021. November 13th - Junk Chairs

November 13th - Junk Chairs
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My weekend was one of the best I've had in a long time. Friday night I drove back to Madison (after a very difficult morning in Milwaukee.) I had to work 9-3 Friday morning but my car wouldn't start. I was in a state of hopelessness so I called in to work and asked around for someone to help me jump start my car. Thankfully a friend came over and got my car started. I was pretty upset about not just taking the bus to work since I missed two shifts earlier in the  week due to stitches in my hand and 'excused absences' ... even though I still got penalized for that. So that was a slap in the face that work cannot be missed. Time to be more responsible.

After spending some time with Zack and cheering up a bit I went back to Madison and went out to dinner with my parents and aunt and uncle. Then I went to a party and saw some old friends and caught up on life with Katie - which was awesome. I felt so detached for a while but I feel a little better now. We talked and she reassured me about a lot of things. She reassured me that I don't need to doubt myself or think I'm doing anything wrong, because I'm not.

Saturday ended up being cold and rainy, but that didn't stop me from driving around with my three cameras to take pictures. I'm really happy with the results of my film. I'll be developing my 4x5 sheets on Tuesday and spending pretty much the entire evening printing them. I need to start spitting out pictures because they're all due VERY soon. I'm not going to have a social life. But I know I'm going to be a lot happier with my life if I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing instead of procrastinating and spending my time on other things.

So my car is better and has a new battery. I'm thinking of heading back to Madison next weekend to get a few more landscape shots for projects 6 & 7. My final project is going to be portraits of important people in my life. Hopefully I'll get the camera during Thanksgiving break (we share with one other person) so I can shoot.

Basically the next week is going to be busy. I need to use up every second to get stuff done. I get my stitches out on Tuesday. I have an internship interview on Wednesday! Busy...