jon's first gray hair

as him and i were in our living room of the one bedroom appartment that we live in, he was sitting on the love seat near the window. i glanced over at him and saw a shiny hair sticking out from an inch or so behind his ear. i hastily went over to him, said, "hang tight" and pulled the measly gray hair out of his head. yes, that is the first one and he is only 21. his thought was that since his hair would be gray it is better than going bald. in other words, he means he is going to be silver headed pretty soon like his father was at his age. i suppose full gray head of hair is better than a spot on top that can get sun burned :)

a day of class

sitting in class... zzzzzzzzz... that should explain everything. the class is color management, the learning is lecture, my interest is low. how would you like to sit in a class all about how to work with color in photographs. it is a good class, a base class that is needed, but i look through the tiny holes in the shades and long to go outside into the nice day.

besides class, i have to work at 2:30. the job shouldn't take long, which isn't good because i would like a bigger pay check. oh well. the job is just a re-shoot of a basketball team.

before i go to work Jon and i are dropping the Mazda off at shop to get an estimate. we went to another car repair shop yesterday, he looked at it and said that he could make it about half the price midas had said. he also pointed out i need a new muffler because the pipe or something has rusted and broke while i went over a bump and now my muffler is just hanging there. anyways, that gave Jon and me a bit more hope! so i suppose if it is half the cost we thought it would be for that (we don't know how much the bad oil leek with be) then we are better off than we thought and we are actually doing ok with our money.

we did our FAFSAs yesterday. one question is how much money do you have. we have $100 to our name. hopefully that helps us get better aid for next years college. oh and i go to write junior because i will be only a couple credits away from being a junion. i am a senior for sure. i probably have over 100 credits in my name. i suppose for my third year of school that is pretty normal. with my credits that transfer and the classes i have taken, i have one full year done at AiC. i just want to be done! is there any way i can get it done any faster? please? ok so there isn't any way to get around the next two years at school. I'm counting down the months!



in these pics, the clock is in the exact same position, how i set up the 4x5 camera is how i distorted the shape. and actually the clock was at an angle on the table. hmmm... camera tricks. love it!

large format

another day has passed, and i dont have much to show for it. not, i totally felt like i had accomplished something in class today. i turned in both assignments do, like i have done every other time, i got both the assignments for next week done also, and i started my fafsa which i will hopefully finish soon. i suppose there are a few other things that i have accomplished, but i cant really remember what they are at this moment. oh, i got my mid-term grades this week and last. i am getting an A or high B in all classes except history which we have had only one test to put in the grade book anyways.

i am so bored, i am sitting in the computer lab on jon's campus writing in my blog because i have nothing else to do (besides a little bit of homework, which isnt due at the beginning of class). jon is at work, which is a good thing for the wallet, but i am tired of being home alone with coco. i suppose, when he is home we dont get any studying done anyways, but whatever. i need a friend, besides jenny, that i can call or hang out with. i'm tired of this boringness.

so here i am sitting in the computer lab of a school i dont even go to typing nonsense onto my blog. which by the way i have had for four years now. how crazy is that. and the beat goes on. . .

oh, some day soon i will show a few more of the crazy pics i have taken with the 4x5 camera. pretty sweet tool we are working with.

my joke for the day

so today was a bit better than the last few days. its prety exciting that a couple hours ago my parents got noah, finally. i hope and pray everything is going well, for the whole situation and all. that would totally suck to be noah and have everything in your life totally change. i think it would be harder to be noah than it would be to be mya. cause mya has no memory of when she was in china but noah will.

anyways, i talked to joe today. i love having a brother. it was really encouraging to talk to him. it didnt really help to solve the whole car problem but he did tell me some other things we could do to the car to half way fix it. like use a soup can as part of the exhaust pipe. kinda crazy sounding but all i want is the car to last another couple years until i am finished with my undergrad/bachelors degree. he also told me it could be way worse and told me a couple stories that made me feel better. like his friend had to put anti-freeze in his van every day. so if i have to check my oil once a week i suppose that isnt horrible. his life doesnt sound to be going that great either. he said he is just taking it one day at a time and life is better that way. its nice to have a sibling that is in the same boat as me and jon. its encouraging to know that we are not alone in struggling. He said if him and rachael can get a couple hundred bucks together they still want to come out to colorado this spring or summer. that would be great! i miss him and rachael.

on to my next subject...

my joke for the day:

What do you call a sleep-walking nun?

-------A roamin' Catholic

car crazy!

oh what a wonderful day... nope sorry, thats not how it went. well, i suppose it started that way. early in the morning while i laid in bed asleep, i woke up to jon hugging me and cuddling. it makes me happy to wake up to the love of my life laying next to me. he whispered to me that he loves me and we kissed. i love him.

him and i ended up sleeping in until 10:30. that is latest we have slept in since, well, a long time ago. it felt great to sleep in. after we got out of bed we got ready for the day and went to midas to get our oils changed. ps, my cars oil light went on this last friday. so when the midas guy gave me back my keys he said that my car has a bad oil leak. i wanted to fall down right there where i was standing and just cry. along with the oil leak we learned about today, my exhaust pipe is pretty much not there anymore and almost all of the exhaust system has to be replaced. this will cost estimatedly over $1500. so what is the thought, my car has almost 193,000 miles on it, is a '95 and is not worth much more than the fix itself. what should we do? buy a new car that we have no money for (trade in), just plane fix it, or let it sit in the parking lot and buy my dream moped which will cost around the same as is to fix the car. jon and i are lost. we called his parents, they were a so so help. i cant call my parents they are half way across the world getting my baby brother. which is great, but why when i need them a lot they aren't callable. i called my big brother, he was at work and said he would call me back later. who else do i call?? i dont know anyone around here besides dan and my sister in law both down near colorado springs. i feel so lost and i keep crying. poor jon, he's so good at putting up with me (he went to work this afternoon, so im all alone!). coco isnt much of a help about expensive car troubles. i wish that i just had some long lost rich relative that would help me.

life is so depressing lately. love is great lately though, Jon is a great husband! never really did understand why he loves me so much. we can do it, we can do it, we can do it. . .

class today

oofta, yes, that is a Minnesotan word. but sometimes it just fits so well.

today i had my large format and lighting class. in other words, i was stuck in the same studio bay for 8 to 9 hours. it wasn't too bad today, i got to take a few of the pictures with a digital leafback. in other words, i could look at the laptop and see the product without having to spend hours in the dark room. i have decided that this class is the load that is bearing me down. a good thing, i am passing it with at least a B, midterm is now over, and only about 5 weeks left of the quarter.

So Jon came and visited with me at school today during my last couple hours of class. it made it so much better. i love him lots! i wish i could take him with me more often. he deserves big 'ole kisses. oh that reminds me, i have no idea what i am going to do for him for valentines day. i'm thinkin'.

i registered for classes today. i will be taking photojournalism (which i am really excited about!), printing, photographic matterial..., advanced lighting, and spanish 1. thats it.
Here are a few pics i took with the leafback for lighting class.

cars SUCK! / rambling rumbles

another day, another problem. I took my car into midas yesterday to see what was wrong with the muffler. When the man returned and told me the problems, he said there are a couple things wrong. All in all, it could cost up to $1,200. That is an ouch right there.

On a good note, I finally received my book that Jenny and I are going to do a Bible study together with. Also, yesterday I didn't have school or work, and I got my wedding ring back from "the shop". It feels good to have my ring back on my finger, I felt naked without it. Jon and I ended up staying up until around midnight, I am tired today. And I forgot my hard-drive at home today. I swear I put it in my backpack. Oh well, my teacher is nice and just made me feel bad for forgetting it. He said he could be fired if he forgot his hard-drive and so on. I know I did something wrong, so you don't need to tell me again. . .

I'm sitting in class on my break, my tummy is growling. I should call my mom today, see how the China business is going. hmmmm... I have to work at 2:30 today. We are taking pics of two wrestling teams of 50 some kids. That will be fun. Mike put three of us on the job though so it should fun and pretty easy.

So anyone have any photography jobs they know about and can fly me there? I wonder if the adoption agency could hire me to do documentary photography for them. doubt it, oh well.

It feels good to be thinking and then just write it down.

I love Jon! I can't believe we have been married over a year, and I can't believe he is turning 22 at the end of February.

Wow, if I have made it this far in life, I think I can make it a couple more years. ya think?

Taxes suck!! So because we are students that makes it tough. Jon and I talked to Regis Financial department because his tax form said that we hadn't paid anything, WRONG, we have paid over a thousand dollars last semester for his school. The lady said that the school didn't have to write how much you paid. It isn't required. DUMB! So the two of us are thinking about going to the accountant at the greenhouse to get our taxes done.


Remember this picture from China?