August 8th, 2010 | 
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Finally, after about a million fucking years, I’m going back to school. I’m kicking myself for doing it so late in the game. I’m kicking myself for taking so many years off. And I’m kicking myself because while every application I have to turn in, every piece of vital information they need from me is turned in, I might not get the financial aid I need to be able to cover the costs of school. Because, in my normal procrastination ways, I waited to send in for my transcripts. And they took a lot longer than what I expected. I filled out the FAFSA & the admission application about a month & a half ago. But I procrastinated on getting the transcripts to them. Because they don’t do anything with the financial aid applications until they have transcripts. So now I have 1 week to pay for the classes I’m taking. 1 week of praying & hoping that I get awarded SOMETHING. 1 week of trying to figure out if that’s enough time to get a student loan.
-sigh-
And if I don’t get the money by August 12th, I’m going to have to drop the classes and try again Spring Semester. And maybe then I can make sure I have everything turned in on time and get registered for classes before they are full. (I managed to get 4 out of the 5/6 I intended on taking).
And for my August Break…. even though I posted a mouthful…
I am taking an August Break….
Okay, here’s the plan for the August break: you simply share one photo (or more!) per day on your blog – Monday to Friday, or every day. Or whenever you want. Using any camera – DSLR, compact, Polaroid, Holga, iPhone (my choice), Instax, 35mm, video – with or without words – anything goes – for the whole of August. No pressure – just looking at August through your camera lens as a way to be more present this summer. And to have a little break from the pressures and expectations of regular blogging.
Because I haven’t regularly blogged since June. (probably before that.)
Because I miss blogging so much.
Because I feel pressured to blog. Only to come here and not know what to say.
Because this is the perfect challenge inspiration to get back into blogging.
I love summer time. I love summer weekends even more. I love spending countless hours during the day swimming, followed by an evening swim that leads to catching lightning bugs.
I love that Skyler has been so determined to learn how to swim this year and has taken to the water like a fish. Or a shark as he wants to be called.
Jumping into the water and swimming back to the ladder so he can climb out and do it all over again. He’s incredible.
I decided that I needed to update my ravelry stash and project photos. So while taking photos of the yarn, Skyler decided to jump in and get in on the action.
I love my sweet booger butt.
Saturday, we spent a few hours at the zoo with some wonderful friends.
And I got over my fear of fingering weight yarn and took the plunge to knit a shawl.
I’ve more than doubled my progress since taking this photo this morning.
And today we spent a few hours outside, in the blistering heat & scorching sun. Splashing and swimming in the pool.
what a wonderful weekend it was.
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and of course, some macro photos that I took this past weekend that I took using my macro ring :D
and then a non-macro of the robin babies :)
This photo of Downtown Nashville was taken Monday May 3rd….
photo by Kelseywynns (linked to take you to his photo page)
After Nashville was hit with 13.5 inches of rain over two days, causing many rivers, creeks & lakes to flood. May 1st & 2nd 2010 will be monumental days for Nashville and several surrounding cities. They will be remembered as days that many lives were lost, homes & businesses destroyed, families hopes and dreams gone.
Myself and my family were not affected too badly. My brother’s basement was flooded a little and my parents car got flooded. But compared to thousands who lost everything, I am grateful that we were lucky. But you can’t go a day without hearing about the flood. You can’t go a day without seeing something in the newspaper, on the news, some photo of the damage. And things aren’t going to change anytime soon. We will still be talking about this for months, years…. because that’s how long it will take to clean up the damage.
It’s truly a devastating site for several cities who never imagined we would be going through this.
But even through the horrendous storms, these little baby birds managed to survive…
These baby robins hatched Monday morning, after the mommy bird sat in the nest for two days straight, protecting her eggs. Her strong nest in a small Japanese Maple tree.
I’m glad my little birds are safe. I love peeking into the nest, and seeing them grow. Nature is a wonderful thing :)
