The summer update number 2!
Morning!!
Flipping heck I’m up early, you have John to blame for that! I thought I’d make the most of my spare time and update here. I'm not really sure where to begin in this update. The last few days have been strange, it’s so weird how all yours hope and plans for the near future can change in a blink of an eye or a day! Anyway I’ll get back to that in a bit.
A quick update on music camp first. So yet another week full off good memories. It was a great week, saying that it was very different week that all the other years. Most of that was due to being a sergent. I never released how busy you are all the time as a sergent. I barely had anytime to do anything for myself. Even free time on a Tuesday was spent taken 8 younger ones down to the local shop. You weren’t allowed to leave the schools ground without two over 18’s with you and only 8 young ones at a time. I didn’t mind going down really and Holly came with me but it annoyed me a little that we were the only ones willing to take them. The rest of the staff were too busy doing there own thing (not busy working but busy having fun) but I guess they deserve a little fun now and again. The whole week had its up and downs with being a sergeant. I can be a leader when I want to be but I’m not one of those bossy type leaders and have it all my own way. I love nothing more than seeing everyone having fun and comfortable in what there doing. As a group leader this year the first day I just sat back as others took charge. I wasn’t fussed really but I stepped in a few times when people weren’t happy and were coming to me about it. That caused a few problems the next day. Why is it people can only be the bosses or not even get involved, it’s so silly and a bit selfish of them really? Anyway I won’t go into that now because I managed to get it sorted. It’s amazing what honesty can do, it’s a shame it has to go pear shaped at first when you’re honest though but I guess a lot of people aren’t used to honesty and I can’t be anything but honest. Actually it things with certain people are the best they have ever been this year, even after years of ‘not getting on’, which is nice.
Anyway probably my favorite memory of the week (other than mucking around with Lauren, ahhhhhh she’s one of the funniest people I have ever met. The fact everyone says and I agree sometimes that she’s the closest person I have ever met to being anything like myself which makes it even more funny us hanging out. Who cares she’s only 17 I have a lot of fun with her.) So yeah, the Thursday night meeting… I don’t really want to talk about it too much as it’s personal to a lot of people and I have to be loyal but I’ve never experienced that before. I’m so used to praying by myself and praying for myself and having time out by myself. This year I took the focus off of myself and went and prayed with a few of the younger ones (asking them first of course). Some of them are as far as anti-Christian and I know that sounds odd at a Christian camp but its how it is. For them to let me pray with them was really an encouragment and time really does pay. It was so nice to hear some of them at that age talk about God and stuff too, it was cool just to mix with them more and talk about those things rather than just muck around with them like I usually do, it’s nice when they can trust me.
Right well music school feels ages ago now, well I guess it has been a few weeks, wow. All I’ve done since really is gigs and hanging out with Callum (who has now gone to Southampton for a week before leaving for Assuie land at weekend). The two gigs with Mike Park where amazing. If you haven’t heard of him already then you have to look him up. Everything he is about is so amazing as well. The Abroath gig everyone was just staring at him while he was singing, you could tell everyone had huge respect for him. It might not of been the best crowd ever but it was so intimate I loved it. We played really well that night too, was sooooooo much fun even if I was sleep walking (it was the day music camp finished and I so never slept much all week). I’d go as far as to say the best gig we have ever played so far.
The Aberdeen gig with Mike Park was pretty good too. I’m not sure how we played as I haven’t heard many comments about it but it was quite fun and not many people knew our stuff but still seemed to enjoy it. Was sweet having my own wee ‘fan club’ as they called it there as in Abroath I’m usually the only one that doesn’t have friends there so it was cool even if they did play a prank of me, haha good job I can laugh at myself!
The other gig we have played was down in Cheltenham last weekend, I really like it down there. Was a long drive just for one gig but totally worth it if you ask me! This time NOONE knew any of our stuff but they still seemed to enjoy it or at least danced along. We were all so tired though and by the end of the night it was only Greg, Cheryl, Jonny and myself left but it was such a good night even after the gig.
So what’s been happening since then? Well other than my cousins being here yesterday (from France and there so great, I love them!) it’s been pretty stressful with the whole Glasgow thing. But that’s all out the window now. I’m no longer doing, or at least not until February. Weather I will go down in February or not we will just have to see. I still plan in going down to see John a lot and I he has already bought me Rancid and Mistys big adventure tickets for November which I’m looking forward too. Now I have to sort myself out here. At first I was quite annoyed / upset with how it happened but I already know it’s for the best and really relieved about it. I’m so close to my family right now, it’s never been so good. Ok I’m 21 but just cause I still live at home doesn’t mean I can’t be independent at home, which is what I’m going to be. Instead of worrying about the future now though I’m really quite looking forward to it.