Eruantale

I am now thirty days into Project 365. For those who don’t know, I’m taking a photograph of something every single day for 365 days and posting them on Flickr and on Eruantale. Here are some reflections so far:

• Honestly, I expected myself to forget and miss a day. But whenever I lay down in bed without having taken a picture, an alarm goes off in my head and I stumble over to my camera and snap something. It’s becoming more of a habit now.
• Snapping a photo is so easy to do. However, it does take a little thought to make your photos interesting. If I spend a day at home studying, I have a hard time coming up with a subject for my photo. Also, it’s important to take several different shots to get interesting composition.
• Looking back on the month of January is really fun. I think this project is going to be so rewarding at the end of the year. These are the days of my life, and I will remember them even more vividly now.

January 31st (30):

Tonight I made applesauce muffins so I have a quick and easy breakfast during the school week. These need tweaking. More cinnamon, maybe. Also, I forgot to spray the liners with nonstick. They stuck so badly.

I’m transferring to another college in September, and I heard back from one of the schools to which I applied today! This is my first acceptance letter from a four year school ever, so it’s pretty exciting. Although I think they made a mistake. I’m not sure why they’re requesting my final high school transcript—I think they meant my final community college transcript?

January 30th (29):

I have been at this for almost an entire month now!

It’s about time to do a little catch up on my Project 365 posts. Though it may surprise you, I haven’t been remiss in updating due to procrastination. On Monday, I took a photo with my cell phone and e-mailed it to myself. My cell phone specifically said that the message was sent. However, it didn’t arrive until today. Go figure.

January 25th (24):

On Monday, we had to go to the UPS store to ship a package. This sign was pasted to the counter, and I had to take a photo of it because I have a friend named Daisy. Apparently, the UPS store has named their “very large” and “full color” copier Daisy.

January 26th (25):

Five minutes till midnight seems to be the theme of this week. Sorry about that. As you can see, I have a cold. Don’t worry, I know it’s not the flu. But since I’ve been sick all week, I have been completely spaced out. Also, life is pretty uninteresting when you sit around and cough while watching TV. I don’t even have a voice at this point, so I can’t even talk on the phone.

January 27th (26):

I crawled out of bed after taking the aforementioned NyQuil to snap this shot before passing out. By the time I’m done with this project, I’m sure I will have photographed every section of my bookshelf on nights when I forgot to take a picture.

January 28th (27):

“Oh no, what am I going to take a picture of?” I asked my husband. He grabbed this giant teddy bear that was sitting right by the couch and held it up. It works for me. There is that bookcase in the background.

January 29th (28):

I keep attempting to go to school and every day I only last about an hour. But that’s okay. If I hadn’t gone to my first class this morning, I would have missed this shot of the curly haired Aleesha with shockingly straight hair! She has a singing voice that will blow you away.

On Sunday morning, I burned the living daylights out of my arm with a hair straightener. Don’t even ask me how it happened. I have decided that burns occur due to brain farts—like the time that I randomly decided it would be a good idea to pick up a plan that just came out of the oven with my bare hands. I apparently thought it was no longer hot. This is one of the great mysteries of life that will never be solved.

Needless to say, I didn’t have a very good morning. With a two inch long blister forming below the crook of my elbow, I decided that coffee and bagels would be necessary after Sunday School. Mochas fix everything.

January 24th (23):