Summer

Well it's been a long long summer. I have not written in here since April, but that is mainly because of how insanely busy I have become. Being an Operations Manager for an amusement park is no easy task. I have six different departments that I am the head of, and often times I feel like they are trying to pull me apart. Lately, I've had to hold the hands of our lifeguard team as they don't seem to be able to function without close supervision. I am a certified Lifeguard, despite difficulties in long distance swimming, a requirement of being a red cross lifeguard, and I have spent the past couple of weeks confined to a lifeguard stand while the rest of the park seems to move on and my desk is continuously being overrun by countless amounts of paperwork. Not like I have a choice in the matter.....things HAVE to open. I really am starting to regret my decision to leave Louisville and move up here. I feel there is nothing for me in this small town of Monticello, and I can't stop thinking about things I shouldn't be thinking about. I miss my friends in Louisville. I don't really have any friends here, and for some strange reason I really feel like a lot of people are so full of themselves that I really don't feel like I want to take any part in their lives. People from Louisville just seem a lot more friendly, and open-minded.

Composing has been slow. I'm currently working on an arrangement of The Nutcracker Suite for brass quintet that I'm hoping to complete by October so it can be ready for the Christmas season. I'm also supposed to write a piece of music for my sister's wedding, but I'm having a terrible time getting started on that. I just can't seem to find the right melody for this kind of occassion.....perhaps its because my views on marriage and love have been heavily tainted because of what I have been through. Or maybe I'm becoming washed up......I do feel like the music I write these days isn't nearly as provocative is it has been in the past. Needless to say, I was at least happy to hear that Martin's band kids love the music to 'Traffic', their upcoming show. I may try to make it down there later in October so I can see the whole show, despite how fun the Konawa band festival was last year.

I just got called into work because my idiot waterpark supervisor can't make it in. This is my life!