Smileys:) >:( >:) :( :p >:p....etc..

Ya know...for some reason I've never quite gotten past that whole AIM thing of putting freakin smiley faces after my sentences. I started AIM in high school, and more than once I've caught myself slipping them into essays and homework assignments following an especially witty comment. I got to the point where I was one of those annoying people who, when chatting online, I would put at the end of practically every sentence. I wrote it off as being just really happy all the time, but I think I need help. Counseling of some sort. Do they have groups for this sort of thing? Let me know...

A computer of my very own!

Well, my mother did get married this Sunday. I gotta tell ya, it was the funniest wedding I've ever seen. We were all laughing. The preacher, of whose church my mother is a member, kept calling both of them the wrong name. Then my mom got real excited and started putting the ring on before she was supposed to. Realizing her mistake and going to take it off until time, she saw she had put the ring on the wrong finger, the fat finger, and she had a heck of time trying to get it off. Then the preacher had the nerve to ask a woman in her mid-forties to kneel down in a snug-fitting knee length dress. Needless to say her groom had to help going down and getting up. To see the look on my mother's face. But it was very short and sweet, and best of all...the cake was delicious;) As a result of my mother's marriage and her moving in with her husband, she gave her furniture to her roommate, my aunt, and gave her computer to me. Now I should have plenty of time to work on a website and update my blog....um, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Let's face it....I'm lazy as all get out. You're lucky I'm writing today. That's right...count it as a blessing:)

two subjects, totally unrelated

First subject, my mother is getting married tomorrow as of last friday. she's been engaged for over a year, but still, this is short notice. I'm so happy for her, and I'm bringing her a cake made by the same people who made my cake. But um, she lives two hours away, so does anyone have like a big cooler I can use, ya know to keep the frosting from melting?:)
Next, is about me. I tired. My job is really wearing me out. Not that I don't love kids, but with me, the longer you work at my lifetouch, the more they train you for. And the more they train you for, the more you have do in one day. The suck part is that, since we have such a high turnover rate, most of the people I work with are only trained to do one thing, meaning if we photograph individual portriats, classroom group, freestyle portraits and sports teams in one day, I'm responsible for the last three. I don't want to make it seem that I'm complaining about this awesome job, that pays decent enough and gives me more photography experience, but I'm just ready for a break. There's only been two weeks when I haven't worked over 40 hours since September. But I guess I should take my blessing and be happy. Ya know, some people can't get jobs, some can't pay bills. I can.
As I'm writing now, I can't remember if I've ever even touched on my christianity. I bet no one even knows how important it is to me. How can they...if I don't talk about it. Sometimes it happens like that. When you step back and take a look at the things your life revolves around. I think a need a little time to figure out what my life is truly about.
I've been a practicing Christian since I was 13, since then the intensity of my faith wavers back and forth. When you graduate from college and everything you do is new and different. You move some where you've never been, you get married, have a career or at least a job lasting more than a year, it's all too easy to put God on the backburner. Maybe next time, I'll have more to say on that.