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of course i am feeling better.. company is gone right? ugh. typical. yesterday i decided to forgo any pain/sinus meds. i have been taking them for four days straight and figured i should probably lay off them (the best i can) for a while. i was shocked to realize i went the entire day without any meds. then i fell asleep without taking any pain meds (something i was going/wanting to do). i woke up a few times for a few mins here and there last night with slight jaw/tooth pain.. but it was defiantly tolerable and moving my head to the other side helped ease the discomfort.. it's been over 24hours that i have had any pain meds.. my tooth is still sore when i eat normal food but if i eat slow and careful enough i am able to do it. 

emily at the botanical gardens.

will share more later when i have more time to process.

i am sad that my best friend and emily are gone. i feel like there was so much more i could have done with them. i was able to take pictures yesterday but after reviewing them this morning i am extremely disappointed in myself.. very few came out creative imo.. very few came out great at all.. i blame the fact we were short on time and weren't able to get to the spots i had envisioned (bff and i know why we were so rushed lol). plus my big belly made it impossible for me to get on my knees or move easily to get up close adn personal with emily. ::sigh::.. oh well. don't worry tanna i will still send you a cd.. david thinks i have at least 10good "creative" pictures.. i dunno.. i feel like tops i have is five..  it's obvious i haven't picked up my camera in awhile.. i left my ISO at 800 for most of the pictures and they came out grainy with a lot of noise.. i couldn't figure out what i did wrong.. after looking at my meta's i realized what i did.. shame. i just couldn't get it all together like i should have.. maybe my sinus infection contributed to lack of brain reasoning lmao.. or maybe i just suck as a photographer.. :o( who knows.. what i do know is that i need that 50mm prime lens.. i wouldn't have had to set my ISO to 800 if i had a better lens.. i also shot in RAW for the first time. i was not really pleased with my results but again i didn't really do it correctly. i need to start practicing with RAW if i plan on getting better with it. i also need to invest in a couple more CF cards.. if i shoot in JPEG i can get 1500 images on a 2GB CF [compact flash] card.. shoot in RAW on the same card and you can only get 200 images.. HUGE difference huh? i am determined to stick with RAW. i just have to slowly invest in more flash cards.. that's all.. 

well, i did get my BIG cleaning done before my friend made it here.. i got everything out that i wanted out (except ebay.. i hope in two weeks it will be allllll gone).  next phase for me is deep cleaning.. where i get into the nooks and crannies.. i did a lot of that last week but not all of it.. time to make a new list.. once that is done the fun part of nesting can start.. washing all of ashtons things and sewing stuff for him etc. i can't wait. i am just so happy that i got done with the gutting of our apartment. i look around and feel relaxed that i can clean today and not have a lot to do. it's a great feeling! david loves it too.. we sat around last night and he kept commenting how great it was to have all this room.. it is great.. once i get it all completed i will share pictures of our tiny 550sqft apartment for a baby lmao.