The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.
La de da de de, la de da de da.
Charleston was once the rage, uh huh.
History has turned the page, uh huh.
The miniskirt's the current thing, uh huh.
Tennybopper is our newborn king, uh huh.
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.
La de da de de, la de da de da.
The grocery store's the supermart, uh huh.
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh.
And men still keep on marching off to war.
Electrically they keep a baseball score.
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.
La de da de de, la de da de da.
Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce.
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss.
The cars keep going faster all the time.
Bums still cry 'Hey buddy, have you got a dime?'
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.
La de da de de, la de da de da.
Today, I worked both jobs... This is the second time I have done this and it was better than I had anticipated. I worked the opening shift at Bentley and the closing one at Axe. We were extremely busy during the morning at Bentley and I felt like I didn't leave the till for almost 2 hours... *sigh* My sales were high though (which is good!) but then I had to receive 73 boxes of stock and that almost killed me. Ok, not literally... But it just kept coming and the guy from UPS was looking more and more haggard all the time... We got through about 1/4 of it before I left... Shaun came and visited me when he got his lunch break so I took my lunch and went to hang out with him. I ran into Cat and she joined us as well. It was awesome to see her!
My last few days have been interesting... Canada Day I worked for most of the day and we had an... incident... at work, so I stayed until close. I went home for a bit and then Matt came over and we went out to Chestermere to visit Brit. It was awesome to see a bunch of people that I hadn't seen in a while! Sharla, Graham James, Adam and Lauren all jumped me and gave me hugs and I was really surprised to see Brent (H-Core... I had heard he wasn't going back!) and I visited with Ashley H., Ashley K., Brad, Emma and some others. It was really awesome that Lauren, Ashley K. and Sharla came up and gave me a hug... I've missed all of my girls from my HS week cabin last year and I don't get to see them very often. Graham was in my photojournalism class last year and the last time I saw him was a Moxie's a while ago... He's such a good kid! It was awesome to see some of the former campers there as CLTD's and counsellors! Collin is there, as well as Mike is back and the dramatic duo of Sheldon and Andrew. :) I was surprised by a couple of things... One was that Frank came up and gave me a hug from behind and then when I gave him a hug, he told me that I "still give the best hugs ever!" and then invited me to stay for worship... I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first but I did stay. The other was that Matt L. came up and gave me a big hug during worship... He said, "I tried to get over to talk to you but you were surrounded earlier. It's good to see you!" It was awesome to see him and I know that he will be one of the things about camp I will miss. It should be a fun summer out there. I have to admit, being there was cool but tough. I didn't realize how much I would miss the people. Honestly, being out there isn't what is for me this summer and I know that... But it would be fun to be out there, even if it was for a week, maybe Teens or something... I don't think I'd be allowed now, it's already after staff training and everything so... Anyway, Matt and I left and picked Emily up to go watch the fireworks. We were told that they were supposed to launch at 11pm so we were on our way towards the downtown area. But when we got down there, John called to say that they had launched at 10:30 and we had all missed them. So, we met he and Holly at BP's and hung out there for a bit. Em spent the night at my house and the next morning I drove her over to her bestfriend's house. I had to work so...
Sunday at work was pretty dead... I did the stuff I'm supposed to and when it came time to close, there was a miscommunication that kind of upset me and I did the closing in less time than I ever have. The problem is, I left kind of perturbed about it. Kurtis waited for me and made sure that everything that needed to get done was and we were out of here by 5:20... I then met Matt for something to eat and then I went and hung out with Jay for a while. He and I had a long conversation about a bunch of stuff that needed to be talked out... I hadn't really said much when we had talked before... I do have an opinion about certain things... I'm still kind of wary of his reactions to me... I have changed a lot in the past year... I don't think he realizes just how much. I want things to be "the same" as they were... but only so far as we end up being able to talk openly to each other and trust each other again and I think that is going to take some major effort. I am more than willing to try and salvage our friendship but I almost feel as though he isn't. That bothers me but... meh. *shrug* I can't change his mind.
Monday, I slept in a bit (which was nice!) and worked at noon. I had a really great day overall at work... The minor problem from Saturday was resolved, I met the district manager and she told me that I'm doing a good job and I should keep it up and Kelly and I had fun just hanging out and talking while we worked when it wasn't busy. Also, Shaun, Lisa and Matt all came in to visit. :) During the afternoon, Kelly came in with his gf Laura and I have heard about her from Matt but I hadn't met her (officially) so it was cool to meet her. After work, I hit Wal-Mart with Shaun and Lisa and I bought some containers for the stuff in my grandparent's closets... I need to clean them out and I should do it soon... My only issue is that I don't really want to be alone in the house when I do it... :( Afterwards, I dropped them off at Shaun's mom's and then went to Rip's to meet up with Matt. Turns out he and Laura had been hanging out and I joined them and met a bunch of other people and saw some people I hadn't seen in a while, like Katie and Chris. It was awesome! Katie walked in and I was thinking, "that looks like Katie... OMG! It is!!!" and then she came over and gave me a hug and told me how nice it was to see me. We chatted a biut throughout the night and we talked about going for coffee sometime. It was awesome to see her! At the end of the night, I went home and chilled for a bit by myself before going to bed. It had been a long day and I needed a bit of a break.
So, back to today... When I was driving from one job to the other, I noticed my car was still making a funny noise. I hadn't been thinking much of it but Matt had noticed it the other day and you can't hear it from outside the car, only inside... Weird... So I made a few phone calls and apparently the thought is that it may be the calipers (sp?) on my brakes. I'm hoping it's just the pads... All I know is that I can't afford to fix it so I need to take it somewhere that my parents have an account so it's no longer an issue because it could be dangerous to drive on... A screeching or squealing noise is worse I'm told so I'm being careful to listen for those...
So, tonight, I plan to get some sleep and go to bed pretty early... I'm getting up early to take my car in and get the oil changed, the tires rotated and the brakes looked at. Right now, I'm trying not to stress so I think I may have a bath before bed... Either way, I'm not exactly impressed with this current situation with my car... But, as the song says, "the beat goes on..." and I will too...
"This too shall pass..."
"There are some things that cannot be controlled..."
Amen to both!
