I’ve neglected this blog again. i think i’ll always be guilty of it. I’ve started walking home from work now and i have all these wonderful ideas to blog about but when i get home…they’re gone and i’m back to the routine of taking the dog out and spending time with her, cooking dinner or watching Ellen. I spend all day on a computer and sometimes the prospect of working on one in the evening is none too inviting. So in a break at work, i’ll write it now, before i get busy with something else, and before i lose the drive to share words again.
I’ve now been at the War Amps for six months now. Still loving my job and the people i work with. I’m so lucky to love my job as i know many people don’t. I’ve now been here longer than i was at Beddingtons, although i feel like i was there much longer than that. weird how that happens.
REVELATIONS
As i walked home the other night, i thought about how far i have come in the past year. Finishing school and starting to work in the real world. The gadgets i want are getting more expensive, including a digital SLR, flat screen tv and eventually, a house. i keep thinking of things in terms of “investments” now. how an apartment isn’t an investment, but a house is. It’s quickly overflowing into the rest of my life – in clothes and soon, a digital camera. This past weekend I spent a lot of money on some sweat pants and flip flops. Growing up, i bought things that were cheap because that’s all i could afford and i would tend to not keep things very long. Now that i’m thinking in terms of investments, i realize that buy 1 pair of good quality sweat pants that will last me at least 4 years, is probably cheaper in the long run instead of buying a new pair of crappy quality ones every year. I had a conversation with a co-worker about this yesterday and it’s true. i’m no longer in a position where i have a disposable income. I have bills to pay and i have to show up to work on weekdays from 8-4. i’m a grown up now i guess and for some reason, that doesn’t scare me anymore. I keep daydreaming of the day thomas and i buy a house. Paddington will have a yard to run around in and we will have our own space and place.
A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE
Recently i’ve noticed a trend in my behaviour. I get fixated on something and all of a sudden want to know absolutely everything about that subject. First it was because of Paddington, so everything Morkie, Yorkie or Maltese, then more recently i wanted to know everything i could about grooming (i now groom Paddington every day). Today, and probably for the next while, it is and will be, digital photography. As i mentioned before, my gadgets are getting pricier, and this is no exception. I want to get a Digital SLR Camera, more specifically, the Nikon D80 with the 18-200 Nikkor lens. it is the most expensive of the “budget” cameras, or those aimed at amateur photographers. I have been dreaming about getting a camera like this for years. This past week i poured through reviews and information about all of their cameras and came to the decision that this is the one for me. Hopefully i will be able to save some money to get it soon, as i cannot wait to get out there and start shooting. Today, i’ve opened about 60 or more articles to read about digital photography, and i predict that this thirst will not end anytime soon.
I love learning new things and i think now that my official educational career is over, i have more of a drive to read and absorb things than i did before when i was just trying to pass a course. This is different kind of learning, it is definitely something i want to know more about.
