Welcome to the New Year everyone!!
I hope 2019 treats you all better, different, but most of all positive. I sure hope it does with me with a plethora of new adventures ahead of me. Most of all, I will focus on myself first and know how to stand my ground and not get trampled around by anyone.
Weather
As always, I start my blogs with the weather. This last year has been interesting for everyone with this category. We went from hot to cold in matter of the same day or the next. We've been told that we would get snow in Texas and also in Illinois, but either Texas got none and Illinois got some, but disappeared due to rain. I was happy to be able to see my family for Christmas, with hopes in getting snow when I visited so I can take pictures of the snow, but unfortunately there was no snow. Right now in Texas its pleasant, possibly today in the 60s with a slight cold breeze, but this prediction is only of a couple of times of me stepping out in my backyard, nothing more. I'm sure in Illinois, its a different story.
4 months
Well, it has been a long time since I have written here. Literally, it has been since our last vacation to Fredericksburg, Texas back in July. Since then, there has been many changes within me and around me. I have gained new friends at work and a more non hostile environment, but sadly that has changed in the last 2 months or less of the year. Not with the individuals I have gained as friends, but with the person we all as co-workers look up to as an example. Yes, you guessed it, that strong individual that we go to for any assistance and grants us changes and should have our backs, but doesn't. Personally, I have been targeted twice almost back to back with write-ups that I have never gotten in the past 4 years I have worked in the same workplace until now. Once all this occurred it was once I denied for a position that was vacant even though I expressly told 2 people, my Supervisor (which whom we're talking about) and Operations Manager, my conditions for gaining that position and if those aren't available to be done then I don't want none of it and also placed my input on what can be done with other situations in the account that would make everyone in the team run more smoothly for them. After this certain meeting regarding all of this is when everyone's attitude changed in one way or another, mainly the big bosses and strictly it seems towards me at certain times.
Look, with all this happening, it really pisses me off that things of this nature happens in any workplace yet something like this always happens towards me. I had conflicts before, with either bosses or co-workers, in prior of my jobs and it seems to follow. I need this type of stuff to stop and it sickens me and well just makes me feel some way of myself as an individual. Other than that, I must say that I would like it to stop and if others have put their 2 cents to HR, like I have with my second write-up, then maybe I need to start something else and another ticket in to HR. Off this topic, but everything else has been well with us and hoping things change for the better for my husband and I this new year. We, my husband and I, are hoping for us to travel more in this new year. So far, it seems that it may happen and I'm hope it does and I will be excited when it happens. We do have a couple of events/trips coming up already, but we're gathering more and most of them are with my husbands coworkers.
Photography
I have been dragging with my side hobby and I really don't like it. Things that have been happening, especially the lack of motivation, just makes someone have less and less interest in things you once had interest in. The lack of interest has been years, but I'm not sure what made it occur and start. I wish i knew, that way I can nip it on the butt and start to have the motivation again. I'm trying to find a photography challenge that I can actually do, that won't make me do things on a daily basis since if you're making someone do a task then you will loose interest since its forced upon. So I must find a challenge that will help me get focused on what I need to practice on while its not daily and get motivation again. Once I find something that I can combine all of this into one, which must start soon, given the new year then I will start it. I need to research this long and hard and hopefully the research itself does not make me loose interest.
Bettering yourself
I have noticed that there was a 9Round added close by to where I live. I looked into it to see what it was about and its kickboxing. I always wanted to do something like this since its like a 2 in 1 type of event. I would like to take a self defense class along with it having my body have a workout. I know I need to get healthy and well just basically work out my body to have muscle on certain parts of my body. It also doesn't hurt to learn self defense if I ever will need it, which I hope to God, I never do need to use it. Eric, my husband, needs to get in shape as well. We need to find some type of diet that's not restricting and not a fast and quick to ignore or stop eating a certain food/item. We might make our own diet with lowering a certain food intake each week and more exercise of course. Hopefully with the new adventures that await for us in the work environments, it play with our favor in order for our minds and bodies to be worked on and no stress to occur anymore. So we will see what we can do with all these accommodations, but they will have to wait when we get certain news for each of us. If all goes into our favor, especially mine, well maybe I might work on other things within me like fashion/wardrobe and looks. It all depends on other things.
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Saturday, January 5, 2019
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Summer, here you come!
Weather
Well the summer has always been here. It is Texas after all and we only get is like a week or 2 days worth of winter and the rest is fall or spring like weather. So far its been spring like weather, always raining. We have gotten more rain this year than any other year, since I have been here. I don't think we are due for anymore rain this month, so that means heat and humidity. Expecting to be in the 90s this coming weekend and the rest of this week for sure.
Photography
So I have decided to take classes for this adventure. I have been reading up on the subject the best that I can do while at work and I need more practice, but I need motivation. I thought I was going to gain that once my husband's shift changed, but it seems not. Anyways, it seems that I will be booked for the month of July and September in taking classes. I was planning on adding more classes to them, but I should hold off on any other genre type of Photography classes that they're offering till next year, if they are offering them again. I figure that if I am not happy where I am at and nothing in the work marketplace is offering me another job that I am content with, then I should start working on my Photography career and business. I like capturing people's ideas and I will not limit myself to a certain type of genre or style, because if you limit yourself to one specific topic/subject/genre then you are holding yourself back to many other things and at the same time you may find yourself and what you like doing and are best in. Once you find yourself and what you like doing, then you can expand it to many other aspects in your life, thus being more open in many different ways.
I am still needing to practice Maternity, Engagements, Newborn, Candid, Food, Product, Macro and Sports Photography genres to just familiarize myself with them and see what else I want to focus on besides Landscape and Wedding Photography. Once I take the classes I'm taking in July and September, maybe I will go ahead and take the rest of the classes they are offering that are relating to the genres I listed. To get better you will need to practice and even when you know your stuff, its good to always have a refresher course. With this being said, I am setting aside some money for those 2 months ahead and can't wait to once again be a student. So I am able and available if anyone needs me or knows someone who falls into those categories/genres I listed above, send them my way so I can practice!
Tv Shows
Twin Peaks: The Return
Yes, we have been watching this show. I first encountered it in Netflix 2 years back and wanted to see it because I knew David Duchovny was in it and well, he was playing the part of a woman. So I wanted to see how he acted and as well, see what the show was about. For the life of me I could not get into it at first. It was weird and slow for me from the beginning. I think at this point I never made it past episode one and if I did then wow. I started to watch it again possibly a year ago and it caught me. It was one of those shows that I would watch to put me to sleep, but it was interesting. It grew on me after passing the first episode, so yes you do need to keep at it to watch and learn. Since I knew it was coming back on, I figured I continue to watch the new season too. Also keep in mind that there is a movie of it out as well called "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me". I was told that it explains what happened to the main character being investigated and so I did not watch it. It seems that we need to see it now, since there are so many twists and turns from it and objects/topics that come into play in this new season as well. Now, on to the new season. How it starts off is just plain weird and every episode after it as well. Some side stories that you see happening play and then you are left wondering if they are going to be part of the whole story later. You just don't know and you need to continue watching it to see if they will. So far there's only been 5 episodes and what I read, there are 18 total that will be aired. I also read articles that can be seen as rumors that there might be 2 new seasons, not just one, so we will see if this story continues. What my question is, if you have been watching it, is "What happened to Agent Dale Cooper after the last scene and episode of season 2?" So many scenes in the new season are left almost blank and confusing. You would think that the characters that were near him knew what happened to him, but most are left clueless themselves and not knowing what happened to him as well. My prediction is that if they do not explain this in any new seasons or episodes now, then a movie will be made to explain it. Almost like "Fire Walk with Me", that movie shows the last few days of the main character, Laura Palmer. The movie idea I can see happening, so we shall see.
The Handmaid's Tale:
I saw previews for this one in Hulu's own commercials. It seemed interesting and I decided to look it up to see what it was about. I didn't know that it was a book first, so I went to see what the book was about first. I was in shock as to what it was about and sadly can see this happening in our world, but let's hope it doesn't. It's basically about our world in the future and unable to bare children due to STD's and toxins/pollution getting worse and worse. Almost cult like, women who had children are taken to be a handmaid for a family and their only job is to, you guessed it, bare children with the man of the household. This show or story is June's story and how it all came to be. It is very eye catching as well since it does open your eyes to how the world may become. There are some sad parts to her story and some gruesome scenes because that is their punishment. You are hanging on and wanting to know what will happen due to some plot twists and turns and almost left as cliffhangers. My husband and I had a bet with this one, but due to anyone reading this and spoilers, I will not state our bet unless you have been up to date with it. All the episodes are up on Hulu now and a new one is or should be out now. They upload a new episode every Wednesday, so catch up and join in on our bet. Is there a show you are watching that are similar to these? I wouldn't mind a recommendation if you got one.
Vacations, vacations
I think I am planning another vacation soon in my future. I have one lined up in the last minute to see the family, but these deals going on in the airline I take are hard to not look away from. So we shall see and I wouldn't mind going away from all of this. Thinking of doing 3 trips a year to see the family, but hopefully that will change soon. One can only imagine and hope.
Well the summer has always been here. It is Texas after all and we only get is like a week or 2 days worth of winter and the rest is fall or spring like weather. So far its been spring like weather, always raining. We have gotten more rain this year than any other year, since I have been here. I don't think we are due for anymore rain this month, so that means heat and humidity. Expecting to be in the 90s this coming weekend and the rest of this week for sure.
Photography
So I have decided to take classes for this adventure. I have been reading up on the subject the best that I can do while at work and I need more practice, but I need motivation. I thought I was going to gain that once my husband's shift changed, but it seems not. Anyways, it seems that I will be booked for the month of July and September in taking classes. I was planning on adding more classes to them, but I should hold off on any other genre type of Photography classes that they're offering till next year, if they are offering them again. I figure that if I am not happy where I am at and nothing in the work marketplace is offering me another job that I am content with, then I should start working on my Photography career and business. I like capturing people's ideas and I will not limit myself to a certain type of genre or style, because if you limit yourself to one specific topic/subject/genre then you are holding yourself back to many other things and at the same time you may find yourself and what you like doing and are best in. Once you find yourself and what you like doing, then you can expand it to many other aspects in your life, thus being more open in many different ways.
I am still needing to practice Maternity, Engagements, Newborn, Candid, Food, Product, Macro and Sports Photography genres to just familiarize myself with them and see what else I want to focus on besides Landscape and Wedding Photography. Once I take the classes I'm taking in July and September, maybe I will go ahead and take the rest of the classes they are offering that are relating to the genres I listed. To get better you will need to practice and even when you know your stuff, its good to always have a refresher course. With this being said, I am setting aside some money for those 2 months ahead and can't wait to once again be a student. So I am able and available if anyone needs me or knows someone who falls into those categories/genres I listed above, send them my way so I can practice!
Tv Shows
Twin Peaks: The Return
Yes, we have been watching this show. I first encountered it in Netflix 2 years back and wanted to see it because I knew David Duchovny was in it and well, he was playing the part of a woman. So I wanted to see how he acted and as well, see what the show was about. For the life of me I could not get into it at first. It was weird and slow for me from the beginning. I think at this point I never made it past episode one and if I did then wow. I started to watch it again possibly a year ago and it caught me. It was one of those shows that I would watch to put me to sleep, but it was interesting. It grew on me after passing the first episode, so yes you do need to keep at it to watch and learn. Since I knew it was coming back on, I figured I continue to watch the new season too. Also keep in mind that there is a movie of it out as well called "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me". I was told that it explains what happened to the main character being investigated and so I did not watch it. It seems that we need to see it now, since there are so many twists and turns from it and objects/topics that come into play in this new season as well. Now, on to the new season. How it starts off is just plain weird and every episode after it as well. Some side stories that you see happening play and then you are left wondering if they are going to be part of the whole story later. You just don't know and you need to continue watching it to see if they will. So far there's only been 5 episodes and what I read, there are 18 total that will be aired. I also read articles that can be seen as rumors that there might be 2 new seasons, not just one, so we will see if this story continues. What my question is, if you have been watching it, is "What happened to Agent Dale Cooper after the last scene and episode of season 2?" So many scenes in the new season are left almost blank and confusing. You would think that the characters that were near him knew what happened to him, but most are left clueless themselves and not knowing what happened to him as well. My prediction is that if they do not explain this in any new seasons or episodes now, then a movie will be made to explain it. Almost like "Fire Walk with Me", that movie shows the last few days of the main character, Laura Palmer. The movie idea I can see happening, so we shall see.
The Handmaid's Tale:
I saw previews for this one in Hulu's own commercials. It seemed interesting and I decided to look it up to see what it was about. I didn't know that it was a book first, so I went to see what the book was about first. I was in shock as to what it was about and sadly can see this happening in our world, but let's hope it doesn't. It's basically about our world in the future and unable to bare children due to STD's and toxins/pollution getting worse and worse. Almost cult like, women who had children are taken to be a handmaid for a family and their only job is to, you guessed it, bare children with the man of the household. This show or story is June's story and how it all came to be. It is very eye catching as well since it does open your eyes to how the world may become. There are some sad parts to her story and some gruesome scenes because that is their punishment. You are hanging on and wanting to know what will happen due to some plot twists and turns and almost left as cliffhangers. My husband and I had a bet with this one, but due to anyone reading this and spoilers, I will not state our bet unless you have been up to date with it. All the episodes are up on Hulu now and a new one is or should be out now. They upload a new episode every Wednesday, so catch up and join in on our bet. Is there a show you are watching that are similar to these? I wouldn't mind a recommendation if you got one.
Vacations, vacations
I think I am planning another vacation soon in my future. I have one lined up in the last minute to see the family, but these deals going on in the airline I take are hard to not look away from. So we shall see and I wouldn't mind going away from all of this. Thinking of doing 3 trips a year to see the family, but hopefully that will change soon. One can only imagine and hope.
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