We've been in Chattanooga now for a week keeping the Comfort Inn rather comfortable.
On our wedding day I remember feeling like with the changing of my last name, I would be grounded and settled. Since October 17, our married life has allowed us to become very good, dear friends with duffel bags and continental breakfasts. Our Italian honeymoon was absolutely incredible, as were our two trips to Germany, where Ted spent the 5 hours of German daylight in a Volkswagen plant, while I had the freedom of scoping out some local sights, camera in hand.
Just when things started to become a little less European, we were transferred here to Chattanooga, TN.
Needless to say, with my new last name I've known not of being settled.
I enjoy writing, and sharing my words..and maybe, just maybe, you'll enjoy reading them, too.
What you already know now is that I'm a newlywed, I enjoy traveling, and I have a camera with which I take pictures. Many, many pictures.
As far as being a newlywed, all I can say is all the ladies in the world really missed out when they let Ted get away. Somehow, I've managed to marry a man who would prefer to cook dinner for me, owns (and knows how to properly use) a sewing machine and a collection of old cameras for his skilled photographic genius, sings like Jack Johnson, brews his own beer, is a dedicated earth-saving-tree-hugging gardener, is a mathematical genius, and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty when working on his motorcycle. Thanks, God. It's very, very obvious you love me- BIG TIME.
Though the connotations of the word "wife" are usually frowned upon by many women my age, I'll openly admit that I have a very strong desire to conquer, or at least spend the rest of my life attempting to conquer some of those connotations.
I've always been fascinated by baking. Could there be a greater outcome of energy spent than to whip together some lumpy batter, throw it into an oven, and VOILA, a cake!? Sweet goodness, that's magic. I made my first cake from scratch this month for a friend of mine who mentioned she loved lemon cake with lemon icing. The kitchen was a disaster, I used every bowl we own (and having just received wedding gifts recently, we own a LOT of bowls..), and though I somehow ended up with lemon butter icing in my ponytail, the result (though I never tasted it) was rewarding. I was able to take an online recipe, a bunch of powders and liquids, and kitchen tools I'd never used in my life, to create something hopefully slightly edible...and, real.
This, is what I love about photography. Taking people and trinkets, and lights and baubles, and throwing them together with a camera in my hand, and watching to see what unfolds. Like trying a new recipe for the first time, you throw it in the oven and wait to see what it tastes like, and how it develops into something...real.
I'm a wanderlust, and a scatterbrain- there's no doubt. I've never been the girl that has always known what she's wanted to become, or attain, or achieve; but, I've found something, for the first time, that amazes me, and draws me in, and fulfills my very vague desire to "help people". I'm finally passionate about and pursuing the same "something" in life. My opportunity to work with some amazingly talented photographers here in Chattanooga will undoubtedly be the most valuable experience I could have begged life for, and I'm insanely excited, and let's be honest, nervous.
So, here's to wedding vows, Europe, mixing bowls, moving boxes, cameras, and new opportunities.
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