- We turned the heat on this morning. I love that it’s cold enough to warrant heat! Yay fall! We’re really not that wimpy that we need heat at the first sign of cold, but we wanted to test it out before it got real cold. We just had a new system put in in the Spring and haven’t used the heat yet. Seems to be working great! I’m about to take off my hoodie.
- My first “real” photography gig went pretty well! I had lots of fun. I’m dying to post some pics, but decided that I need to get them to the bride and groom first. They kinda have first dibs. I need to do a little tweaking in photoshop (mainly lightening up… the sanctuary is pretty dark) and then they’ll be good to go. Although I did end up with a lot of blurred shots, I got enough of everything I needed. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I looked at them on Sunday. I understand why photographers can charge so much… it was an exhausting day. All the running around and stooping and standing on pews and squinting through the viewfinder… phew.
- Our bus driver is off again at work, which means I get the wonderful task of driving again. It’s not too bad, but our stupid bus is pretty unpredictable, as the lift doesn’t always work. That makes for a really stressful situation when you’ve got someone in a scooter and the darn thing isn’t working right. You can manually crank it, but I don’t know how well my poor little back will hold up.
- My Dorothy costume came in. I still haven’t tried it on, but I’m pretty sure it will fit. I even found my ruby red slippers! Now for Toto…
- I am so desperately ready for a weekend it’s not even funny. So hoping this day flies by…
A few things
Written by jamie on October 21st, 2011Longest two minutes ever
Written by jamie on October 18th, 2011There are lots of interesting moments in marriage. Like nervously awaiting the two minutes in the bathroom staring down at a pee-drenched stick.
So, yeah… before anyone freaks and starts spreading rumors, it was negative. And Aunt Flo has since shown up in all her glory to reinforce that answer. I’ve never been so happy to be so crampy.
As I’ve commented before, Drew and I are just not ready for kids. Before my cycle started, while I was nervously wondering what was going on with my body, I tried to psych myself up about all the good things about being pregnant and having a baby.
- Cute little baby to snuggle.
- A hundred hand-knit baby blankets from my residents and lots of doting on from everyone around me.
- Something to nurture and love.
- Cute little clothes.
I kept reminding myself about all the good things that would come with it and reaffirmed to myself that I will make a damn good mom. I did this in effort to not make myself think about all the not so good things.
- Feeling financially crunched.
- Not being able to stay home with the baby because we need more money, yet barely making enough at my job to justify daycare.
- Sleep deprivation. Ugh.
- Giving up my music room.
I did pretty well about psyching myself up, until Drew and I sat down and talked. We came to the same conclusion: we are NOT ready. We realized that financially, it would be a huge strain. After some more saving up, we’ll be in a better place. And although we love our house, it’s not the house we’d like to raise kids in. Quite frankly, we’d rather bring a baby into the world joyfully, not begrudgingly or resentfully. We were ready to take whatever came our way, but were greatly relieved at the negative result.
After waiting a week for my cycle to start with no avail, we began to get pretty nervous. We finally bit the bullet and went to buy a pregnancy test. I was relieved that we didn’t run into 800 people we knew while standing in the “family planning” aisle, puzzling over boxes of digital sticks. (By the way, I LOVE how the tests are located directly under the condoms and lube. Brilliant.) We ended up buying the one on the discount rack. (It wasn’t expired and it was CHEAP!)
When purchasing said item, I refused to make eye contact with Mr. Cashier Man (just like when I buy lingerie). I tried to act totally natural, like I do this all the time. But who the heck would do this all the time? (Turns out I should have paid closer attention, because my discount test didn’t ring up as such. I didn’t realize it until after I’d thrown out the test. But Publix was wonderful and not only refunded the extra money I’d paid, but the entire purchase price. So my discount pregnancy test turned into FREE pregnancy test!)
When we got home, I opened the box and read through all the instructions, having never taken one of these before. I didn’t want to screw it up. Drew came up behind me and looked over my shoulder.
“You pee on it.”
Of course, this was after he offered to take the test for me.
So I peed on it, and then we both stood wringing our hands, waiting those REEEEEALLLLY LOOOOONG two minutes.
Not pregnant. (We bought the idiot proofed kind.)
Phew.
To be sure, I took the other test the next morning, and that also came back negative. And the day after that, Aunt Flo arrived. Double Phew.
So now we’ll go back to plan A. No kids for at least another year.
Things going on in my world
Written by jamie on October 14th, 2011I haven’t been here in awhile. Here’s what’s happening in my world:
- I photograph my first wedding TOMORROW! I’m way excited but a little nervous too. I’ve bought extra batteries, an extra memory card, borrowed my sister’s zoom lens (Thanks, Jen!!!), practiced a bit, and researched how to take photos in low light with no flash. I’m feeling pretty good. I need to spend a little more time this morning researching a bit more; things like posing wedding portraits, how to best take photos in sunlight/cloudy/etc weather. Trying to cover all my bases.
- Had a pregnancy scare last week. No baby. (That’s a good thing.) I have another post coming about that. Fun times.
- Bought pumpkin spice coffee yesterday. That makes my whole world good.
- My new blog is going well. I have two posts up and several planned that are almost ready to go. I’ve had two comments from total strangers! Now if I can keep ’em coming back… If you’re interested, follow it here.
- Bought a Halloween costume. I’m going to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. My job kind of requires me to get into this kind of stuff. I don’t mind. Too much. I wanted to be something that senior citizens recognize. I ordered the costume this week only to find out I had a friend who had a costume I could have borrowed. Shoot. Oh well. At least now I’ll always have a Halloween costume in my closet to break out.
- While shopping for said Halloween costume, I drove down to the local Party City. Drew said he had seen their ad and noticed they had Dorothy costumes. I went to look and unfortunately, this was the best they had.
I work with senior citizens. This will just not work. Of course, it was
better than the Diva Dorothy costume they had.
Because the first Dorothy’s skirt wasn’t short enough.
In the end, I found this costume.
I think this will be more fitting to wear in a senior citizen center.
I promise I’ll take pictures.