It's been a while since I've had time to blog, which much to Craig's dismay, is because I simply haven't felt like writing anything down. I have decided that on this bright and beautiful Sunday morning I will now end my non-blogging streak and write SOMETHING.
School is going quite well. I still feel an overwhelming sense of calm about the whole thing - it's finally what I should have been doing all along. There are challenges, along with anything else, but I feel like the challenges I'm facing now will only make me a better person and a better photographer in the process. I really love the school - it feels very homey and small and I really enjoy *most* of the classes and instructors. The main instructor for photography, Steve, is absolutely phenominal and I feel like I am learning so much from him! It's exciting!
As I was saying, there are still challenges. I'm starting to realize that I can't deal with every personality type - sometimes it just doesn't work out between people. There are two very special girls in my program though, Stef and Carly, who I am very close to and really enjoy being around. We see things the same way and there are always laughs shared between us. Every girl in the program has good qualities about them and I think, as always, there is a reason why that specific group has been brought together. There are just some girls that I really get along with and some I don't feel I will ever be close. You can't be friends with the world, but you can at least try to be polite, even when it's hard.
We are now almost into December which is absolutely crazy! This semester has flown by and continues to do so. I'm really starting to look forward to the break at home with family. I love my family dearly and I miss spending time with everyone. I'm also really excited for presents, especially from Craig! :P Rumor is there *may* be a ring under the tree! :D
I am so so thankful for all of these things I have mentioned and again so so so thankful for my relationship with Craig. There was an incident that occured this past week in which I was terrified and upset and heart-broken and angry and scared and the minute I heard Craig's calm and soothing voice on the phone I knew everything would be okay. He was with me through every aspect of this incident and made sure I was okay and taken care of and had everything I needed, not because he knew that's what was expected of him, but because that's what he wanted to do. People aren't perfect, not even close, but I feel like Craig is as close to perfect for me as you can get. :)
Regarding this incident, I choose to post no details because I don't want to relive it over and over, but I would like to clarify that I am okay, I was never hurt or in any danger. I am thankful though that what happened didn't happen when I was around persay, as well as thankful that it wasn't to the extent it could have been. It still sucks, but it could have been worse.
Well. I do think I should probably move along and go work on homework. I have to draw an egg carton and I think it may take me all afternoon. Thanks for reading! :)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
I AM SO EXCITED!
Craig is coming to visit me for the first time since school started (I've been home but he hasn't been here)!
We haven't seen each other now for almost 3 weeks, which is the longest stretch we've ever had to go and it's sucked! The only thing I can say is I'm so glad that we're both so dedicated to one another because the distance wouldn't work otherwise!
I'm just really excited and he should be here in only 4 short hours! I don't know what to do with myself!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
A new addition
Hello!
So I'm really excited to say that in addition to this personal blog, I've also started a photography blog that I will try to update as often as possible with photos and insights about photography.
Here is the URL: http://brightestdawnphotography.blogspot.com/
Craig helped me pick the name out. It was a difficult choice as the last few years I went by both Ebony Images and Ebony Weeks Photography. The difficulty comes as I plan on getting married within the next two years so I can't just go from Ebony Weeks to Ebony Scott Photography without a lot of trouble and paper work (not to mention if I started using Scott now everyone would flip out and there would be many questions) and Ebony Images is kind of boring. So, for now it will be Brightest Dawn Photography by Ebony Weeks (Scott :P).
I like it.
Anyways, along with that in school we've been working on social media spamming basically so I now have an account on everything. Keeping up with it all takes a lot more work then you'd realize so kudos to those who make their living off of social networking. I honestly don't know how you do it.
I should probably head out soon. Tonight I take a yoga class at Dalhousie which is a really nice way to "start"off my week. Tomorrow Craig is coming to visit until Sunday as well - can you say EXCITED?!
So I'm really excited to say that in addition to this personal blog, I've also started a photography blog that I will try to update as often as possible with photos and insights about photography.
Here is the URL: http://brightestdawnphotography.blogspot.com/
Craig helped me pick the name out. It was a difficult choice as the last few years I went by both Ebony Images and Ebony Weeks Photography. The difficulty comes as I plan on getting married within the next two years so I can't just go from Ebony Weeks to Ebony Scott Photography without a lot of trouble and paper work (not to mention if I started using Scott now everyone would flip out and there would be many questions) and Ebony Images is kind of boring. So, for now it will be Brightest Dawn Photography by Ebony Weeks (Scott :P).
I like it.
Anyways, along with that in school we've been working on social media spamming basically so I now have an account on everything. Keeping up with it all takes a lot more work then you'd realize so kudos to those who make their living off of social networking. I honestly don't know how you do it.
I should probably head out soon. Tonight I take a yoga class at Dalhousie which is a really nice way to "start"off my week. Tomorrow Craig is coming to visit until Sunday as well - can you say EXCITED?!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Just a quick one
I really need to get into the habit of blogging at LEAST once a week. That could be tricky. There are so many things going on with life right now.
School is going so well. It's really starting to pick up now, although I'll still be happier once we get to do more photo taking assignments. (art class, really?)
Juggling having a personal life and school is now starting to become difficult. Everything with Craig is going really well :) but school is becoming a more demanding creature, in turn making skype calls shorter :(. In my IPUB class we're working on what my teacher likes to call "ruthless self promotion", which involves setting up an account on every blogging, photo-sharing, social website possible. Now, you'd think this would be easy. It's not. It's way difficult to have a million different accounts on things, especially when you have to keep them updated! For goodness sakes.
Ohh well. Tonight I'm headed to the gym with my friend Jordan to do some Yoga flex and some Aerobox. I might diee.
See? Busy. Must go. :)
There are people fighting in my hallway, I don't like apartment buildings :/
School is going so well. It's really starting to pick up now, although I'll still be happier once we get to do more photo taking assignments. (art class, really?)
Juggling having a personal life and school is now starting to become difficult. Everything with Craig is going really well :) but school is becoming a more demanding creature, in turn making skype calls shorter :(. In my IPUB class we're working on what my teacher likes to call "ruthless self promotion", which involves setting up an account on every blogging, photo-sharing, social website possible. Now, you'd think this would be easy. It's not. It's way difficult to have a million different accounts on things, especially when you have to keep them updated! For goodness sakes.
Ohh well. Tonight I'm headed to the gym with my friend Jordan to do some Yoga flex and some Aerobox. I might diee.
See? Busy. Must go. :)
There are people fighting in my hallway, I don't like apartment buildings :/
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
An update
Hello all.
Who am I kidding, no one reads this....
Anyways, I decided to write a little update now that I'm in the full swing of school again and I actually have a minute! Life is great right now. I'm still struggling with the money bit and I'm not exactly sure how that will work out but I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible about it. I'm considering the very real possibility of trying to get a job (which would seriously take time away from school, which is crazy and a waste of money in the long run so we shall see) School is going great right now. The first semester at CAT is more of an intro to everything basic and, to be honest, the first couple weeks were kinda brutal. Now things are starting to pick up and I'm actually learning something.
Living with CJ is going reasonably well. I must say, there are times I'd like to wring his neck, as I'm sure he feels the same regarding me some days, but we mostly get along and we haven't burned the building down yet. I'm taking that as a good sign. It's just so funny to be living with someone new this year. I really do miss my old roommates, but I think the move was for the best in the long run.
Other then the money situation, I wish I could have Craig here with me. He's such a help with everything and I really dislike the fact that we only can communicate through technology, not face to face. I really lucked out with him. :) We are so pathetic apart really. I dream about him every night and we both wake up hugging pillows, looking for each other. Must be love ;)
I must say something about the friends that I've made too! My class size is very small, only 11 total, and we are all girls, which is sure to get interesting once emotions start running high I'm sure. I really enjoy being around all of them though. There are some I've gotten close to right from the beginning and others who keep to themselves but are still wonderful people. I'm excited to get further into the program with these girls. I think every one's different views and talents will push us all as a group and that is exciting!
Anyways, I should probably go. I have to go take some photos and because I went home for the weekend I need to cook some meals in advance, lasagna yummy! :)
Who am I kidding, no one reads this....
Anyways, I decided to write a little update now that I'm in the full swing of school again and I actually have a minute! Life is great right now. I'm still struggling with the money bit and I'm not exactly sure how that will work out but I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible about it. I'm considering the very real possibility of trying to get a job (which would seriously take time away from school, which is crazy and a waste of money in the long run so we shall see) School is going great right now. The first semester at CAT is more of an intro to everything basic and, to be honest, the first couple weeks were kinda brutal. Now things are starting to pick up and I'm actually learning something.
Living with CJ is going reasonably well. I must say, there are times I'd like to wring his neck, as I'm sure he feels the same regarding me some days, but we mostly get along and we haven't burned the building down yet. I'm taking that as a good sign. It's just so funny to be living with someone new this year. I really do miss my old roommates, but I think the move was for the best in the long run.
Other then the money situation, I wish I could have Craig here with me. He's such a help with everything and I really dislike the fact that we only can communicate through technology, not face to face. I really lucked out with him. :) We are so pathetic apart really. I dream about him every night and we both wake up hugging pillows, looking for each other. Must be love ;)
I must say something about the friends that I've made too! My class size is very small, only 11 total, and we are all girls, which is sure to get interesting once emotions start running high I'm sure. I really enjoy being around all of them though. There are some I've gotten close to right from the beginning and others who keep to themselves but are still wonderful people. I'm excited to get further into the program with these girls. I think every one's different views and talents will push us all as a group and that is exciting!
Anyways, I should probably go. I have to go take some photos and because I went home for the weekend I need to cook some meals in advance, lasagna yummy! :)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Stressed.
The title of this blog pretty much sums up how I feel today.
Stressed.
I know I just wrote a blog about how happy I am (or trying to be) and how I have everything that I need, which is true. I'm also not here to whine or complain (well....maybe a little bit). I'm mostly just really frustrated and stressed out today about one simple thing that I wish we as a society could just demolish...
Money. Dirty, cold, annoying money.
I understand that that is a completely ridiculas request in most respects, but gosh darn it, it's so frustrating!
Being a student, I have an enormous amount of debt. So much so that I will not scare anyone who's reading this, but just know it's much more then any one person should ever dream of accumulating over a lifetime, let alone gaining over the course of 3 years (and as a side note, I don't have even half of the debt of some students)! I am so excited to be going to school, to learn about something that will someday result in a career in which I can excel and provide for myself and my future family. But bloody hell, they dig you so far down into a pit with debt that the prospect of trying to pay it off is, to say the least, daunting. I'm not the only one who feels this way. Craig, my boyfriend, really struggles with the idea of having to pay off his school debt. He has a fantastic job at a local manufacturing company and makes a decent starting out salary, but there are things, such as living on his own and helping provide me with things, that he can't do because he has a huge amount of student debt. Then you pile on the interest of that debt and he's looking at at least 5 years to pay that off (for a year and a half of time that it took to get his degree), if he makes all his payments and lives like a poor church mouse. By next October (when my program finishes) I will be in the same boat, plus the funds I used while studying for 2 years at Dal.
This is why I'm stressed.
When I finish school I want to start my own photography business. I want to get married and have kids before I'm old. I want to see some parts of the world. I'd like to have a place to live, food to eat. I'd like to have a little bit of comfort. But instead I need to work my butt off to get my debt under control so I can actually try to do some of these things. I hope nobody is wondering why I'm stressed because I'm pretty sure that all of this could stress anybody out.
And you want to know what the cherry is on the top of the cake? As I sit here, typing madly away, I look out my window to my next door neighbours. They live in a dumpy apartment. They don't have the nicest things. Blah blah blah. But while I am working hard to try to be a productive member of society and make a place for myself in this world, do you know what they are doing?
Trafficing drugs. Not working. Drawing government welfare. Getting food at the local food bank. Smoking. Drinking. Sitting on their front step. Fighting. Making illigetiment children.
Granted, this sounds like a horrible way to live, but geez, they aren't starving. They get better TV and internet then I do. None of them are naked. They can do pretty much everything and anything they want. They're just drawing welfare, money that was put in place to help families get up on their feet and has now become something that you can get once you hit 18. Oh, and hey, the more kids you have, the more money you get! And the government doesn't care if you have them with your sister, a kid just equals more money.
I know probably most of you are thinking I'm a horrible person for saying that, but you can't deny that it is a problem. Not to mention the frustration that ensues for the rest of us that have to actually pay back thousands of dollars of stupid student debt for a career that we have no promise on.
I am so stressed. I'm very tempted to just build a little hut somewheres out in a field and eat berries and never deal with money again.
I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way.
So. Now I'm done with that rant. The moral of this post is, if you see me walking down the street, feel free to just shove fistfulls of money at me because I am a stressed out and poor student.
:)
Stressed.
I know I just wrote a blog about how happy I am (or trying to be) and how I have everything that I need, which is true. I'm also not here to whine or complain (well....maybe a little bit). I'm mostly just really frustrated and stressed out today about one simple thing that I wish we as a society could just demolish...
Money. Dirty, cold, annoying money.
I understand that that is a completely ridiculas request in most respects, but gosh darn it, it's so frustrating!
Being a student, I have an enormous amount of debt. So much so that I will not scare anyone who's reading this, but just know it's much more then any one person should ever dream of accumulating over a lifetime, let alone gaining over the course of 3 years (and as a side note, I don't have even half of the debt of some students)! I am so excited to be going to school, to learn about something that will someday result in a career in which I can excel and provide for myself and my future family. But bloody hell, they dig you so far down into a pit with debt that the prospect of trying to pay it off is, to say the least, daunting. I'm not the only one who feels this way. Craig, my boyfriend, really struggles with the idea of having to pay off his school debt. He has a fantastic job at a local manufacturing company and makes a decent starting out salary, but there are things, such as living on his own and helping provide me with things, that he can't do because he has a huge amount of student debt. Then you pile on the interest of that debt and he's looking at at least 5 years to pay that off (for a year and a half of time that it took to get his degree), if he makes all his payments and lives like a poor church mouse. By next October (when my program finishes) I will be in the same boat, plus the funds I used while studying for 2 years at Dal.
This is why I'm stressed.
When I finish school I want to start my own photography business. I want to get married and have kids before I'm old. I want to see some parts of the world. I'd like to have a place to live, food to eat. I'd like to have a little bit of comfort. But instead I need to work my butt off to get my debt under control so I can actually try to do some of these things. I hope nobody is wondering why I'm stressed because I'm pretty sure that all of this could stress anybody out.
And you want to know what the cherry is on the top of the cake? As I sit here, typing madly away, I look out my window to my next door neighbours. They live in a dumpy apartment. They don't have the nicest things. Blah blah blah. But while I am working hard to try to be a productive member of society and make a place for myself in this world, do you know what they are doing?
Trafficing drugs. Not working. Drawing government welfare. Getting food at the local food bank. Smoking. Drinking. Sitting on their front step. Fighting. Making illigetiment children.
Granted, this sounds like a horrible way to live, but geez, they aren't starving. They get better TV and internet then I do. None of them are naked. They can do pretty much everything and anything they want. They're just drawing welfare, money that was put in place to help families get up on their feet and has now become something that you can get once you hit 18. Oh, and hey, the more kids you have, the more money you get! And the government doesn't care if you have them with your sister, a kid just equals more money.
I know probably most of you are thinking I'm a horrible person for saying that, but you can't deny that it is a problem. Not to mention the frustration that ensues for the rest of us that have to actually pay back thousands of dollars of stupid student debt for a career that we have no promise on.
I am so stressed. I'm very tempted to just build a little hut somewheres out in a field and eat berries and never deal with money again.
I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way.
So. Now I'm done with that rant. The moral of this post is, if you see me walking down the street, feel free to just shove fistfulls of money at me because I am a stressed out and poor student.
:)
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Just one of those days...
Have you ever had one of those days where it seems like everything you touch turns to crap, like you aren't good enough, that nobody cares, etc.?
Today was one of those days.
Yesterday was one of those days.
In fact, this whole week has been full of "one of those days".
I just don't know what is wrong with me. I have so much to be thankful for and ecstatic about. I have a loving Saviour who has put me on this Earth for a reason. I have an amazing family who loves me unconditionally. I have a wonderful boyfriend who is supportive, caring, loving, honest, and kind. He literally treats me like I'm the freakin' Queen of England. I have great friends. I will be starting school in a couple weeks at a great institution where I will learn about things that allow me to be creative and myself. I have a roof over my head, food to eat, money (most of the time) as well as warm clothes and a laptop to keep me occupied.
All this stuff and I am still miserable. I feel like a loser for making the wrong decisions about things. I feel broken due to a past relationship. I feel like I'm so unloveable and when Craig tries to love me I get upset because I feel as though I don't deserve it and I'm afraid of pushing him away. I feel stressed about school and my future because I don't know how I'm going to be able to afford some things. I feel uncreative. I feel like a hot mess.
Today when I was sitting on my couch with tears welling up in my eyes thinking about all of this crap I got so mad at myself. I do have everything I need, and for what I don't I know I will work hard to get it with God's/family's help. I need to stop sulking and just be happy, be loveable, be unbroken. Stop complaining! Let myself relax and be happy (I struggle with just letting happy things happen, which is dumb).
Sometimes, yes, as humans we get down and upset because of A, B, and C reason. But ultimately we are the only things that can pick ourselves back up.
I need to let me pick me up.
I need to let my family and Craig love me and be happy with me.
I need to let issues out of my control go.
I need to relax!
I realize completely that most of the reason why I feel this way this week is due to my body having a lack of estrogen and vitamin D, along with having the blues about embarking on a year of long distance relationships with the people I care most about. I also realize that although those might be factors as to why this week has been rougher, they shouldn't be excuses! I still should be happy.
And starting right now, I'm going to relax and be happy.
Today was one of those days.
Yesterday was one of those days.
In fact, this whole week has been full of "one of those days".
I just don't know what is wrong with me. I have so much to be thankful for and ecstatic about. I have a loving Saviour who has put me on this Earth for a reason. I have an amazing family who loves me unconditionally. I have a wonderful boyfriend who is supportive, caring, loving, honest, and kind. He literally treats me like I'm the freakin' Queen of England. I have great friends. I will be starting school in a couple weeks at a great institution where I will learn about things that allow me to be creative and myself. I have a roof over my head, food to eat, money (most of the time) as well as warm clothes and a laptop to keep me occupied.
All this stuff and I am still miserable. I feel like a loser for making the wrong decisions about things. I feel broken due to a past relationship. I feel like I'm so unloveable and when Craig tries to love me I get upset because I feel as though I don't deserve it and I'm afraid of pushing him away. I feel stressed about school and my future because I don't know how I'm going to be able to afford some things. I feel uncreative. I feel like a hot mess.
Today when I was sitting on my couch with tears welling up in my eyes thinking about all of this crap I got so mad at myself. I do have everything I need, and for what I don't I know I will work hard to get it with God's/family's help. I need to stop sulking and just be happy, be loveable, be unbroken. Stop complaining! Let myself relax and be happy (I struggle with just letting happy things happen, which is dumb).
Sometimes, yes, as humans we get down and upset because of A, B, and C reason. But ultimately we are the only things that can pick ourselves back up.
I need to let me pick me up.
I need to let my family and Craig love me and be happy with me.
I need to let issues out of my control go.
I need to relax!
I realize completely that most of the reason why I feel this way this week is due to my body having a lack of estrogen and vitamin D, along with having the blues about embarking on a year of long distance relationships with the people I care most about. I also realize that although those might be factors as to why this week has been rougher, they shouldn't be excuses! I still should be happy.
And starting right now, I'm going to relax and be happy.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A fresh start
Ok.
I did it again. I said I was going to start a blog and did, then posted a couple times and forgot about it. *Sigh*. I should've known that was going to happen. :P
Ohh well. I'm going to try again. This time I'm going to try to post some pictures to be interesting. I left Dalhousie, which was probably one of the biggest and scariest decisions of my entire life, and now I'm going to take photography in Halifax at the Centre for Arts and Technology. I'm living with a high school friend (CJ) and dealing with the joys of living on my own and being broke again.
I have also started dating a guy I went to high school with, Craig, and things are marvelous. :) I actually have not been this happy, genuinely, in a long long time.
So that's pretty much what is new with me. I will hopefully use this space to share my photography, as well as rant about things that are out of my control, like being broke, and not being able to get my self cleaning stove to work properly :P.
I did it again. I said I was going to start a blog and did, then posted a couple times and forgot about it. *Sigh*. I should've known that was going to happen. :P
Ohh well. I'm going to try again. This time I'm going to try to post some pictures to be interesting. I left Dalhousie, which was probably one of the biggest and scariest decisions of my entire life, and now I'm going to take photography in Halifax at the Centre for Arts and Technology. I'm living with a high school friend (CJ) and dealing with the joys of living on my own and being broke again.
I have also started dating a guy I went to high school with, Craig, and things are marvelous. :) I actually have not been this happy, genuinely, in a long long time.
So that's pretty much what is new with me. I will hopefully use this space to share my photography, as well as rant about things that are out of my control, like being broke, and not being able to get my self cleaning stove to work properly :P.
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