A bit later, while still intoxicated, he took his mother's car to pay his father a visit, Then he ends up hitting a lawn gnome and then later vomited on a police officer.

To pay back the $500 from breaking the lawn gnome, Alex has to do 100 hours of community service at a nursing home.

After meeting her, Solomon constantly teases Alex by calling Laurie his wife throughout the book.

They start to bond and Solomon begins to teach Alex and taught some valuable lessons in music and in life.

Alex begins playing benefit concerts with Steven and Annette (from Sonnenblick's first book Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie) to give the residents something to look forward to in their boring lives.