Monday, August 25, 2008

Montana

On Tuesday morning Jeff's grandpa passed away, so we quickly hopped onto a standby flight Wednesday morning to Montana. Although a sad occasion, I never miss an opportunity to take my camera to some place new. My camera has been to almost all of the new places I've been to and is my best companion next to my husband and cat. It almost makes me feel more at ease when I'm behind my lens. Like I don't have to deal with anything but composing that great shot. I actually took this shot from a moving vehicle during our 6.5 hour drive from Missoula to Billings. I thought none of my pictures would come out, but quite a few did...and well.
I have a hard time stepping out of my comfort zone. It's not something that will ever change about me, it's just the way I am. Everyone has their vice and mine is that I get stressed out and anxious in new situations. Funny because I love to travel, but traveling is only great if I've had time to prepare mentally for it. That combined with the family drama that is part of the Happ-Family-clan makes for a very uncomfortable and awkward situation. To most people it seemed odd that I even went to the funeral, but not only did I need to be there to support Jeff, but his family would probably frown upon my non-existence had I not gone. That's the way that they are unfortunately.
So today I am rightfully blessed with a cold. Of course I can't travel, not get any sleep, eat crappy food, and come back to work without getting sick. And since I was out so much last week, there's no way I could take a sick day to get better, so who knows how long it'll take me to recoop. At lunch I'm off to Wal-Mart to purchase cold pills before we head to AAA to get our documents for Italy.

1 comment:

The Routh Family said...

I'm so sorry about Jeff's grandpa. Montana isn't very far from Idaho *wink wink* I hope to be able to see you soon. If you find that you are tavelling to either Boise or Salt Lake City, let me know!

Love you!