Summer: July 2nd - July 7th 2018 Recap

Kaylin M
Jul 12, 2018
4 min read

Summer has officially begun, which means that the Peterborough MusicFest has finally started! Sometimes it's hard to get out to the MusicFest due to conflicting work schedules and being on call so often, but I'm trying to make it out for all of the performances that I want to see. Last week, I went to both of the Wednesday and Saturday performances. On Wednesday, the Canadian indie rock group, The Trews performed. Although I don't really know any of their songs, I felt the nostalgic pull to see them. I had seen them back in 2011 during my kick-ass Frosh Week at Brock University. At that time, they were awesome and put on a great show ... they definitely didn't disappoint this time either. I'm glad that I made to choice to see them, if only to reminisce on my Frosh Week. I went with Mollie, which was nice because we haven't been able to spend much time together recently. We didn't really get to talk too much during the show, but it was still fun to listen to some great music together. It's always amazing going to the MusicFest because you truly feel like part of a community.

On the following Saturday, I saw the popular band, Magic! perform. They have a couple of hit songs including "Rude" and "Don't Kill The Magic". Unfortunately, I was a little late because I got called into work, but I was able to see the second half of the show. Due to us being late, we were initially way at the back, but we were able to slowly move forward during the performance. I was more excited to see Magic! than I was to see The Trews, but I, surprisingly, enjoyed The Trews performance better. Both acts were great and put on an awesome show, but the vibe of The Trews was more my style. Nonetheless, I still had a great time seeing Magic! and spending the evening with Blake.

Speaking of Blake ... on the Friday, he made his way up to Peterborough as he usually does on the weekends. He works a late shift at his (previous) workplace, so he has to take the last Peterborough GO Bus, which leaves at midnight. Typically, I will go to bed early and then wake up at 1:15 a.m. to go and pick him up, but since I was scheduled to be on call for a couple of nights and I was working that weekend, this time I told him to take a taxi home. It was just this one time only that I wanted to sleep and get a good night's rest before my hectic weekend of work. Apparently, my selfishness backfired because Blake started texting me at 1 a.m., then 1:30 a.m. Again, I was on call, so my phone was full blast, therefore the vibrations of the texts woke me up. I initially was going to ignore them, but eventually decided to check the messages. He was just letting me know that the bus had left late and that there were some ... unusual people on the bus. Long story short, the text messages start coming in faster at 2 a.m. as Blake's bus had broken down about 20 minutes from home. Thus, I, as the amazing (and selfish turned selfless?) girlfriend that I am, threw on a pair of pants and went to save the damsel in distress. After I left, I realized that it was kind of a big deal for me to be driving at that time because I don't like driving at night, especially on highway 115 that is not well illuminated. It didn't take me long to get to the bus stop ... obviously there was no traffic. Luckily, the bus had broken down at one of it's stops and not on the highway. I rescued Blake and decided to offer 2 other people rides into Peterborough, which I would never normally do. Well, I got Blake to offer, but I said "no crazies please". He came back with a student and a drunk guy; we really had a 50/50 shot. After we dropped them off and finally arrived home, it was now almost 3 a.m. and I couldn't get back to sleep until almost 5 a.m. So, needless to say, I was pretty tired the next day. I made the choices that I did that night because I recently heard of a great life motto that actress, Kristen Bell, lives her life by. She says that she sees every choice that she makes in regards to happiness versus suffering. Will my choices cause a person/place/thing happiness or cause suffering? Will my choices cause me happiness or cause me to suffer? It's a lifestyle that definitely takes practice and I have yet to apply it to every aspect of my life, but it's a great principle to live by. So, I'm trying and that's what matters.

The week wasn't too busy, but I am really looking forward this summer and spending it with Blake now that he's finally home! I can't wait!