Oh, hello 4 month break...

SO after July 27, I was kidnapped and taken to an evil boarding school located off the coast of New Dheli and that's what I haven't updated.
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I mean, not really, but it was SOMETHING like that.
We left camp August 6 at 5 am after staying up literally all night and headed for Fort Meyers, Florida, where Brian's parents met us for some well deserved beach time. There was much "shelling" and sunning and swimming and going out to eat and NO SUNBURNS! Wahoo!
After that week ended, I spent some time relaxing at home (somewhat) and preparing to move into my big girl apartment around the 17th or so. I actually forgot the real date, but I made one trip up just to move some preliminary boxes and furniture and do some hardcore cleaning. (Scrubbed, bleached, and powerwashed the deck and siding. Cleaned under the stove that probably hadn't ever been cleaned. Tried to destroy mold in the shower. Actually knocked the bird nests off my ac units. Vacuumed the carpet 74529461438 times. Washed the walls. Cleaned out the sick nasty fridge. Washed the kitchen cabinets and put in shelf paper. Ya know, basic stuff like that.)
I spent about a week back in the BG before classes started and that's what I've been doing ever since. Work, class, class, sleep, work, class, class, class, work, work, shoot, class, work, class, sleep, etc.
I LOVE being a tour guide for WKU! It's really neat to get to impact potential students and really create an experience they'll remember when they think of us.
Anyway, there are just a few weeks left in the semester and I have no idea where time has gone! I just rearranged the Trust Tree, as my apartment has been named, so for Claire's sake, I will post those pictures now =)
Also, in case you were unaware, I am not paying for cable or internet, thus the main source for lack of updates. However, there is now free public wi-fi in certain areas of Bowling Green, and I am in one of them. Sweet niblets.

Pictures of my apartment as of 30 minutes ago:

my reading/studios corner. it's a work in process. note the clock.

My very messy coffee table and couch. This is what you see when you first walk in my front (and only door).

Corner of my bathroom that's actually interesting.

My messy bed/messy desk/messy junk corner. Haven't cleaned it after the rearranging process, but I put this picture here anyway.

I'm going to move my nightstand by my bed. I just haven't done it yet.

Just remembered I only have one class tomorrow! And Bible study Turkey Day feast tomorrow night! Gonna be a greeeeat day.

SAMBICA

We've had about zero internet at camp, and I"m currently....borrowing from the neighbors, so I thought I"d throw in a quick update. This summer has been great! I can't believe next week is my last out here, then a week in Florida, then home. It had absolutely flown by, but I'm ready to not be wearing a one piece bathing suit under my clothes all day. I've got first grade girls this week and they're so much fun. One of them is from France and is teaching me two words every day. Her dad is the "chef of Starbucks." But really he's like the regional manager of Starbucks in France.
Did I mention most of these kids come from money? Yeah, they do. But most of the time you can't tell until they get to 4th of 5th grade.
It's almost time for dinner so I'm gonna get going.
See what they've done to me? Dinner. DINNER?!

...supper.

Guess what I found?

I leave for SAMBICA in one day, and I'm getting very very very very very excited and anxious and antsy. Ansty? Eh, whatever. I weighed my suitcase last night and it came in at a whopping 48.6 pounds, which doesn't hold a candle to when Momma and I packed for Hawai'i and nailed 49.5, leaving .5 leeway for scale differences =D THAT was a proud moment. I've got a few more things to pack and then we shall see what happens.
Also, I found Buddy underneath the green recliner last night! I couldn't find him since we got back from the lake on Memorial Day, and we'd all been on the hunt with no avail. However, Daddy had been right on top of him and never knew it! I had told them that Buddy was still in the plastic bag from the lake, and Dad ripped said bag in half and didn't connect the dots. He had pulled half the blue sealer thing off the top and didn't say anything because he thought it was unrelated, I guess. Regardless, here he is!


Alas, I'm going to eat some lunch, maybe give the kittens their first bath, and then I'm going to Paducah with my momma! Woo!
I hung out with Lexi Hall yesterday (And her baby, Xavier) and we bought Rock Band silly bandz. They're awesome. Just letting you know. I was at the student center until stinkin' 3!!!!! last night. I didn't wake up until a text from B around 11. Much needed sleep.

I'm gonna go eat some food.
I have to do laundry tomorrow. I had to raid my suitcase for legit clothes.

I LEAVE SATURDAY!

SAMBICA is only five days away; I'll be there Saturday!
I'm watching a nice combination of "Home is Where the Heart is" and Jon & Kate plus 8 because the premiere of Kate plus 8 comes on in an hour (Jon is a 'tard. Who ditches their wife and EIGHT CHILDREN?! Ugh.)
I lost my little point and shoot, Buddy. We took pictures on the lake on Monday with it, and it made it into the food crate and at least to the porch, then I got distracted by kitties and that's all I remember. Where ever he is, I miss him and I want him back. He needs to find me, because I can't find him.
I need to go find some food, because Momma and Daddy ate at life groups, so I'm out on my own. Sad day.
Momma and I have had a very movie-full weekend! We watched Up! and Tooth Fairy and they were great.
I'm gonna watch my movie/tv show now.
Kbye.

Hello, summer break

It's been just over a month since I posted anything on my blog> I was doing so well at the beginning of the school year, and now look at me.
However, I hope to be bringing it back a little bit more during the summer, since I'll be in Seattle working at SAMBICA summer camp from June 13-August 7, and then traveling to Sanibel Island with the Campbell's until August 14. Then school starts on the 30th. WOW!
It's going to be quite an eventful summer, but until I get to that, I assume there's some filling in to be done on the last month.
I found a cute apartment not too far from campus that's the upstairs to a detachment garage that I took mom and dad to see when they came to help me move out. They were fans for the most part, and I"d like to credit that to the gas stove =) It needs some work in a few places, ie new stairs that don't wiggle and no bird nests in the air conditioner, but I feel like that can be accomplished while I'm in Washington. I've got to make that phone call and see what can be done before any official decisions are made, though.
I went to Louisville this past weekend so B and I could shoot the lovely wedding of Zachary Parker and Hilary Olp...now Parker. It was a BLAST! They were very organized and timely, something we haven't experienced before. We had enough time to shoot some goofy portraits with them and relax a little bit, too. Pictures can be found on our photo blog, bcphotography.posterous.com
In the mean time, I've been attempting to clean my room, which has the entire contents of my dorm room boxed up in the middle of the floor, sorting through wedding pictures (which we finally finished today) and tomorrow I get to pressure wash the loading dock at the library! A little extra money to shop for Sambica won't hurt anything.
I bought parrot hats for Brian and myself today. We're gonna be the awesomest counselors ever. I hope.
Our kittens are getting so big! Before I left for Louisville they fit in one hand, and when I got back, it takes two to wrangle 'em! They like to destroy plants and chase each other; it's adorable.
I'm about to order a new cover for my lovely MacBook, as my blue one is scratching the bottom to infinity and beyond, and investing in a keyboard cover to keep the nasties off my keys.
I'll have limited internet access at camp, so there will be some updates, and a need for cleanliness, I'm sure.
I'm also waiting for Tuesday to order a pair of beautiful Chaco sandals with my first SwagBucks Amazon.com gift card. It will be epic. I just got a call from AllStar photo. No, I cannot work all day tomorrow. Sorry.
But I'm still waiting for that check...hmm...
I'm so ready for this summer, but there's definitely some work that needs to get done first. I get sidetracked with wanting to pack and buy fun things, but I really need to clean my room, work on devotional material, and prepare my personal testimony, which I've never really taken the time to write down. But I guess that's normal.
I still like my parrot hat though.
I'm gonna go grab a snack.

If you know anyone that needs a photographer in the fall, lemme know!

College: Spring 2010 -- Almost the end

Wedding number three was just booked for May 22, 2010 in Campbellsville, Kentucky. I do believe I'm pumped because according to Katie Decillo they're playing board games at their reception.
Um, awesome.
And it's going to be really short compared to the last two, which is also awesome. 10-4>3-10. Just saying.
I have to work on my final project for reporting though, but I thought I owed the world a blog post, especially after a lazy weekend and Chuck E. Cheese!

Almost the end of my spring semester

Megan and I are turning our swag on.
But we're afraid our neighbors might jump us.
Megan and her boyfriend broke up, so we're simply being crazy and it's awesome.
Also, we got facebook married =)
Except B and I have been together for 6 months as of RIGHT now.
I got a call from a photo editor for the Talisman today, and I'm supposed to go shoot from 3-4 on Friday for a "24 hours" spread. 15 bucks a picture. Not sure why I didn't think of this before.
Anywho, just updating the blog.
Super pumped about the wedding this weekend; I talked with the bride today and pretty much everything seems smoothed out.
Ok, dance party on.

Towards the end of College: Spring 2010

It's been a rather crazy week, but it has ended rather nicely.
Megan and I went to Preston Monday and Wednesday, which felt glorious. I'm about to head back that way. I had a speech yesterday which went well, and my project was quite amusing for Multimedia. I laid out on the hill behind Preston Tuesday and read, just because it was 80 degrees and I could =)
Easter was mucho fun-o. Milkshake's kittens are precious. Claire makes a good point that I haven't skyped anyone since I got everyone webcams, but I'm working on it! I'm also working on my schedule for next semester, scholarship applications, and looking at job openings.
Enrollment has increased by an entire dorm (879 students, 4.7 percent), so I'm pretty sure that I'm living off campus next year. Thus, I'm back to apartment shopping and dreaming as usual.
I bought black flats at Target yesterday, they're really comfy, and I didn't want to wear my shiny shoes to shoot in at the wedding next weekend.
Flights have been booked for Sambica, and I REALLY need that $300 from the wedding. Flash diffusers and extra batteries are somewhere in Amazon/Overstock limbo, but should be here shortly.
B and I are going downtown to play and shoot when he gets off work in an hour. Which means I have about 45 minutes to go to the gym. Guess I'll go do that.
We're going to Louisville in the morning for his dad's 50th birthday, but his dad doesn't know it. I'm going to go to the party supply store to find something obnoxious tonight to decorate with =)
I'm in love with this weather. I don't see how people deny God any time, but especially in spring when everything's in bloom.
New favorites: Dave Barns and JJ Heller. Look 'em up and listen.
Also, I can't wait for my tax money to come back. That'll be a happy day =)
I'M READY FOR SUMMER! Only 4 more weeks of school and then finals and then I'll have a whole YEAR of college behind me. Whoa. I feel like such a big kid.

Brian and I ordered business cards from vistaprint.com a few weeks back, and they came in yesterday. I was super excited. Now I actually have to throw some stuff on the website. No bueno!
I'm about to take a biology test and I really kinda sorta don't want to. It's going to be the opposite of fun.
I got my post-hire packet from SAMBICA yesterday. It made me even happier than the cards.
I'm going to Louisville tonight for the FCCLA State Meeting. There's gonna be awards and a nice dinner and some serious catching up to do. Oddly enough, I've missed that giant red man-blazer. And all the cool people we got to hang out with. The only downside is that I have to shave my legs. That is no fun.
The Bradford Pear trees are all blooming, and anytime I walk to or from my dorm, it smells like sewer now. I don't care if they're pretty, their smell makes me want to vomit.
I'm going to stop procrastinating and go take this test.

College: Spring 2010 -- Day [I lost count]

A lot has happened since I last updated my wonderful blog. I was doing so well to keep up with it until this whole "school" thing got in the way. I didn't realize it had been almost a month though...wow.
So, since February 25, I've seen David Hume Kennerly speak which was completely amazing. He's had access to several presidents was the "personal photographer" for Ford. That just seems ridiculous. I can only hope I have a job 1/8 as awesome as that.
Spring Break was March 5-12 so 6 of us headed down to Gulf Shores for a week. We went to the wharf, we went to Lambert's, Aunt Sheila cooked for us, it rained, it was windy, B and I got sunburned, and we met lots of crazy people in the hot tub. All in all, the week was a success. I got to meet Clark's new girlfriend, Amy, but she didn't say much to me because apparently I'm "scary." B and I drove through Pulaski on the way up and stopped to see Savannah and Sarah, which was refreshing as always. I planned to stop on the way down to the beach, but plans got complicated and that was the best I could do.
I work this Saturday for AllStar Photo. I have to be at the store at 5:15. Holy cowwwww.
That's all I'm sayin'. I'll be in Tennessee taking soccer portraits apparently. I get paid $8/hour to sleep in the van and straighten jerseys. I think I'll be ok with that.
Brian and I went to Louisville this past weekend to meet with Reggie and Kasey, whose wedding we will be shooting on April 17. They both seem really fun and the chapel where they're getting married is UH-dorable.
We've ordered business cards and I'm working on setting up a photo-blog-type website. This is becoming legit way fast. We have a family portrait shoot on April 30, as well.
I got a call from the staff organizer guy at SAMBICA today and they're about to mail my post-hire packet =) I'm so excited about this summer, so the next seven weeks of school are gonna take some INTENSE kind of focus.
I found out last week that the campus minister at Greenwood Park is leaving and moving to Phoenix in about five weeks, so that's gonna get kinda shaken up a bit, I think. But I get to watch the hiring process...again! haha
I took a three hour nap today, which was awesome, but maybe a sign that I'm getting sick, because my throat hurts. No worries, I've already busted out the drugs. Though it could be because I woke up at 5:30 a.m. this morning to shoot for my multimedia project..hmm..

Alas, it is picture time!