Series Title: The Bryan Adams Series
Title: Another Day
Rating: PG-13 for language
Category: G/C…eventually
Summary: This is a series tracing Gil and Cath's life through the years. This particular one, is Cath when she is first in Vegas.
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Woke up lyin' on the floor
Can't recall the night before
Oh - another day
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I feel shitty. I curse myself. Of course I feel shitty. The minute I move to Vegas to be with my boyfriend, he decides he can do better elsewhere. Bastard.
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Outside it's cold and damp
Unemployment cheque is spent
Yeah - another day
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I have no job. Absolutely no job and no prospects. What am I supposed to do with myself? I can't go back home. Not now. Not after what I went through to leave.
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Some people never know
You can't just let it go
Or try and work it out some other way
Some people never learn
My life ain't their concern
And nothin's gonna change come what may
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I hate the fact my mother was right. She told me it was not a good idea to follow that guy out. But I ignored her. And now I'm paying for it.
But dammit, I will NOT suck down my pride and go crawling back. Although I'm not even sure if she'd let me in the door.
My mother and I have always butted heads over the years…sometimes I don't even remember what the fights were about.
But I can handle this. I'm a big girl now. And I will succeed.
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Had a job but it fell through
Landlord says the rent is due
Oh - another day
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I have to go job hunting today. Well, if I want to exist that is. I don't know what I want to do with my life.
Hang on. Yes I do. I want to succeed. At what, I'm not sure. But I want to succeed and make something of myself.
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They say the best in life is free
But if you don't pay then you don't eat
Oh - another day
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Instant coffee and toast with vegemite. There's a nutritional breakfast for you. I could be poster girl for Nutrition America. Hmm. Perhaps not.
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I guess I'll never know
You can't just let it go
Or try to work it out some other way
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A job as a waitress. There's a career prospect for you. On the other hand, if my mother found out I was thinking of becoming an exotic dancer, she might blow a gasket.
Now isn't that an incentive right there?
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Some people never learn
Their life ain't my concern
Ain't nothin' gonna change come what may
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I guess I'm still bitter from my breakup. Maybe I've just become cynical about life in general.
But I've scored myself a job. Perhaps dancing in front of a bunch of horny, middle-aged businessmen isn't the most glamorous of jobs, but it puts food on the table.
And my mother would be proud to know it gives "cash up front".
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Grass looks greener on the other side
But I can't get there my hands are tied
And if I do don't be surprised
Oh - gotta figure it out another day
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For now, I can have a decent dinner, and find myself a decent place to live. Perhaps even stretch the budget to buy some new clothes and even a magazine or two, to keep up with how the rich and famous live much more interesting lives than me.
But Catherine Roberts will not be beaten. Not by anything. Not at any cost.
I will survive.