Since I've been home, it's probably been real "summer" weather for about 5 or 6 days in total. This lack of sunshine isn't the most ideal, but I suppose there isn't much we can do about it, so, let the rain fall. I've been back in Abbotsford just shy of 2 months now, though it sure doesn't feel like it. I've been keeping busy working many nights at the restaurant, picking up every shift I have a chance to take. At times it feels like I'm working myself into the ground, but I figure that since it's summer, I can totally do that. I genuinely enjoy working - I think my co-workers are hilarious and that we mesh together pretty well, which makes coming into work all the more enjoyable. Also, the fact that I get to make money and be with friends is pretty cool! Outside of work, Mondays and Tuesdays are pretty much my only nights off, and I've become more reluctant to give them up for work so that I can get into the pool at least twice a week. Missing so many practices for work has made it difficult to adjust back into the water, but as it's something that comes naturally to me, a workout or two is all it took to get used to the strokes and recoveries. Look at me, throwing out swim lingo like it's nothing!
Other than work and swimming, I can honestly say that I've been doing a lot of sleeping. I guess between running around a restaurant for hours and working out, there isn't a lot of time to not be exhausted. Although, part of that may be due to the fact that I have one of the weirdest sleep schedules, which I'm trying to rectify! When I am awake and fully (or partially) functioning, I have been immersing myself in literature. Besides swimming and the obvious choice of music, books are my favourite escape. Storytelling is just fascinating to me, and being on the receiving end of storytelling, whether spoken or written down, is an honour in my mind. During the academic year, I didn't really have time to read anything for leisure or enjoyment - if I did have the time, I was scared that reading a book for fun would push out all the things I needed to know for finals! That being said, I made sure to make the summer a time for getting through many, many books! I have read, in chronological order, Animal Farm and 1984 (George Orwell), Persepolis 2 (Marjanne Satrapi), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), Night, Dawn, and Day (Elie Wiesel), and am currently finishing up The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky). Excluding The Great Gatsby, Persepolis 2, and Elie Wiesel's collection, I have read all of these at least once before. All of these works are incredible pieces of literature, and if you haven't read them, I strongly recommend them! I am especially glad to have finished The Great Gatsby and the Perks of Being a Wallflower because their movie adaptations are due to be released later this year! I would love to do a short review of each book, but I'm afraid I lack both the time and energy to do so, so just take my word on them!
I also have found some music that I think deserves a listen to. I have a wide musical taste (in my eyes), so I'm never sure how to describe the kind of music that I'm drawn to. I think, however, that it's safe to say that if it's acoustic, indie, or easy-listening, then I will definitely like it. Although, I'm most definitely a fan of country, electro, and some top 40. One of the bands I found, via that wonderful corner of YouTube with amazing music, is Paper Aeroplanes, a male-female duo from Wales with beautiful vocals and an amazing sound. Another is a song collaboration between Morgan Page and Tegan and Sara, one of my favourite bands, called Body Work, which I love to turn up when I'm driving around. LASTLY - and I know many people won't like it, but I LOVE it, and since it's my blog, I'll post it anyway - is Springsteen by Eric Church. Yes, it's country, and yes, it's incredible. Maybe it's because it strikes a more than a few chords with me. Maybe I'm too young to be so nostalgic about being 17, but maybe that's what makes it so real. There's definitely someone out there I'd like to show this song to and say "this is everything I want to say." It doesn't speak of anything other than good memories of good times, and admitting that you do think about them - nothing more. Also, coincidentally, the memories I'm thinking about do involve Bruce Springsteen's music, which makes this song all the better. And I do love the Boss, his music is the best.
Well, this is me, signing off to go finish that book, and probably start another. Be well!
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