Poland Portfolio

I've decided to put together a portfolio of my trip to Poland. I may put a few of the pictures on here, but not too many, since none of my images are digital, and I would have to scan everything I want on here into the computer. I am not the most 'techno-savvy' person out there (I can usually figure something out if I have enough time and a lot of patience, but I wouldn't be able to do it again later), so I usually don't even bother.

Himself may finally be giving me back my truck soon (his died on him about two weeks ago), all we have to do is reconnect his battery, and it should be running again. We still have to get the carburetor replaced, but we may make the new owner do that. We're going to try to sell the big truck and buy a much smaller car (the car is cheap, but in good repair, and it gets really decent gas mileage), but it would be best to get the truck moving again.

Not much has been happening over here, since I'm not working as many hours as I was during the helliday season (this is a good thing, since my immune system has taken a short vacation and my body is being put through the ringer by a cold). Yesterday I decided to take it easy, since I have to go to class today and everything, so I just played Kings Quest pretty much all day (actually I fully immersed myself in some British comedy before I tackled the game), and today when I get home, I plan on watching a movie about a couple of gay cowboys (I still have yet to watch Brokeback Mountain, and we finally got it on Netflix, so it seemed like a good thing to do today).

Well, that's about it for now.

M

First Assignment Done!

I just finished my first assignment for my lighting class, and it seemed to turn out pretty good. I haven't printed the picture out yet, but the negatives look good.

Work has been so slow, I'm only working about two days or so. I had a chance to pick up an extra shift, but I didn't hear my phone ring, so I missed the call in. We should be starting to pick up in the next week or so, but until then, we have to deal with fewer hours. It is kind of nice though, to have several days off in a row (a nice change from the hellidays), but the lack of money isn't so nice.

Himself and I are making steady progress in mending our marriage. We had a couple of major setbacks in November or so, but we're talking about what caused those setbacks. On our days off together we actually spend the day together (we used to just do our own thing and then maybe meet up later), and we're both much happier than we were before.

I checked my e-mail today and was met with sad news: the Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro had to be put to sleep because of complications which were the result of a shattered ankle at the beginning of the Preakness. I don't follow the racing scene very much (I love horses, and I used to watch the races, but La Petite Matriarch lives and breathes the racing scene. That might be because she was a jockey for awhile...), but when a horse wins the Derby and is favored for the Preakness too, I start to pay attention. We haven't had a Triple Crown winner for a really long time (memory fails on me as to when and who won the Triple Crown last).

Well, it's about time for me to go print my assignment, so I'll sign off here.

M

I'm Back!

After a hellish holiday at work, I'm back and almost fully recovered! Sometime during the holiday season (not sure exactly when, since all the days seem kind of blended together) I got tonsillitis, so I was put on antibiotics for a little while (I got better, but I have it again. If I get it one more time, I may have to get them taken out)).

My 'normal' store manager is back from maternity leave, so we get to hear all kinds of stories about her baby (he is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen). One of our other girls just had her baby, but as far as I know, she hasn't been in to show him off. We have another girl going on leave either in February or early March so she can have her baby. Photo Girl calls it the curse at our studio. We almost always have at least one pregnant person working for us.

The weather lately has been 'fun'. We've had a massive dumping of snow, two days of beautiful sun, more snow, two more days of sun, and finally a little more snow. Himself's truck died on him last night, so he had to drop me off at work early. We got to the mall at a little before 10, and I didn't work until 4 this afternoon. My manager decided that I'll work at noon, and then when she leaves for the day, she'll drop me off at the store Himself is working in today. That way I'm not going to be at the mall for 12 hours today!

Well, that's about all that's been happening for the last month or so. It's been pretty slow (except with the exciting patch of black ice here and there) which is a nice change from the holidays.

M