things related to Kitarshokak, a million pending tasks, calls, sales, etc… it’s usually the case; things often come at once. And also, coincidentally, that week I had a backline rental in Igorre for the Urte Berri Oi festival. I told the doctor, and she said: Forget about that. Right now, you come first.

But of course, I’m not one to give up easily… After thinking it over for a while, I mentioned it to two friends, and they were both willing from the start. Well, actually, there were three of them, but logistically it was easier to do it with the other two since the third lives quite far from Kitarshokak. So, I’m already very grateful.

But it didn’t end there. Renting backline equipment for such a long festival takes a lot of work and dedication. They handled it all perfectly. Their willingness to help and my phone and photographic memory made us the perfect team to collect the equipment, deliver it, be present at the event… and everything went very well.

I’m incredibly grateful and happy to have the friends I have. “Wow, you have some amazing friends,” several people have told me when I’ve told them. Perhaps I should also say that I deserve them, not arrogantly, but honestly. I’m happy with who I am, although I have many things to improve. I’ll try my best along the way.

Thank you very much, Igor, Iñaki, and Aitor. (Igor and Iñaki are pictured.)