i got fired last monday. it was on a technicality, really...kind of dumb but can't blame him at the same time. so i'm working a few days a week at the bank for the rest of the summer before i sort my life out. it was time for a change anyways...it just happened a little sooner than i'd already been hypothetically planning.
then i got a phonecall from mom saying that she got backstage passes to the canada day jam the next day...which is awesome because i wouldn't have been able to go had i still been employed! so i was kind of into it but not really until i got there and was getting autographs and hanging out.
then i discovered an amazing band that i've never heard of before - the higgins. they're a family band from bc who play sort of a mix of country and celtic rock and it's super awesome. their harmonies are absolutely solid and their stage presence is incredible! i ended up sort of tagging along with them a few times that day, getting a picture and some autographs, as well as being the photographer for everyone who wanted their pic taken with them...AND i was the only person smart enough to have brought a sharpie so everyone was borrowing MY marker to get their autographs so i spent more time with them than planned. i also bought their cd and have been listening to it nonstop all week.
upon returning home that night, i checked out their website and found out that they were set to play another 4 shows in ontario before heading back out west. so i made tentative plans to go along, but afraid that no one would come with me i invited like a dozen people only hoping that one would say yes. then i got a yes from 3 people, and my mom and her friend invited themselves, bringing along a swedish exchange student.
backtrack a few days though. wednesday and thursday i spent with nicki, keith and the boys. very awesome. very beautiful. brody looks more like nicki than jayden ever did and ever will. while jayden deceived everyone and then turned into a mini-keith, bro's totally going to be a spitting image of mom. he's beautiful. and HUGE. like 15 pounds at 2.5 months!
i worked at the caledonia cibc on friday, running into 3 of my former coworkers at pizza pizza. not fun. but the day went by quickly and i've gotta say that i thoroughly appreciate actually having the freedom to take a relaxing hour-long lunch and at least one (if not two) paid fifteens.
saturday was gilmore girls day. 4 whole discs of it, to be precise which turns out to be 16 episodes. except i watched the last one on the 5th disc today which means i only really watched 15 episodes yesterday. still, that's pretty intense. i finished the season this afternoon and am THOROUGHLY growing to dislike this show. what ever happened to happily ever after, for crying out loud?!
and speaking of frustration...i went looking for my pvc instruments today now that dad had a trailer for us to transport them back to the house. i went searching all through the church and heard that someone saw them outside, around the side of the building. now, i do recall suggesting that they be left outside so that i could pick them up IF no one was able to open the doors for me during non-church hours...and for someone to please contact me and let me know what would be most convenient for them.
no response. so i left it til today. and found that they had been sitting outside. exposed to the elements. for at least a week. a week. in rain and sun and blistering stupid heat all this morning. the heat melted the pvc glue and not only was i having to pull over and pick up several pieces that fell off and broke during the ride home, but i almost caused several accidents at the same time. i'm not at all impressed. it's going to take a good couple hundred bucks and about 5 hours of time just to get them back to how they were, let alone all of the pipes that we hadn't yet tuned. so that was when my week went back down.
but then there was tonight. i ended up having a big group of people who came with me to the higgins concert up near guelph and i was thoroughly excited to hear them, though i didn't know what the set up would be...how many people would be there? do they have a solid fan base in this area? how busy are horse races on a sunday evening? where would i be expected to sit/stand etc?). but it was a really nice, intimate setting with a tent and some picnic tables and it wasn't a huge crowd, which meant i would have plenty of opportunity to talk to them about playing at the fundraiser in a few weeks. so we chatted a bit (determined they'd be across the country and unable to come perform), did a few more pictures and just hung out for a good 20 mins or so at the end of the night. we joked about a camera and cellphone incident/joke that was created at the CDJ and eileen and john both determined that we're tight coz we "go way back (to almost a whole week ago!)". kathleen and i took an incredibly (and purposely) unflattering picture of the both of us on her camera and i'm hoping to get a copy of it from her if ever they get a chance to upload and email it to me. i found out the secret of how to get a hold of them to catch up and chat while they're on the road and after a couple of hugs from kathleen and handshakes with eileen and john, i turned and walked away from the people i wished were my friends...i might see them in september when they come to lindsay but that's almost 3 hours away.
oh who am i kidding? i totally know i'll be there. hehe...
anyways...like i said...up and down week. i forgot to mention that on monday i also had a phonecall from the bank concerning an extremely important financial matter that needed to get settled. more stress added to a stupid day.
but God used all the crap from that day and brought me a couple new music pals (i swear if we'd grown up together we'd have been great friends - they're so random and fun) and some perspective and the chance to turn an obstacle into an opportunity. all in all i feel pretty encouraged by this whole week...i got to relax a little and just have some quality time by myself, with friends old and new, and with Him.
i'll leave you with a few picture from tonight. yay!
from left to right in all pictures - john, eileen, and kathleen higgins
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