have finally obtained my wedding photos. All 2,957 of them. It has been quite the ordeal. First the photographer had to edit the ones he thought appropriate for printing, which took 2 weeks. Then my mother, who lives next door to the photographer, got a hold of them and wanted to print her own and some for the grandmothers which took another 3 weeks and finally I got them. Kind of a crazy process. Didn’t exactly see that going down that way. But nonetheless they are mine and I couldn’t be happier. There are so many I might have to spend one of my days off organizing them into folders. I don’t think I can explain how hysterically difficult it is to look for one particular shot that you specifically remember among 2,957 when they are somewhat out of order. And by the time you scroll through them you get distracted by picture number 1,567 and forget why you were looking through them in the first place. It’s awesome and yet frustrating.
When I began writing this post I had the intention of looking for a particular shot and three days later have come back to finish the post.
I got distracted. Here is my favorite shot.
ow glorious is it to wake up to snow. I can remember as a kid praying like mad for a snow day. I would even settle for a 2 hour delay. Snow days came few and far between growing up in Raleigh, NC so when one came it was epic regardless of the measurement on the ground. My prayers were answered and then some when I was 14 and 22 inches of snow came our way along with my Dad’s worst nightmare: a couple inches of ice. We lost power for a good week but I barely noticed. I remember not being able to contain my excitement. I must have burned through all our snow gear in the first 2 days. Our dryer was on constantly. I wasn’t even opposed to wearing my brothers snow gear and the possibility of the boy I had a crush on seeing me. I feel I was at the right age where I was willing to act like a child but still on the verge on becoming a rotten teenager. So the timing and my age were perfect because otherwise I think my silly teenager mind would have prevented me from having as much fun as I did. My dad got the power back on eventually and my Mom couldn’t make enough hot cider or hot chocolate. My sisters and I were only in the house to sleep, eat, and of course the bathroom. But other than that we saw no purpose being inside. The idea that the snow and ice would go away kept me outside as much as possible so that in the end I could go to sleep happy knowing I had sled down the hill enough times.
his is simply beautiful. I was grinning from ear to ear while watching. And in my second go around I was trying to name all the film clips. Which turned out to be surprisingly difficult. But I still loved trying to figure out which clips came from which movies and if I had seen them. My overall conclusion is simply that 2010 was a good year for film. I am super excited the Golden Globe noms are out cause that means award season is almost upon us. And award season might be my favorite season, right behind Fall.
nother holiday has come and gone and I have been running the same routine with work, dinner, and sleep since my last post. Things changed drastically since November 3rd and I don’t know if anyone could have prepared me for what lay ahead. I am astounded at what I have time for these days and ashamedly what I don’t have time for (more like what I don’t have energy for, but really, really, really want to do).
