Hello everybody, and welcome back to Capturing College! It is the start of another academic year for me, but before I start posting about all that entails, I want to share with you some highlights from this past summer.
This summer started on a high note about half way through June. Christopher surprised me with tickets to see the Broadway show “Wicked” while it was touring in Seattle as a birthday present. We spent the morning in Seattle grabbing coffee and then headed to the show. It was phenomenal, and I would see it another million times if I could!
Of course, the big news of the summer was the fact that we got a puppy. His name is Lewis, and he is an American Mastiff. We actually got him at the end of May, but I wasn’t able to be around him really until summer, so I thought that I would include it here. I took some adorable photos of Lewis with his big brother Patrick, a great dane who is about a year older.
Later in the summer, I was able to take a day trip with Christopher and his family to Seabrook, Washington. We walked around town, took photos on the beach, and played with his dogs. It was a wonderful day.
A few weeks passed, and then Christopher and I went on a day trip with his father to explore the many coffee shops in Portland. It was a wonderful trip. By the way, if you happen to be in the Portland area and want some AMAZING food, the Lardo fries at Lardo are amazing! Let me know if you try them, they are my favorite for sure.
Every weekend for about eight weeks, I joined my parents and took Lewis to puppy kindergarten. He did really well most of the time, but since his breed tends to be a lazier breed, he did not really want to participate. Honestly, I can’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to wake up early on the weekend and then be forced to behave for an hour either.
While the above activities make my summer look like it was all fun and games, it was not. I was taking a yoga class at a local community college for credit. The class met twice a week for two hours and was about five weeks long. It was a good experience, and I really enjoyed it in the end, even though it required waking up early.
I also was able to have a job. This summer I ended up being a photographer at JCPenney Portraits. It was a very taxing job, as I was one of two employees at the studio by the end of my first month, and I was running through the studio by myself at least once a week.
Although the hours were long and hard, I did learn a lot in a short amount of time, and I did appreciate having set hours and having a lot of evenings off to spend with my family and friends.
That pretty much sums up my summer. It was wild and fun and crazy in every possible way, but I am excited to get back to work at school and learn more about myself and my chosen field every day.
I will be updating this blog on a more regular basis now that I have returned to school, so keep an eye out, and be sure to follow so you receive updates when I post!