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

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’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.

I do have some good news though. My grandpa is finally home after almost two months in the hospital. He was misdiagnosed, and they took him off all the crazy meds they were giving him, and now he’s back to normal. For the longest time we thought he’d never come home, and we had even started making arrangements to put him in a home. If the doctors had paid attention and talked to one another, he wouldn’t of been hospitalized in the first place.

I’ve been really thinking about doing a work abroad program in the next couple years. I either want to go to Ireland or Australia, and I would only go for about four months. I would love to just jump on a plane and go now, but unfortunately it’s not that simple. I’ve started putting money away in case I do decide this is something I want to do.  I think it would be an excellent experience for me, and help me get over my anxiety issues. I have a fear of uncertainty and doing things outside the box. This would definitely help to show me that I don’t need to be scared of that, as well as make me more independent.  Plus, it’s a great opportunity to travel without having to worry about not having a job, and it’s the perfect time to do it since I don’t have any tie downs… other than my cat, but my mom would take care of him.

If anyone has ever done anything like this, or knows someone who can, let me know what the experience was like!