The past two weeks have been a little crazy. First, I had my practice exam for ground school, and lets just say I have a lot more studying that I need to do. I only received a 38/100. And on some of the answers I got right, were just guesses. Not a good sign! I didn’t have as much time to study as some of the other people in the class, but I still should of done better than that.

Secondly, I’ve changed jobs – again. I hated having to leave my other job; I just felt terrible since my boss is such a great person, as well as most of the people I worked with. I’m still painting, but with my old boss. I have no idea how long this will last, it may just be temporary, but I’ll be getting a lot of hours in the upcoming months. So it was a bitter-sweet feeling.

I somehow managed to lose another 5lbs. I haven’t been exercising, nor really paying attention to what I’m eating, but I was happy to see that nonetheless! I’m going to go to yoga tomorrow night after work, and maybe see about dragging a friend along with me. I can’t wait!

Right now I’m just waiting for my friend to get off work so we can head to the beach. It’s such a gorgeous weekend! And going to be an awesome week, as well with temperatures averaging around 30C. Looooves it! <3

I went with a more simple look this time around. I finally found a wordpress theme I could work with that was a total mess, and just tweaked it to my likings.

Next week is my last week of ground school! It’s flown by. Tuesday we’re doing the practice exam, and on Thursday we’re taking it up and doing review. The real exam will be written in Toronto in a few months. I’m so nervous for it, since I feel like I haven’t learned as much as the rest of the class, since they’ve all been up for flight lessons and I haven’t yet. I need to study, study, study!

My cousin’s wedding went awesome. I’m happy that I got some good pictures, and I hope she is happy with them too. I’m still going through and editing them (there’s well over 800 pictures). I’ve uploaded a few on flickr.

Things at work aren’t going to well. I feel as though it’s last summer all over again, except with more people trying to bring me down. It’s hard not to care what other people think when you’re surrounded by it everyday. So for now, I’m just showing up, doing my job, and taking home a pay check. *sigh*

My sister & My nephew

Originally uploaded by Amy-Marie

It’s been a crazy-busy couple of months for me. I think this is the first day I get to “relax”. Although since it’s the weekend before our Annual August Party, we’re all cleaning up the house and yard to get it prepared for the long weekend. So it’s not exactly a day off.

I started ground school a few weeks ago to get my pilot’s license. It’s six weeks long, two three-hour classes a week. It’s intense, to say the least. You have to be good at navigation and quick at math – and I’m neither. So it’s a little bit of a struggle for me. I’m able to start lessons in the plane anytime I want, although I have to wait until my dad updates the insurance info by putting my name & the instructors on it.

I just finished my last session with my trainer on Monday, so for now I’ll be going to her spin and yoga classes until I can afford to start personal training again. And with flight lessons, it might be awhile. I’ve lost 7lbs since I started, and I’ve noticed a difference in my strength. I’ve actually had compliments on my calf muscles! lol!

My sister finally had her baby almost two weeks ago. He was born Tuesday July 13th, a day after my Grandpa’s birthday. They were stuck in Toronto a week after he was born since there was some issues and he was sent to ICU. Everything seems to be fine now though, and they’re happy to be home.

I’ve been trying to build my photography portfolio, although living in a small town, I only have a small number of people willing to sit in front of a camera for me; so I have a lot of repeat “models”. Last night was one of them, although there was some… complications, and the photo shoot was cancelled. I managed to get one good shot though.

My cousin’s wedding is in two weeks and she’s asked me to photograph the getting ready process. She already has two photographers doing the ceremony and reception. I’ve never shot at a wedding before, so I’m excited! I’ll probably post a few of the better ones on my flickr, so keep an eye out for those!

I saw Sex And The City 2 last week with my sister and her friend. I really enjoyed it, though not as much as the first. I love Samantha. She’s definitely my favourite character! I also watched Shrek Forever After over the weekend. Cute movie, but not as many laughs as the previous movies.

I’ve changed the layout back to an older one for the time being. I plan on making another one… eventually. I’ve just been so busy trying to adjust to all the changes around me lately that I haven’t had much time to sit and work on anything website related – hence the lack of updates.

I did my first paid shoot a few weeks ago of my friend Lisa and her boyfriend Aaron. She says she loves the pictures I sent her, which I’m so happy about! It was fun shooting them, and they did really well despite all the blackflies. Such a cute couple!

I’ve been seeing a personal trainer for about 7 weeks now, and it’s going great! I’ve lots 4lbs so far, although the only difference I’ve noticed is I can actually see my bicep muscle now. I’ve been going biking once a week with a friend as well. It’s good… except for the mosquitoes. The only downside of living in the bush.

Just chilling on the tracks, no biggy

Originally uploaded by Amy-Marie

Not much has changed since the last entry, but they’re no worse than they were before.

On the 17th I lost my full time painting job since my now former boss decided he wasn’t going to be taking on any more big jobs, meaning he was also going to get rid of his crew… except one person he was going to keep full time. I won’t even bother getting into that. I absolutely loved that job. I was making decent money, I liked the work, I liked my boss and for the most part, the people I worked with. I was devastated to find out I wouldn’t be returning this year.

Since January I had been searching for a part time job in hopes of paying off some debt and possibly getting an apartment. But I needed my painting job to do so. I had just been rejected by several jobs I had applied for, and then end up getting the bad news about my FT job. So my plans have all gone down the drain because there’s no way I plan to start two jobs at the same time. I’m on the hunt for another painting job, and have had three people contact me back, but I’m really only interested in the one, which I had an interview for last week. I should know more about it in the next couple of days!

Before all of that had happened, my grandpa was admitted to the hospital. I really don’t want to go into detail about it since it’s a family issue and I don’t think I want the world to know what is going on, but he wasn’t doing to well. He’s been there for three weeks now, and the same day I lost my job, I was told he probably wouldn’t be coming home. Things are looking up though, and he might come home afterall, but I’m not expecting it.

One of my friends from Manitoba is coming back to Ontario for two weeks with her boyfriend. I haven’t seen her since summer of 2008! We plan on doing a little photoshoot while she’s here, and the weekend of the 10th (her birthday) the entire “gang” is getting together since it’s been years since we’ve all seen each other. I can’t wait. Something to look forward to!