Wow, is it really the last weekend of summer already??
I know this is terribly disappointing to some of you but I am ready for summer season to be over. The hotel doesn’t actually quiet down until late November but fall is at least somewhat quieter. I have gotten used to the "leaf peepers." Though, I am amazed that anyone would pay to go on a bus tour to look at leaves!!
This weekend I am looking forward to getting a few books at the library, tucking in and sleeping. Hubby volunteered to cover a shift on Sunday because one of his co-workers is seriously ill and another just returned to work after taking a week off (her husband died). So, I will probably hang out with him while he is working. Then on Monday we will finally get our laptop upgraded and I will be able to get online at home! Woo hoo!! LOL
Next weekend we have plans to go to the State of Maine Air Show. I am so looking forward to that!! This will probably be the final air show as the Brunswick Naval Air Base that hosts the event was one of the ones recently closed by the government.
I don’t know what to say about the wedding other than it was very disorganized. I haven’t even looked at the pictures or the video I took. I know what I am capable of and I don’t feel that I was able to meet my capabilities due to the situation. There were too many people putting in their 2 cents and distracting me I think it will be a very long time before I offer to do anything remotely like this again. I have never really been interested in the professional aspect of photography anyway. It’s just something I enjoy and that I have fun with. I think its best left at that.
We finally got all $215 of our money back from Staples. I wish there was a site like TripAdvisor only for retail stores. The manager at the store is absolutely horrible. This weekend we will buy memory for the laptop from somewhere else and hopefully be back up and online again soon.
I am looking forward to a quiet weekend with hubby. Lonestar will be in Freeport this weekend giving a free concert at the LL Bean flagship store. I would like to go. Hubby would like to go to the drive in one more time before they close. And the last time I checked the weather there was rain/lightening in the forecast. I wonder who will win
I think I will head over and see how ya’ll are doing on your blogs. I know I have some comments to answer, please bear with me… I haven’t forgotten anyone. It’s just been a stressful, tiring couple of weeks.
Now all I have to do is get through Friday night's rehearsal dinner and the wedding Saturday and this madness will be over and done with. Mental note: never, ever, ever agree to photograph anyone's wedding ever, ever again!!
Work has been wicked, crazy busy. People have just plain been mean or insanely stupid. Tis the season. I really think some people need a license to travel
I picked up my laptop from the service center on Wednesday. The diagnostics found 2 major problems. The first was an error in our operating system (no thanks to coworkers fiancé who admitted to "tweaking" it and the second, the RAM that Staples installed was/is faulty. I’m not sure what I will do in regards to my coworkers fiancé but I have already dealt with Staples and they will begin kissing my ass tomorrow (there is so much drama re: Staples... they really screwed up on so many levels!) Bottom line- be incredibly careful about who works on your computer, keep detailed notes about who did what/when and all receipts. Oh yeah... and Staples Sucks! Hubby will be taking a computer repair class starting in a couple weeks from the local adult ed program so hopefully no more drama.
Have a great weekend ya’ll and hopefully I will be around and posting more in the next couple days!
I have decided this will be a happy post. There is just way too much drama right now in my life and I need this “fun spot.”
The balloon festival was AWESOME! Hubby and I got up at 4 am so that we could be there for the first launch of the day. We decided to have breakfast at the festival like we did last year. This could be the start of a really nice tradition One of the local booster clubs sets up a tent and the parents make pancakes and sausage… YUMMY!!
I got some really great shots! My manager was kind enough to let me use my work computer to download my pictures and burn them to disc. As soon as I get the chance to sort through them and tidy them up a bit I will post a few. I think I may have a couple that would be really great for the photo contest.
I did a little reading on this festival and found out that it’s not like most balloon festivals. From what I understand you cannot go onto the field with the balloon crew at most festivals. At this one you can literally walk up and touch the balloons if you want. I was taking some shots of this gorgeous rainbow colored balloon and the lady operating the fan asked me to come over to her. I looked around hoping I had not stepped on the balloon cord or the balloon equipment in some way- didn’t want to get in trouble She asked if I would tell the guy in front of her that he needed to hold down the balloon cord. She had tried but he could not hear her for the noise of the fan. So I did and he didn’t understand what I meant so she looked at me and said, “hold this,” then walked over to him leaving me holding the control to the fan!
I would really love to gather up the courage to go on a balloon ride someday. I think at the least it would be really cool to volunteer to help crew a balloon. Or maybe I will win the lottery and just buy my own!
I have been waiting all week for the chance to say this...
TGIF FRIDAY HAPPY DANCE!!
This has been one insanely long, stress filled, annoying week and I am so blissfully HAPPY that I just have one more shift (Friday night) to get through and my weekend begins!!
On wednesday I decided to work on my pictures a little. When I started the Kodak Easyshare program I was offered a chance to upgrade which I accepted. Shortly after the whole program went to hell in a handbasket. *Sigh* Im pretty sure I lost some of my pictures. The program refused to run and I had to uninstall the whole thing. The next day I decided to buy System Mechanic and upgrade the memory to a full 2 GB. I wish I could say that helped. When I got home from Staples I tried to start the laptop only to have it crash no less than 10 times! *Blood boils* Its really goes without saying that I will be paying a visit to Staples as soon as I get off work in the morning. I am so sick of computer problems.
When I got into work tonight I confronted my co-worker whose soon to be husband (yes, this is the couple that I have agreed to take wedding pictures for... *double sigh*) worked on our laptop a couple times and then PROMISED he would have it all fixed about a month and a half ago. He has made no attempt to contact us, nothing. She apologized for him and said I should have spoke to her and she would have sorted this out. I forgot to mention the agreement they BOTH made was that I photographed their wedding at no cost and he repairs our laptop at no cost. *Sigh* She said he sometimes forgets things. I told her that it would be best if he not make promises he cannot keep! (God help that marriage!)
I wanted to post something Thursday about a special baby girl but with all the computer drama did not get the chance. Better late than never, eh? On August 14, 1994 one of my classmates/former friends gave birth to a baby girl in her home, alone. What happened during and after the birth has never actually been agreed upon. One fact is certain, that baby girl was wrapped up, placed in a trash bag and then placed in the trash can. My classmate/former friend did serve time in prison for this. She has maintained that the baby, which her parents did not know she was pregant with, was stillborn. I saw my classmate/former friend the day she gave birth. I know that she had spent all summer long working with the high school marching band for daily practices as well as at band camp. I know that it was incredibly hot that summer and their practices could sometimes last 8 hours. I dont know what happened but I do like to remember this child every year and hope that her soul is at peace.
My one small slice of heaven/saving grace this week has been the promise of the hot air balloon festival this weekend. I am hoping the rain stops and we have a bright, sunny weekend. Hubby and I got up last year before sunrise and headed out to the main field to find the perfect spot for pictures. We plan to do the same this year. I hope this becomes a traditon with us. I cant remember who runs the breakfast tent, its one of the groups like the boosters, but they make pancakes (regular and Maine blueberry) and have sausage and fresh maple syrup! Yum!! I am really looking forward to seeing the Oggy balloon. This balloon is 138 ft tall, 80 ft wide (the equivalent to a 14 story building!!) Here is a picture of him I found online...
I think I have probably made this post long enough LOL Hopefully I will have a working laptop and some balloon festival pictures to post after this weekend! Ya'll have a good one and of course I will end with a song. This one seems fitting to my mood, here is Cher with, "Turn Back Time."
There were too many people putting in their 2 cents and distracting me 
I think it will be a very long time before I offer to do anything remotely like this again. I have never really been interested in the professional aspect of photography anyway. It’s just something I enjoy and that I have fun with. I think its best left at that. 
Hubby will be taking a computer repair class starting in a couple weeks from the local adult ed program so hopefully no more drama.
One of the local booster clubs sets up a tent and the parents make pancakes and sausage… YUMMY!! 
She asked if I would tell the guy in front of her that he needed to hold down the balloon cord. She had tried but he could not hear her for the noise of the fan. So I did and he didn’t understand what I meant so she looked at me and said, “hold this,” then walked over to him leaving me holding the control to the fan! 
