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This blog contains old session blog posts, and my failed 2011 attempt at "One Image a Day" project in which I force myself to shoot something each day, personal or professional, as a challenge to myself. I'd love to hear what you think of the images as they might slightly stray from the norm. We'll see if I can pick it up for 2012!

Roadtripping

April 25, 2010

I did a little solo road tripping on Friday, taking a rather long route out to Quogue for a day with Amanda and friends.  I started out having a little coffee with Amy Ro in Providence and from there headed over to Riverdale to see my longtime college homegirl Wendy and her awesome family.  It [...]

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I did a little solo road tripping on Friday, taking a rather long route out to Quogue for a day with Amanda and friends.  I started out having a little coffee with Amy Ro in Providence and from there headed over to Riverdale to see my longtime college homegirl Wendy and her awesome family.  It was really nice being in the car alone for 3 hours.  Like really nice.  Not only was I able to fully converse with myself — outloud — but I was also able to hear my own answers!  I busted out to a lot of old school music (“Engine Engine Number Nine… on the NY transit line…”) and for once was able to listen to it really loud without having to hear “no mom, put on the song with the man that breaks plates” [from Free to be You and Me] or “ABCDDEEEEEEEEEEEE.”  And although I missed my peanut gallery, I didn’t miss them that much!

Catching up with Wendy and Gerard was great.  I hadn’t seen them since our wedding and now we are combined 5 kids into it and both finally seeing the light with kids being a tiny bit more self-sufficient and self-entertaining.  We commiserated over how your life becomes a time warp and a time suck and how even though you wouldn’t want it any other way… man, it is HARD being a parent [and a spouse].  I am thinking parenthood is a lot like the weather in New England — one nice day makes up for twenty days of rain, snow and wind! Anyway, she looks amazing, her family is beautiful and we decided there is no way we can let another five years go by.

I am off to Austin mid-week for an amazing wedding, so hopefully before I leave I’ll blog the 2-3 sessions that are all proofed and about to go out to some very cool families I spent time with last week/weekend (including my nursery contest winner and a very awesome family with a very awesome house).  And tomorrow is another installment of the Jack & Will Show!

On that note, I am outside pretending to garden with the littlest terrorists [this actually means I put on a garden glove, stand with a shovel, and play with my iPhone and when I hear Owen I pretend to weed and dig -- and occasionally keep the kids from running into the street].