Rec contr' Amor non es guirens lai on sos poclers, s'autra.

Last week, I booked nearly two full weeks off at Coles. I felt a little nervous about it – I very rarely book more than a day or two off, and we have a new manager – so I was wondering how well it would go over. As it is, I only work once (maybe twice) a week, and only for 4.5 hours. I don’t really know the new manager, and I wasn’t sure if she was going to shake things up – the whole “you don’t have a lot of availability, and we are short of hours, so we’re going to have to let you go.” I didn’t know if booking off 2 weeks, in July, would be ok, or the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Turns out, it’s all ok. I talked to the new manager today, to let her know about the two weeks, and what it was for (Bluesfest), and I mentioned that I wasn’t planning on taking a vacation this year, that this was pretty much it. And it’s no problem! She said the staff was large enough that there won’t be any problems with me getting the time off.

I’m so used to working at smaller stores, where there’s little to no over-lap of availability. Taking any time off was always a hassle. I’m really excited about Bluesfest now – I don’t any lingering doubts about booking the time off at Coles, which is fantastic. Bring on Bluesfest! Bring on Van Morrison!

Having said all that, I still want to go to Montreal for Eddie Izzards show, and for the Body Works exhibit at the science museum in the Old Port.

As for Toronto – again, much confusion. I figured next weekend would be perfect – I have May 31 and June 1 off (as well as the weekend) BUT, the Sens first home game is on June 2. I kind of want to see all that excitement – especially if they’re ahead in the play-offs. Elgin Street is going to be a mad crush, and I don’t know when I’ll get to experience anything this again – not just the excitement part, but the ‘hometown team’ part too.

Last but not least, is the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Oh. My. I really do have to go and see a game. I can’t believe that Canada is hosting this year! Usually, for the proper World Cup, I’m in Europe, and get to sit in a bar and drink and celebrate with all the hooligans, but this is just so much better. Who cares that it’s the Under-20? There’s still going to be some damn fine footie!

I bought my Bluesfest wristband pass today! I'm so excited! All that's left is to book the time off from the bookstore, which shouldn't be too hard, as it's two months notice.

So who's up for some blues/not-so-blues concerts? I had a blast last year, at the shows that I went to, and I'm hoping to get to a few more this year. Yay!