Words of Wisdom

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a smoke in one hand, beer in the other, body thoroughly used and abused, totally & say Hell yeah! what a ride"-unknown

I respect this quote so much it isn't even funny. I have felt this way pretty much my entire life. Even as a kid, I was like, "Hell yea, bring it home, bury me barefoot to ""Highway to Hell"" cause that's where I am going anyways, mine as well jam out on the way." I think I was like three years old when I told all my sandbox buddies. No really, all jokes aside, I have always had a mentality that you should live life to the fullest and if that means messing everything up then so be it. I am a good person at heart, but some things just overwhelm you when all the wrong answers are staring you in the face, they seem so much more fun.

YOU don't know...

After much thought and consideration, I realized that maybe I was better off back home in Kentucky. I missed my family, friends, and even my cat. I loved everything about being away from home, being in a warmer climate, and being with my sister, who was kind enough to put me up while I was on a quest to rediscovery, but have you ever felt like the timing was off? I was not homesick, even though I thought of home often. I just needed time to rethink and evaluate my self and my perspective on life. It did wonders.

I am not saying that I will never leave home again because to tell you the truth, I can't wait to start planning for the next destination...

I want to thank my sis for being there for me and putting up with my crazy self as I learned new qualities in myself and prepared for a better future. I love her more than I can even explain and to leave that one person was harder than leaving my entire family. She is my rock and my little slice of heaven. I look forward to hearing her voice at night when she calls and look forward to a good laugh.

I love you Cam and thank you for everything. I will always be here when you need me.

It is oddly quiet in this hotel tonight. It is the beginning of a new week and almost a new month, but where have all of the customers gone?...

Sometimes I stand up at the front desk wondering to myself what the guests are doing in their rooms. Are they sleeping, talking on the phone, picking their noses, or even watching inappropriate shows on the free cable provided upon their stay here at the accommodating Best Western.

The smell of the freshly made chocolate chip cookies sitting out on a table just in front of my desk in the lobby is torture, especially with every glance I make in that general direction and every time someone stops to grab a couple on the way back to their room. HA. Not to mention it is more than likely NOT their first stop and attempt to choke down a few cookies.

It is looking a little rainy outside today as the sun starts to set. I am wondering if the rain will hold out long enough for me to make it home. I hate driving in bad weather at night, but I must admit that it has cooled the place off quite a bit. Perhaps it is almost time for fall.

Country music is lingering in the back round as I sit here wondering what I can do to make myself look busy. It is becoming slightly annoying hearing the same songs being played over and over again as if someone made a bad choice in burning a CD and forgot to change it. You know how country stations are. They really can wear a song out before you even have a chance to start liking it.

Well, I suppose it is about time to at least try to look busy. I probably should be going before I get caught using the free Internet services to my own personal benefit. Ciao!

Peace,
Ash

Georgia Peach

It is a peacefull night. The only sounds I can hear are that of the birds winding down as the night creeps upon this small, quiet town in Georgia. There is no traffic, no noise, just the warm in the air and the love that I have for this place.
The moon is nothing, but a white haze as the clouds pass by gently over head. The trees are still and tall with pride, for there is not even the slightest breeze. Everything seems so still. It is as if it has become the "calm before the storm", but where is the storm? There is not a single rain drop in sight. Nothing, but the smell of Georgia pine, freshly cut grass, and a fine ending to a fine evening.
All and all, it is a good night. I cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Peace-
Ash

Picture Me

Engagement Pictures of some close friends of ours

Love is a Beautiful thing


This was taken during sunset. It was really hard
Trying to get the perfect picture.



Love Birds







This is their daughter Abbey.
She is so cute and adorable.
It was not hard to capture the perfect moment with her
because it comes so easily with her.


Hopefully with more experience soon, I will be able to post more pictures to keep you updated on my work. "The wedding" of the couple in the pictures above coming soon...

CYCLOPES

Sooo...I have this thing in my eye right?

It started during the night of the 9th and onto in the morning on Monday. I woke up with a terrible sharp pain coming from my right eye. Being all delirious and everything, I wasn't ruling out that maybe I had tons of eye buggers or something from having just woke up. However, after stumbling to the bathroom and realizing at the same time that nothing was coming out of my eye, I noticed in the mirror how red it was. I lifted up my eye lid to see two HUGE, red bumps just chilling underneath there like it was their home. What the...? It even reminded me of the Mucinex commercial with the little green dudes in someone's nose all making themselves at home.

All day long I felt the urge to just rip out my eyeball. I literally think that it would have been less painful. I tried all day to get my sis to look at it, but was ignored. It wasn't until later that night that I went upstairs, searching for the contact saline solution, that my sister offered me some antibiotic drops and decided to look at it for me. She flipped out and said that I should see a doc. NO KIDDIN! (love ya Cam)

After Cam talked to her best friend Christine, we all decided that since I can't afford a doctor that's more than likely going to tell me nothing is wrong, to look on www.webmd.com. I typed in the search engine, "bumps under eyelid." haha. The website seems to think I have something similar to a Stye. It's called ca dkaakjfiejaoiejfa...haha. I can't pronounce it and I don't feel like looking it up either. Deal with it.

So today, still no change. I have continued my eye drops and cleansing process. I have also applied a warm cloth to my eye for the relief. Still there. So I am expecting any day now to become a Cyclopes. I could be all like, "give me all your money, I am a cyclopes and I am creepy and you should do what I say!" Which is fine. I can deal with it. I might even invest in a weird looking patch to put over it. Maybe one with a peace sign symbol or something. That would be neat.

peace.
Ash

My head has been in a cloud for a few days. I apologize for not writing sooner. It has been nothing but a constant whirlwind in my mind after I have been trying to find a decent job, still babysitting the spawn of Satan, still not working, trying to walk and run some weight off, and also not working.

I can tell it will be better in the near future and I might just jump off our roof if that's not the case. I have really been jamming out to Jefferson Airplane and INXS lately. I know right? What an odd combination. I am telling you though, that's what I love about music because I think any situation can be turned into a song. I LOVE IT!

I thought that on my quest to finding a job, that I would be able to catch up on some reading, but I found out that me not working has given me tons of energy. I want to be moving ALL the time and it has been hard to sit down and enjoy a nice book with my mind ev...SQUIRREL! hahaha

Oh and since I am on the subject...

Did anyone witness the Meteor Shower the other day because I sure as the hell did NOT?! My sister and I even checked online to see when the best time would be to see the burning balls or rock pass into our atmosphere and laid out underneath the stars with a few blankets and some good company. Apparently, NASA is full of shit because the last report was supposedly two per minute or 25 sightings per hour. I think I might have seen two all night. I am preparing to write a strongly worded letter to the people at NASA and let them know how much I do not appreciate false advertisement and would like to have one of the gravitational devices or perhaps a gyro thingy delivered to my house for all of my troubles. I would think with all the modern technology that they would have been accurate on what time was a good time to see the show or if there was even a show. Congratulations to all of those who got to see it because I am sure it was great, but even in an open field, looking straight up at the sky, with no lights, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING! I mean we supposedly put someone on the moon. Come on. We even did it before China! (as my sister pointed out) We don't ever do anything before China and there we were, landing someone on the moon, with a freakin' flag pole for crying out loud. How in the hell were we mis-informed about this stupid Meteor shower? Someone tell me please? It is all a conspiracy I tell you.

Peace,
Ash