Beef Jerky and Dots

I just got back from a GREAT short trip to Atlanta! I went up to see Jake, one of my favorite old friend, and to meet up with Ry so we could hang and do something fun before classes started back up.
Trip Summary:
Nights spent in ATL: 1
Awesome Olympic Parks visited: 1
Times nailed by sprayer of Olympic fountain: 1 and one half
Public statues molested: 4
Starbucks frilly drinks accidentally stolen from nice Mexican man: 1
Dollars paid to uber grumpy parking lot guy: 5
Incredible aquariums visited: 1
Hammerhead sharks touched: 1
Tropical Storms driven through: 1
Gas Caps lost: 1
Georgia Toads Squashed: 7 confirmed, dozens of casualties possible
Armadillos passed: 1
Road Blocks encountered: 3
Nights spent in Ry's car in random dog park in Thomasville: 1
Hilarious occurances in Ry's car: too many to enumerate
Photos taken of bizarre and fun trip: 224
Time when I finally arrived home: 8am
And now enjoy some pictures! (Haven't Photoshopped any--too lazy)

COOL FOUNTAIN IN OLYMPIC PARK WITH LIGHTS AND RANDOM JETS OF WATER!
JUST ASK RYAN ABOUT THOSE RANDOM JETS OF WATER....
I GOT HIT A LITTLE, TOO, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH ALL THE RINGS!!
WELL, I DID NOT HAVE A CHILD WITH ME
BUT FORTUNATELY I HAD RYAN.

EVEN IF HE CAN BE SUPER CREEPY...

WE DISCOVERED AN ANATOMICALLY CORRECT RUNNER FROM ROMAN TIMES...

I WAS LESS NONCHALANT ABOUT IT

BUT I REALLY REALLY WATED THAT TORCH!!!

BUT I SETTLED FOR A NICE BRONZE COKE WITH THE INVENTOR WHO TURNED OUT TO BE KIND OF A BORE, ACTUALLY

SO ON TO THE AQUARIUM! YAY YAY YAY!!

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!!! PICS OF THE NEW HOME TO COME SOON!!

The Move, the Job, the Art

First, I will DEF post some photos of my new digs this weekend. It's super cute and Stewie and I are very happy here. :)
My bedroom is like, a modern bower from A Midsummer Night's Dream. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
I'm also really looking forward to next weekend (Labor Day Weekend) because Kat and I will be hosting a BBQ in our cool backyard! Will DEF post pictures from that!

My job, while mostly easy as pie, is starting to GRATE on my nerves. My boss is a very....."passionate" person (aka, she yells a lot about little stuff and flies off of the handle over very small, manageable problems). I seriously now have all of the responsibilities I was hired for AND I'm our IT person AND the office manager. Oh, and Human Resources. It has seriously gotten to the point where I will have to ask for a raise or start looking for another job. The stress is no longer worth the salary. But I really DO like the job and my co-workers. :)

So, I'm on drugs now. :) Before anyone panics--I'm having bad bad tooth issues (impacted wisdom tooth and also a front tooth that needs a root canal) and unfortunaely, Dental peeps in Tallahassee are too booked to see me anytime soon for Oral Surgery or said root canal. HENCE, pain pills. And those who know me well know how much I LOVE medicine (feel the sarcasm?). The BIG BIG problem, though, is that I really DO need those pills and the dentist who prescribed them did NOT anticipate that I would have to wait so long, so he didn't prescribe me more than 4 days worth. I am HORDING the last three as emergency pills. In the meantime, I'm living on Orajel and Ibuprofin. The fun side effect of this is sleepiness and artwork. :) So I've gotten a really good jump on my friend Diana's bday present painting AND I've started skething a painting I've been avoiding for three years.

Anyhoo, that's all for now. :)

Be Careful what you Wish for

So it's been a while since I've posted. LOTS of stuff has gone down. I've moved into a town house with my friend Kat (I will post pics soon). Work is going okay. I'm still at the photography studio. Actually, it's Sunday and I'm at work now because of a gnarly server crash that put us FAR behind, so I'm playing catch up. *sigh* such is life.

Just a few things: be careful what you pray for, because God is faithful to answer. Sometimes getting your heart back means having it broken. Also, be thankful and grateful for the people in your life in whatever capacity they are given. Furthermore, be insanely proud of the amazing talents and accomplishments of the people you love and compliment them often: we all need to know love and grace in tangible ways as well as Heavenly ways. Finally, spend time with your Savior. No one understands you like Him, I promise. Remember, He not only has the owner's manual, He wrote it. Even when you don't understand why He allows things to happen the way they do, sit back in His arms and trust that there is solid reasoning. He loves you, afterall.