My Real Disguise is Ostracized: people

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Day 359

Merry Christmas, everyone!

We had a good, mostly uneventful, day.

Traditionally we wake up early... okay 7:30 is early to me... maybe not to other people, to open stockings.

Our stockings this year were supermaxi bags (or walmart bags)

We had yummy home made donuts for breakfast

And homemade guacamole for lunch. So yummy.

After lunch we decided to spontaneously go downtown to take a few of my sister's senior pictures. We decided that there would be a lot fewer crowds on Christmas day than any other day of the year.

I wish I had gotten closer to the lady sitting at the door.

This lady had a pigeon land on her head, and she didn't even doing anything about it. She just kept walking. And then it pooped on her.

While we were downtown, this little girl comes up asking to see the picture I took of Julianna. I showed her the picture, and she asks if it turned out nicely. I tell her it did, and then I ask if she wants a picture taken of herself. She said yes, and then posed for it. I showed her the picture, and she was so excited.

While I was taking my sister's pictures, we begin to walk down the street to find another location to do some pictures, and this lady starts yelling at us in Spanish. My dad tells us to keep walking, and while we walk away quickly my dad says, "I think she's yelling at us because you didn't take her picture." This made me laugh because it just shows how different the U.S. is from Ecaudor. In the U.S. I could get in big trouble for taking pictures of some stranger.

While we were driving home that evening, we were stopped behind a few cars waiting for a car in front of us to do a u-turn. Out of no where we all fly forward and then back into our seats. All I see is my dad unbuckling and getting out of the car. I finally realized that someone had hit us from behind. The guy who hit us pulls to the side, and then my dad also pulls to the side. Not too much harm was done. The car is banged up, but will hopefully be covered by the guy who ran into us. My two sisters, dad, and I are fine other than a little bit of whiplash that first night.

So, that was our eventful - or maybe non eventful Christmas day. It was nice to be here to spend it with family.

I head back to Colorado Springs two weeks from tomorrow, and although it seems like a long time, I'm sure it will go very quickly.

Oh, and news about my computer? They managed to retrieve a 100% of my hard drive! And my computer should be completely fixed, with a new hard drive in a little less than two weeks.

For awhile I felt very overwhelmed about not knowing what to do with my photos without my computer. I decided to just upload my photos without editing them. A few of them may be edited, but most of them are not.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Day 355

Let's see, there is much to tell... but not quite enough time. At least not tonight. I've been finding that it's hard to update this without a computer of my own to use. It's not that we don't have a bazillion computers around this house... I just don't enjoy posting as much because it's not my computer. I know how to use my computer, and I have (or had) lightroom on my computer. I found out today that they managed to get 30% of the items off of my hard drive. I don't know what they got... my guess is that it is all documents that I never actually wanted to see again. BUT... my computer should be fixed before I leave. Which is good, because I start school the Monday after I get home (which is a Friday night).

Anyway, here's a picture... just for YOU. :)

My sisters and I went to the mall to find some Christmas gifts for my parents... it was SO crowded.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Day 229

Today I took a picture that's going to be in a magazine. Yeah. I'm cool. ;) Actually, my neighbor asked me if I would take a picture of her mom for her business (it's a fitness/diet type business). She had to send a picture in of herself for a magazine that will be sent out.

(f/2.0; 1/500s; ISO 100; 50mm lens)

This one was my personal favorite.

Monday, November 29, 2010

New Mexico

Last night it snowed. A beautiful, fluffy, and very white snow. I dislike snow quite a bit... actually, I despise the cold, and only dislike the snow because it usually comes around with the cold. That's a completely different story though. Last night, as I was driving home, I couldn't help but feel at peace. I felt at peace with my life. I felt at peace with who I am, and who I am becoming. When snow first settles on the ground is when it is obviously the prettiest. The pure white of snow. The cleanliness. The snow makes me thankful for so many things. It makes me thankful that I have clothes to wear in the snow. It makes me thankful that I have a warm home to go to with hot chocolate, a fireplace, and blankets. If I think about it real hard, I can find myself liking snow... but only for a little bit, and then I hate it again.

Although it snowed last night, my past week was marvelous. Such a good week. I just got back from New Mexico last night and it was a crazy, chaotic, exhilarating, awkward, full of good food and little sleep week. Or 4 nights, to be exact. I am so thankful that I was invited to go. It was so overwhelming. With usually over 20 people in a relatively small house, there was really no alone time. That was okay with me :)

There were 9 kids 5 and younger and 5 of those kids were still in diapers. We ate a lot of food, went to the park, played games, went swimming, and had a lot of conversation. The average bed time was about 1 in the morning, and the average time we woke up was around 9 or 10 in the morning. And then the day would start all over again.

I had an amazing time spending time with friends, playing with little kids, and being away from real life. I didn't do any homework, and I hardly thought about life outside of Los Lunas. It was good :)