Yay For Dentist Appointments

This was a picture that I took over the weekend in Tennessee / Virginia. It was on the patio at a pizza place called Bella's.

So today, I had a dentist appointment - which I usually thoroughly enjoy because it gives me a time to get my pearly whites nice and clean and also a good time to think while I lay there in the magical chair. I began thinking about how much things have turned around for me in the last week or so.

I started to get really down on myself and think that nothing good was going to come to me with photo. All my classmates have such a lead on me when it comes to accomplishments and it's hard to keep your head up when all people do is just tear you down. I know my friends hear me complaining about photo a lot and how much I hate going to my classes, but I really wouldn't complain if it wasn't so hard on me. The people closest to me know how much it wears on me to go each week when all I am really doing is trying to create a valid excuse to skip class that week.

Anyways, all I could see was what wasn't happening for me and all the work I had been doing this summer wasn't really paying off like I thought it would be.

I set goals for myself this summer:
1) Shoot as much as possible - and have fun doing it
2) Make a sale
3) Join sportsshooter.com and attend one of their academies in Southern California

As of last Thursday, things changed. My pessimistic attitude saw a glimpse of hope - with a sale. One of my friends, and fellow follower of this blog, purchased one of my pictures and gave me nothing but compliments to how good my art is. Plus, all the votes and cheers I have received for the pictures that I have entered in the photo contest - my attitude has made a complete turnaround and it is here to stay. I don't want any of the Negative Nancys out there to get to me anymore. I have a large enough support system around me to not let that happen anymore.

OH! Another thing, at work today one of my coworkers told me that he has connections at UofL to get me on the floor to shoot basketball games - if I was ever interested - I had to hold back my excitement because I didn't want him to think I was completely nuts, but I am sure he could read it by how big my eyes got after he said it. He told me he went to high school with the people that could make that happen for me. The blessings are beginning to come in so much that I am having a hard time containing all my happiness.

I went out to eat after my dentist appointment, and picked up the coffee news to read as I was awaiting my food. My month's horoscope read: "This could be a harmonious and pleasant time for you, and one which may also bring some especially nice opportunities to you."

My horoscope has already come true. Thank you to all my friends who helped me make this 180. You all are my life savers and have pushed me more than I was already pushing myself. I love you all!