30 Day Blog Challenge

Um... hellow blog world. I feel we've grown apart. I've convinced myself I need to take a 10 minute break at work because I'm slowly freaking out inside with a project I've been working on for a couple weeks.

I think my last post was in Octoberish. We had Thanksgiving and Christmas, and Trevor lost his job (2 days before Christmas, actually). The latter is consuming our lives at the moment. Although, it's not really as bad as I thought it would be. Trevor's happy to be rid of has last job; I'm happy he's happy. Now we just need to fill the void. It's hard to go through, but I think things will turn out for the best. We wanted Trevor to start school, and as soon as he gets a job, we can start making that work. It changes our long-term plans a bit, but maybe this is how we were supposed to do it... I guess.

So if anyone knows of anything...

Moving on.

I miss my blogging. I've been focusing on my photography a lot, and December was pretty chaotic since I had a sale. But now that January is here with it's freezing temps (along with my normal rates), no one is scheduling anything. So I've been practicing my design skills. I offer announcement designs for weddings, graduations, births, etc. And I want to work on learning how to do different styles, or features that I like on other announcements I see. So I've been working on a few. And reading as much as I can.

But to keep up the blog, I want to do one of those blog challenge thingies I found. It's for 30 days and you do a post every day. You've all heard of them. Don't hate me.

30 Day Blog Challenge
Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself from high school.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past

DAY 1: A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

This photo is the opposite of how I feel today. But I'm hoping it will help me change my mood just by looking. My hair is flat and not exactly straight in places. My eyes are puffy and tired because I stayed up too late and got up too early. And of course I'm not wearing makeup. I meant to put mascara on like 5 times throughout the day and just never got around to it. I'm wearing some of my least favorite clothes (pants that button too high and a long shirt to attempt to hide that fact) because all our laundry is dirty at the moment. I've spent the majority of my day at work sorting through hundreds of sheets of paper and removing paperclips and staples as part of a project that needs to be done by the end of the month. I've been eating lunch brought from home for weeks and my mood is mostly grumpy after lunch because of this; today is no exception, and the feeling seems to have lingered into the afternoon. I'm reading a book which is enjoyable, but one I'm not in the mood for 100%. My one highlight (Trevor coming in for a couple hours to work on the project with me) just decided he wouldn't come in today. And I'm having a hard time keeping myself from going home early so I can feel like the day I want is actually beginning.

I think the rest of my day will go better. I'll get to glean some happy vibes by posting some of my design work, read some stuff, maybe go to the library, and have a dinner that isn't chicken nuggets or Ramen. And since tomorrow is Friday (a short day for me), I can stay up late vegging out with a movie or a book in PJs if I so desire. Plus, Trevor has nothing going on, like, ever, anymore. So he'll be around the house if I feel like bothering him or cuddling... whichever I want more.

We will speak again tomorrow; I promise. It will be day #2.